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« Reply #175 on: February 06, 2014, 11:47:28 AM »

Yeah, they're not exactly the flavour of the month, but this doesn't yet strike me as the 'dead-government-walking' that it probably should be at this point.
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« Reply #176 on: February 06, 2014, 12:23:02 PM »


Clearly Mont Royal has been trending Royal Blue.  Possibly not soon enough to keep Housefeather from being the next MP, but Housefeather will definitely have to be more than a mailbox.

Even if the Conservatives focus on the jewish vote again, the Liberals won't do as badly this time.

A blog post on 308 website about Mont-Royal.
http://www.threehundredeight.com/2014/02/with-cotlers-departure-is-mount-royal.html
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« Reply #177 on: February 06, 2014, 09:41:23 PM »

More skirmishes between Clement and PSAC. PQ will soon produce a White Paper and start consultations on sovereignty. They would only pull the referendum trigger with ever-elusive winning conditions, obviously. That's while they're throwing money around like Santa Claus in targeted regions, especially the Mauricie. Looks like a pre-campaign move but believe when seen, obviously.

Citizenship reform.
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« Reply #178 on: February 07, 2014, 11:06:46 AM »

Somehow forgot to post this Tuesday: PQ's newest election scenario is an April 14 election with dissolution around March 12. Budget comes down early too in said scenario.
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« Reply #179 on: February 07, 2014, 12:56:10 PM »

Our mayor kicks ass:

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« Reply #180 on: February 07, 2014, 03:22:56 PM »

Well, it is a stupid waste of time, but hardly worth changing one's vote over.
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« Reply #181 on: February 07, 2014, 03:41:30 PM »


This is great
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« Reply #182 on: February 07, 2014, 11:34:48 PM »

Watson is great on Twitter; he's always replied to me when I've made some funny comments.

He has a big gay following in the city, because the gay community knows something about him that most voters are probably unaware of (if you catch my drift).  My girlfriend likes to read the local queer newspaper, and there was a recent Q&A with the mayor about what kind of example closeted politicians set for gays. Kind of an awkward question.

But before anyone jumps on the Watson bandwagon, remember, he's still a vapid centrist, and a typical Liberal panderer. Council is stocked with his fanboys/girls.  I'm hoping there will be someone challenging him from the left in the upcoming election.
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« Reply #183 on: February 08, 2014, 05:44:51 PM »

Grits will finally get around to some policy substance at their convention in 2 weeks.
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« Reply #184 on: February 08, 2014, 07:12:59 PM »

So just how screwed are the federal Conservatives under PM Stephen Harper?  Is their majority a lost cause in 2015?   

I think it will be difficult for them to win a majority. They won about 54% of seats while the Liberals bombed. It's difficult to see where they could gain so it will be trying to limit losses. It looks very difficult to repeat the 2011 Ontario federal result of getting 44% of vote share while the other two parties get 25% each.
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« Reply #185 on: February 09, 2014, 12:07:09 PM »

Interesting Ipsos poll: voters like Trudeau's Senate stunt but see it as just that, a stunt. Topline is 33/29/27, Grits 38/28 among LV. Trudeau is PPM 42/34/24.
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« Reply #186 on: February 10, 2014, 09:17:17 AM »

ONDP still playing small ball, and CPC planning to make mischief at the LPC convention.
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« Reply #187 on: February 11, 2014, 06:11:41 PM »


Nothing about the conservative election bill, Rogue? Or you are too ashamed to mention it?
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« Reply #188 on: February 11, 2014, 06:14:17 PM »

I've been trying to keep posts down to a minimum here, but I'm certainly not ashamed of the bill.
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« Reply #189 on: February 11, 2014, 06:16:10 PM »

Budget roundup.
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« Reply #190 on: February 11, 2014, 06:24:05 PM »

I've been trying to keep posts down to a minimum here

HI (Horrible Idea). Your commentary is how I keep informed of most Canadian news.
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« Reply #191 on: February 11, 2014, 06:34:04 PM »

My budget reaction is the same as last year: meh.
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« Reply #192 on: February 11, 2014, 06:40:44 PM »

My budget reaction is the same as last year: meh.

Well, there is nothing new at all in that budget, expect a tobacco tax. Nothing new, which has pros and cons.

And I very much suspect we don't want the same things at all.

And I really don't how someone sane (which is what you are) can endorse a law forbidding Elections Canada to do sensibilisation in schools and banning them from doing turnout campaigns. It's a deliberate choice to lower turnout.
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« Reply #193 on: February 11, 2014, 06:51:09 PM »

Poilievre said he'd look at excising that part, which was my objection to the bill.
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« Reply #194 on: February 11, 2014, 06:53:32 PM »

And I really don't how someone sane (which is what you are) can endorse a law forbidding Elections Canada to do sensibilisation in schools and banning them from doing turnout campaigns. It's a deliberate choice to lower turnout.

Trying to reduce already increasingly low turnout sounds almost American.
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« Reply #195 on: February 11, 2014, 07:24:48 PM »

Trudeau would keep corporate tax at its current 15%. Cue umpteen columns from a certain Postmedia man about how this proves JT's a fiscal conservative, or something.
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« Reply #196 on: February 11, 2014, 07:37:50 PM »

I guess I'll just waste my vote and vote for whichever clown the NDP puts up here then. The Belieberals continue to be total crap.
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« Reply #197 on: February 11, 2014, 07:46:07 PM »

Poilievre said he'd look at excising that part, which was my objection to the bill.

I'll believe him if he does it.
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« Reply #198 on: February 11, 2014, 08:21:46 PM »

I guess I'll just waste my vote and vote for whichever clown the NDP puts up here then. The Belieberals continue to be total crap.

But you musn't waste your vote! That will let the Tories win Wink

And I really don't how someone sane (which is what you are) can endorse a law forbidding Elections Canada to do sensibilisation in schools and banning them from doing turnout campaigns. It's a deliberate choice to lower turnout.

Trying to reduce already increasingly low turnout sounds almost American.

It does reek of what the Republicans are trying to do in the US. Luckily it wont be as bad, but still.
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« Reply #199 on: February 12, 2014, 12:27:51 AM »

I have to LOL @ Trudeau's new slogan about "real solutions to create growth for the middle class." More vacuous pap, as usual.
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