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« Reply #825 on: November 21, 2012, 05:25:19 PM »

McGuinty has resigned as natural resources critic, per Twitter.
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« Reply #826 on: November 21, 2012, 08:17:43 PM »

I just remembered that the photo of David McGuinty on Wikipedia has me in the background. No idea who took it. You can sort of see my NDP pin.  It was taken at my old high school.
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« Reply #827 on: November 21, 2012, 08:30:42 PM »

I just remembered that the photo of David McGuinty on Wikipedia has me in the background. No idea who took it. You can sort of see my NDP pin.  It was taken at my old high school.


Are you the guy in the Nordiques hat?
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« Reply #828 on: November 21, 2012, 08:39:29 PM »

I just remembered that the photo of David McGuinty on Wikipedia has me in the background. No idea who took it. You can sort of see my NDP pin.  It was taken at my old high school.


Are you the guy in the Nordiques hat?

Yup Cheesy
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« Reply #829 on: November 21, 2012, 08:43:10 PM »

I just remembered that the photo of David McGuinty on Wikipedia has me in the background. No idea who took it. You can sort of see my NDP pin.  It was taken at my old high school.


Are you the guy in the Nordiques hat?

Yup Cheesy

Wow that's amazing, way to troll!
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« Reply #830 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 #831 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 #832 on: November 21, 2012, 10:37:56 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.

I've always wondered if other MP's would sit down and "have a chat" with the people who make them stay up voting Nay all night. After 1000+ amendments, I'd be ready to punch him out no matter what my party affiliation was.
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« Reply #833 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 #834 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 #835 on: November 22, 2012, 12:22:27 AM »

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.

I've always wondered if other MP's would sit down and "have a chat" with the people who make them stay up voting Nay all night. After 1000+ amendments, I'd be ready to punch him out no matter what my party affiliation was.

If I remember well, the Alliance invented that trick (over Indian treaties), so they aren't in a position to complain.
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« Reply #836 on: November 22, 2012, 12:52:02 AM »

The Canadian Filibuster?
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« Reply #837 on: November 22, 2012, 01:07:19 AM »

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.

I've always wondered if other MP's would sit down and "have a chat" with the people who make them stay up voting Nay all night. After 1000+ amendments, I'd be ready to punch him out no matter what my party affiliation was.

If I remember well, the Alliance invented that trick (over Indian treaties), so they aren't in a position to complain.

It wasn't the Alliance but the Reform Party (the same thing) with 471 amendments, in December 1999.

42 hours of votes to reject them, over the "Nisga'a Final Agreement"
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« Reply #838 on: November 22, 2012, 07:29:14 AM »

More jackassery from the Brothers Ford: "Olivia Chow is no Jack Layton." Ugh.

lol wut. I've actually heard that Olivia is quite a bit smarter than Jack.
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« Reply #839 on: November 22, 2012, 08:38:39 AM »


LOL at Sun News promoting the EDL on the left of the page.  
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« Reply #840 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 #841 on: November 22, 2012, 10:21:49 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

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Those are decent numbers coming from Nanos.
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« Reply #842 on: November 22, 2012, 11:57:46 AM »

No No No No No NO NO NO NO!  I knew Mulcair was a rotten egg. 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/11/15/pol-cp-ndp-trade-policy.html
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« Reply #843 on: November 22, 2012, 12:03:07 PM »


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It's not surprising, free trade is very popular outside of Southern Ontario. Canadian economy is based on natural ressources, not manifacturing, so, free trade is good for Canada, that is not new.

The left being pro-trade isn't new from Mulcair. The votes against free trade was only posturing to please unions, it was obvious since a while.
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« Reply #844 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 #845 on: November 22, 2012, 03:45:51 PM »

In the 1930s few people were as fervent defenders of free trade as Clement Attlee.
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« Reply #846 on: November 22, 2012, 06:46:40 PM »

Justin Trudeau endorses Thomas Mulcair ahead of all non-Quebec Liberal candidates for leadership.

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http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/11/22/justin-trudeau-anti-alberta-tv-interview-puts-dent-in-liberal-leadership-ambitions/
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« Reply #847 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 #848 on: November 22, 2012, 10:42:16 PM »

From that same interview, Trudeau demonstrates his stairs tumbling skill. (at the end of the video) I forgot about the Alberta part but remembered the stairs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xyiiR2ZSNs
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« Reply #849 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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