Canada General Discussion 1.5: The Countdown Begins

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Tory Sen. Don Meredith has a few issues.

Agreed w/Ivison. I mean really, screwing BTB just because Industry is feeling miserly...

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ROFLMAO: PKP now claims to oppose public broadcasting cuts.

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Unfortunately my riding has voted Grit since time immemorial, 3 terms of Bill Hamilton aside.

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Yeah, wonder if it stays that way next year. Though I was never a Jennings fan...

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RIP Farley Mowat. Died today at 92, didn't know he was sill alive.

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Headline from 1990. Trudeau says all Grit candidates must be pro-choice.

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Earl: Was referring to the expanded veto.

DC: Guess not, but I'd also guess he wants to limit the number of retreads.

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Hmm... per Rosie Barton McKay wishes his party was more pluralistic.

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100% agreed w/Newman.

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La Presse reported on Ville-Marie hocus-pocus 2 months ago, now Maclean's has details.

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Feds trying to offload responsibility for aboriginal policing. Bad idea IMO.

PMO suggested Nadon resign and join the QC bar.

G&M interview with the new Chinese ambassador.

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Historic: PLQ 40%, CAQ 27%, PQ 19%. PQ third among Francophones (!!!) 33% CAQ, 29% PLQ, 23% PQ. Last among voters under 45. Part of this is normal for landslide defeats, but Leger said he's never seen anything like it. Question is now whether Vincent Lemieux was right and PQ is a one-generation pony.

Grits still stratospheric in the Atlantic provinces.

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Alberta regime still in extremis and Prentice may create another voter whiplash if he clears the field when nominations close on the 30th. Not elected by a riding, party or province. Climate is so radioactive that Wildrose could even knock him off in Calgary-Foothills, in which case Braid says Prentice's leadership would be instantly over before it began.

NDP introducing an abortion resolution.

CETA can't live up to hype if isn't signed.

More Bruce Carson charges.

Police could see tax data without a warrant due to an omnibus clause. Hopefully that gets fixed.

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WTF: Smith claims Prentice intermediaries asked for a merger. If true he's absolutely delusional and an arrogant asshole.

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NDP taxpayer funded office controversy still going, but typical bubble issue IMO.

Cardinal Collins isn't happy with the Grits on abortion, but no mention of the NDP's stance. Better response than what happened last time.


Still no mention of Trudeau's carbon tax except in Sun. Wonder why.

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Denials haven't been terribly convincing.

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Old news but forgot to post: Tory MPs Greg Kerr (West Nova, BC) and Colin Mayes (Okanagan-Shuswap, BC) will retire next year.

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Unsurprisingly, O'Connor is also retiring next year. Vern White might run.

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Forgot to mention that FEA passed the House, but waiting for Senate + royal assent.

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Hebert: revert to much stricter early voting.

Ibbitson: Trudeau doesn't understand the realities of modern foreign policy.

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John Turner used the terms "imperialist" and "colonial" when discussing foreign policy? News to me. Nah, what Ibbitson's saying is that Trudeau's embodying Laurentia.

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Nanos tracker: 56% would consider voting Grit, 45% NDP, 44% Tory. PPM is Harper 31, Trudeau 27, Mulcair 19.

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5 bills left this sitting.

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ONB Tory nomination continues to be a clusterfark.

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Yeah, JT's a very polarizing figure among Francophones - though his entourage probably isn't a huge reason why. Money quote from Lapierre: "My impression is that the issue in Quebec will be the economy [in the 2015 election], and the name Justin Trudeau and the economy don’t exactly go hand in hand. All he does is say ‘middle class’ 100 times in his speeches.”