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« Reply #350 on: November 11, 2012, 02:06:18 PM »
Marois will be introducing the new Loi 101 before Xmas break. The opposition parties are nominally opposed but I think they'll strike a deal if pushed hard enough. Legault was a language mega-hawk until he left the PQ and Couillard has already signalled that he wants the PLQ to start competing with the PQ on ID/language.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-quebecoise/201211/10/01-4592453-depot-imminent-dune-nouvelle-loi-101.php
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« Reply #351 on: November 11, 2012, 02:59:44 PM »
They're stuck with them. Even the very anti-Peq ones. Personally I don't think the PLQ can remotely compete in a bidding war on language/ID issues but Couillard wants to try. Like the original one, it'll be an omnibus containing both commercial and educational provisions. CEGEP-101 will probably be a major component.
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« Reply #352 on: November 13, 2012, 06:35:35 PM »
Speaking as a Quebec Anglo, no. Just no.


In other news... ugh, just ugh. I don't like the current system but the law's the law.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/201211/13/01-4593372-penashue-surpris-et-decu-des-allegations-de-financement-illegal.php

More ugh.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/201211/13/01-4593341-lequilibre-budgetaire-encore-reporte-dun-an.php

The opposition parties won't get much, if any, of this stuff.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/201211/13/01-4593341-lequilibre-budgetaire-encore-reporte-dun-an.php
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« Reply #353 on: November 20, 2012, 09:47:05 PM »
As expected, the Quebec opposition parties will not trigger an election over the budget. 

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/quebecers-might-be-heading-back-to-the-polls-after-threats-to-defeat-the-budget-180225281.html
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« Reply #354 on: November 21, 2012, 01:29:41 PM »
David McGuinty is an ass, Brazeau continues to be pukeworthy, and Christy Clark's party is still a train wreck.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/senator-who-lives-near-ottawa-gets-20k-housing-allowance-1.1046956

http://www.canada.com/news/Entire%2BLiberal%2Briding%2Bassociation%2Bboard%2Bresigns%2Bover/7586334/story.html

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/justin-trudeau-alberta-tories-react-to-go-home-comments-by-liberal-mcguinty-180285351.html
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« Reply #355 on: November 21, 2012, 02:33:30 PM »
Rae apologizes for McGuinty.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/rae-apologizes-for-liberal-mps-assertion-that-alberta-tories-should-go-home-180391011.html


Joe Fontana has been indicted by the RCMP.

http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/politics/archives/2012/11/20121121-133355.html
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« Reply #356 on: November 21, 2012, 05:25:19 PM »
McGuinty has resigned as natural resources critic, per Twitter.
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« Reply #357 on: November 21, 2012, 09:22:26 PM »
Garneau is the new natural resources critic, at least for now.

Annual parliamentary awards now up.

MP of the Year: Elizabeth May

Speaker of the Year: Bob Rae

Most Collegial: Peter Stoffer

Most Knowledgeable: Stephen Harper

Hardest Worker: Kirsty Duncan

Most Promising: Michelle Rempel
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« Reply #358 on: November 21, 2012, 10:03:32 PM »
Tonight's an all-nighter on 3000 Brison amendments- consecutively, no debate. He's one of my favourite MPs, but seriously, 3000 amendments is just douchy.
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« Reply #359 on: November 21, 2012, 10:51:30 PM »
Or just change the rules so they could be bundled, one up-or-down vote. Applied to all packages of 500+ amendments, give everyone time to read them first.
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« Reply #360 on: November 21, 2012, 11:28:07 PM »
More jackassery from the Brothers Ford: "Olivia Chow is no Jack Layton." Ugh.
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« Reply #361 on: November 22, 2012, 09:03:35 AM »
Nanos tracking poll has Tories 34, Grits 29, NDP 27.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/11/21/pol-nanos-number-nov21-comptency.html

Sun: Yeah I know, but when I posted they were the only ones with the story...
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« Reply #362 on: November 22, 2012, 12:41:01 PM »
Mulcair's position isn't an unpopular one. Whether this translates into yea votes on ratification remains to be seen... there's also the EU FTA coming down the pipeline, which even the PQ supports. All 3 parties are aiming for the centre now.
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« Reply #363 on: November 22, 2012, 07:00:24 PM »
Manure, meet fan. This ties into the February rant. Should profusely apologize but won't.
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« Reply #364 on: November 23, 2012, 07:59:15 PM »
Premiers moving on energy.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/11/23/ns-premier-meeting-carney.html


YES- F-35 alternatives being considered! Cheesy

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/11/23/harper-government-seeking-alternatives-to-troubled-f-35-fighter-jet-sources/

Oh, and Trudeau apologized for that dumbass comment.
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« Reply #365 on: November 25, 2012, 02:11:23 PM »
Harper awarded the other Justin (Bieber) a Jubilee Medal for "achievements abroad that bring credit to Canada." LOL. Tongue

Medicare is apparently more beloved than hockey or the military.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/poll-points-to-lagging-support-for-monarchy-and-universal-pride-in-medicare-180752631.html
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« Reply #366 on: November 26, 2012, 10:48:31 AM »
« Edited: November 26, 2012, 10:50:59 AM by RogueBeaver »
Rob Ford has been removed from office. How do special elections work in Toronto? Unless Ford appeals...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/11/25/toronto-ford-conflict-case-decision-release.html

Oh, and Carney will move to the Bank of England next year.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/26/britain-boe-carney-idUSS8E8CB0020121126
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« Reply #367 on: November 26, 2012, 11:28:52 AM »
Quote from: Hatman on November 26, 2012, 11:25:07 AM
It's not like Quebec, council decides whether or not to have a by-election.

How do you think TO will vote?

Fontana: Hopefully they get him out.
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« Reply #368 on: November 27, 2012, 03:58:08 PM »
*Sigh*

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-politics-blog/2012/11/prepare-the-parliamentary-sleeping-bags-for-the-biannual-budget-vote-a-thon.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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« Reply #369 on: November 27, 2012, 08:27:16 PM »
« Edited: November 27, 2012, 08:30:06 PM by RogueBeaver »
My problem isn't with 2 sitting days of debate, but with 3000+ amendments which are essentially trivial rather than substantive, designed to force all-nighters. Even Brison himself tacitly admits this.

Olivia Chow is "considering her role" in TO, but wants to see how the court drama plays out first.
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« Reply #370 on: November 28, 2012, 10:14:38 AM »
Tomassi and Beauchamp were named yesterday.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/11/28/montreal-charbonneau-guestlist.html
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« Reply #371 on: November 28, 2012, 10:35:34 AM »
« Edited: November 28, 2012, 10:37:53 AM by RogueBeaver »
Yep.

Maclean's Power Rankings.

http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/27/25-most-important-people-in-ottawa/

More cronyism in Alberta.

http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Politics/ID/2310345475/

Max: The rules should still be changed. Up-or-down votes on blocks of amendments in cases like this.
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« Reply #372 on: November 28, 2012, 10:59:13 AM »
Yeah. Or block out a sitting week or 2 for omnibus bills.

Power ranking: Yeah, quite insidery.
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« Reply #373 on: November 28, 2012, 04:23:35 PM »
Yeah, Kenney's the heir apparent. If the Reds are smart they run Moore instead of MacKay.

Alberta: There needs to be a tipping point, and so far that hasn't arrived. The national media has also been rather, to be polite, easy on her.
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« Reply #374 on: November 28, 2012, 04:52:23 PM »
Agreed on both counts.
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