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« Reply #1375 on: June 03, 2013, 02:46:41 PM »

LeBreton will ask the AG to probe all Senate expenses. Long overdue IMO.
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« Reply #1376 on: June 03, 2013, 03:52:15 PM »

Elections NS has published the notional results of the new riding boundaries.

Note: The Liberals would have won a by-election in Inverness had the new boundaries been used.
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« Reply #1377 on: June 03, 2013, 05:00:07 PM »

Harper will be in Europe next week.
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« Reply #1378 on: June 04, 2013, 02:08:52 PM »

Glover and Bezan have some campaign finance disputes with EC to clear up. Glover's court hearing is June 21, dunno about Bezan.
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« Reply #1379 on: June 04, 2013, 03:53:22 PM »

This is nauseating.  http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/03/sikh-kids-who-want-to-play-soccer-wearing-turbans-should-play-in-their-backyards-quebec-soccer-federation/

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Quebec is the only province where this is an issue.
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« Reply #1380 on: June 04, 2013, 05:11:58 PM »

This is nauseating.  http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/03/sikh-kids-who-want-to-play-soccer-wearing-turbans-should-play-in-their-backyards-quebec-soccer-federation/

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Quebec is the only province where this is an issue.

The french nationalist vibe can go overboard at times.
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« Reply #1381 on: June 04, 2013, 05:15:10 PM »
« Edited: June 04, 2013, 05:18:44 PM by RogueBeaver »

The Rob Ford video might have disappeared, and the Senate ethics probe into Duffy has been suspended till the RCMP investigation is complete. Meanwhile Ivison suggests there might be an ethics package coming this fall.
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« Reply #1382 on: June 04, 2013, 05:38:12 PM »

At the upcoming Tory convention, no policy resolutions of note except that perennial Blue-Red football known as the leadership election mechanism: weighted system was part of the merger agreement but Blues want OMOV. Personally I don't care either way, it'll survive till Harper leaves but whether it survives afterwards is an open question.

Turbans: They'll change it if FIFA tells them to.
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« Reply #1383 on: June 04, 2013, 07:56:58 PM »

I'm with the Blues, I guess.
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« Reply #1384 on: June 04, 2013, 08:11:07 PM »

Final F-35 decision will be made by the PM and Cabinet without civil service advice.

Turbans: I disagree with the ban, but here's Andrew Potter on the different conceptions of secularism in Quebec and ROC.

In non-political news, Despatie retired today, said TV will be his next gig. My bet is that potential memoir aside, we haven't seen the last of him. Or at least we can hope. Tongue

Voting: Won't make a difference in any leadership matchup anyways, so I don't really understand why both sides are making such a BFD about it. Though I'd be most curious to know what Moore's position is.
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« Reply #1385 on: June 04, 2013, 08:52:25 PM »

Voting: Won't make a difference in any leadership matchup anyways, so I don't really understand why both sides are making such a BFD about it. Though I'd be most curious to know what Moore's position is.

In the Maritimes it's a pretty blatant case of "we don't want to lose influence".
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« Reply #1386 on: June 04, 2013, 09:05:01 PM »

We definitely need to improve our Maritime bench in 2015. Truth be told I have my doubts MacKay even runs when the time comes, for fairly obvious reasons.
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« Reply #1387 on: June 04, 2013, 09:26:58 PM »

We definitely need to improve our Maritime bench in 2015. Truth be told I have my doubts MacKay even runs when the time comes, for fairly obvious reasons.

Indeed. Brison always struck me as the heavyweight in NS conservatism. To be fair to the Maritimes, we only have 13 MP's. There's more selection among MP's from Calgary than New Brunswick Tongue
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« Reply #1388 on: June 05, 2013, 12:37:48 AM »

We definitely need to improve our Maritime bench in 2015. Truth be told I have my doubts MacKay even runs when the time comes, for fairly obvious reasons.

Indeed. Brison always struck me as the heavyweight in NS conservatism. To be fair to the Maritimes, we only have 13 MP's. There's more equal* selection among MP's from Calgary than New Brunswick Tongue

*Calgary has 8  MP's Tongue
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« Reply #1389 on: June 05, 2013, 08:25:28 AM »

We definitely need to improve our Maritime bench in 2015. Truth be told I have my doubts MacKay even runs when the time comes, for fairly obvious reasons.

Doesn't he want to be leader?
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« Reply #1390 on: June 05, 2013, 08:55:16 AM »

"Wants" and "Has anywhere near the #" are 2 different things. Wink
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« Reply #1391 on: June 05, 2013, 09:05:01 AM »

In more immediate news, redistribution could cause some intra-Tory battles, particularly in Alberta.
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« Reply #1392 on: June 05, 2013, 02:29:30 PM »


There'll be plenty of seats to go around, since there'll be an increase in seats. It just means some MPs might end up running in ridings that don't correspond well to their previous ridings.
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« Reply #1393 on: June 05, 2013, 04:55:34 PM »

Another IR PMB in the pipeline, this one to guarantee a secret ballot for union elections. Wonder if the PM gives his tacit support to this one too.
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« Reply #1394 on: June 05, 2013, 09:39:28 PM »

Brent Rathgeber, Tory MP for Edmonton-St. Albert, has resigned from caucus due to the government's "lack of commitment to transparency" and will sit as an Indie.
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« Reply #1395 on: June 05, 2013, 09:43:22 PM »

Watering down of his transparency bill, specifically provisions to disclose bureaucrats' and CBC salaries, are among his reasons.
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« Reply #1396 on: June 05, 2013, 09:57:10 PM »

PMO wants him to resign and run in a by-election.
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« Reply #1397 on: June 05, 2013, 11:18:36 PM »

Peter Goldring will be in court tomorrow on his DUI charge.
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« Reply #1398 on: June 05, 2013, 11:18:57 PM »

Talking of that, can he win an election as an independant?
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« Reply #1399 on: June 05, 2013, 11:24:36 PM »

I don't think either of them can. Alberta's far too blue and as far as I know neither are local rock stars a la Bill Casey. Goldring previously said he'd retire but now says he'd like to rejoin caucus if cleared. So depends what happens in his trial.
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