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« Reply #125 on: July 01, 2014, 05:03:17 PM »

It's certainly strange to see someone become more socially conservative over time. It's usually the other way around.

You've been hanging out on Atlas too much Wink

Apparently njall hasn't Wink
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« Reply #126 on: July 01, 2014, 10:14:13 PM »

Perhaps one can blame Quebec drivers. They're the one's I fear the most when I'm biking around town Wink (Mostly because they're less familiar with the roads to be fair)
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« Reply #127 on: July 01, 2014, 10:22:40 PM »

Perhaps one can blame Quebec drivers. They're the one's I fear the most when I'm biking around town Wink (Mostly because they're less familiar with the roads to be fair)

Both crashes aren't involving cars (but bad concrete/public works).

So, just trading one stereotype for another.
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« Reply #128 on: July 02, 2014, 08:14:04 AM »

Perhaps one can blame Quebec drivers. They're the one's I fear the most when I'm biking around town Wink (Mostly because they're less familiar with the roads to be fair)

Both crashes aren't involving cars (but bad concrete/public works).

So, just trading one stereotype for another.

I find all you easterners to have abhorant habits towards cyclists on the roads

Don't look at me, I'm the victim in this scenario. 
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« Reply #129 on: July 04, 2014, 08:35:08 AM »


Good riddance.
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« Reply #130 on: July 08, 2014, 06:58:48 PM »

How on earth is a line from O Canada "too American sounding"?

This license plate thing is a joke. No reason to change it. Alberta and Quebec both have the most awesome license plate mottos.
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« Reply #131 on: July 08, 2014, 07:37:18 PM »

If the NDP win in Sask, will they change the name of the state in case it looks bias to the Sask Party?

Canada doesn't have states. Tongue
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« Reply #132 on: July 09, 2014, 06:49:11 AM »

Are they doing this now because they lack a proper Premier who can be blamed for such shenanigans? Maybe Newfoundland can do something sneaky too for the same reason.
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« Reply #133 on: July 10, 2014, 07:11:29 AM »

look at the polling dates, DC. Probably the second worst week in the year for polling, after Dec 25-Jan 1.
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« Reply #134 on: July 14, 2014, 10:24:46 PM »

And I suspect than the sponsor, the Ontario Convenience Stores Association, being a business association, leans to the right.

Does John Tory have connections with them? Why would they sponsor a poll?
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« Reply #135 on: July 29, 2014, 08:40:23 AM »

My newest project is mapping religion by 2013 riding. It wqill be a long time before I can discuss with maps, but here's an interesting preliminary result.

The most Pentecostal riding in the country is Coast of Bays-Central, Notre Dame, with 19% of the riding identifying as Pentecostal!

Newfoundland had a public Pentecostal School Board at one point, I believe.
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« Reply #136 on: July 29, 2014, 11:13:30 PM »

They are quick to fix glitches if you complain though. Their geosearch app was down for a few weeks(!) it seems, but they fixed it within hours of me emailing them. The guy who fixed it even called me at work to tell me!
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« Reply #137 on: August 01, 2014, 10:53:12 PM »

Funny how they call ONB a safe Tory seat when it just went Liberal in the provincial election.
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« Reply #138 on: August 02, 2014, 10:16:37 AM »

Mount Royal is one of two Tory targets in Montreal (the other is Pierrefonds-Dollard). With Trudeau as leader, it might be impossible for the Tories to win the riding, but I feel it is trending Conservative, as the Jewish vote coalesces to them.
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« Reply #139 on: August 09, 2014, 11:00:49 PM »

Don't forget the last by-election in Calgary-Elbow... what do you reckon the Liberals' chances are of winning it?
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« Reply #140 on: August 12, 2014, 08:30:29 AM »

In perhaps the greatest news in the history of television, the worst person in Canada (Kevin O'Learly) will be quitting the CBC. Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy
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« Reply #141 on: August 13, 2014, 08:28:38 AM »

In perhaps the greatest news in the history of television, the worst person in Canada (Kevin O'Learly) will be quitting the CBC. Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy


Wouldn't that title belong to Don Cherry?

Don Cherry can be amusing at times. He doesn't come close to the horrible piece of sh[inks] that O'Leary is. Of course, I understand that Cherry can't be that popular in Quebec Wink
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« Reply #142 on: September 06, 2014, 09:46:29 PM »


Wow, the NDP is the lowest in Nova Scotia out of all four Atlantic provinces? Insanity (and highest in PEI) Huh Has hell frozen over?

Hopefully the Liberal honeymoon in Nova Scotia ends soon.
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« Reply #143 on: September 13, 2014, 05:24:16 PM »

NL PC leadership race headed to a third ballot, because 2nd ballot was a 1 vote lead, but not a majority as there was one rejected vote.
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« Reply #144 on: September 13, 2014, 07:11:14 PM »

lol newfy math
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« Reply #145 on: September 16, 2014, 07:08:53 AM »


I've heard of premiers being picked who don't have seats, but cabinet ministers? And now Prentice is going to force at least one more Tory backbencher to give up their seat?
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« Reply #146 on: September 16, 2014, 02:27:37 PM »


I've heard of premiers being picked who don't have seats, but cabinet ministers? And now Prentice is going to force at least one more Tory backbencher to give up their seat?

On the federal level, Chretien appointed Stephane Dion to cabinet in 1996, prior to Dion winning a by-election.  In fact, according to this Edmonton Journal blog, there were 169 people appointed to the federal cabinet from outside the HoC between 1867 and 2011. 

As for the by-elections, I think only one more backbencher will have to step down.  As it stands now, I imagine that Mandel will run in Edmonton-Whitemud and Dirks will run in Calgary-Elbow, so that just leaves Prentice to find a seat.  It looks like Prentice will probably get Neil Brown to step down so that he can run in Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill; I've heard that he wants to run in a riding that (at least partially) overlaps with his old federal seat, and those four ridings are Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill, Calgary-Klein (where the MLA just got sworn in to the new cabinet), Calgary-Mountain View (has a Liberal MLA), and Calgary-Varsity (MLA shows no sign of wanting to step down; also has a strong Liberal base).

Interesting; I hadn't realized Hancock had resigned.
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« Reply #147 on: September 16, 2014, 05:25:55 PM »


Very sad news. Is the provincial NDP having a leadership race? Maybe he will run!
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« Reply #148 on: September 25, 2014, 02:15:51 PM »

Why is Paul Calandra such a dick?
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« Reply #149 on: October 11, 2014, 09:33:59 AM »

Yes, this was posted in the Ontario municipal elections thread.
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