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Laureen Harper’s undercover life and hill hairstyles
Posted May 21st, 2012 by Mitchel Raphael
Laureen Harper fosters kittens and Patrick Brazeau’s hair is growing
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The NDP: The road travelled from 2006 to 2012
Posted May 21st, 2012 by James Laxer
On election night in January 2006, Jack Layton declared that Canadians had “voted out of hope for change” and expressed the conviction that the NDP caucus, 29 MPs as compared with 19 in 2004, would help place working people and seniors “at the front of…
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An open letter about Rob Ford to the City of Toronto, from the Rest of Canada
Posted May 21st, 2012 by djclimenhaga
Dear Toronto:
It’s time we had a frank talk about that Chief Magistrate of yours.
We are speaking of course about Rob Ford, the big guy who keeps showing up in that lime-green team jacket.
We’re sorry we can’t think of a gentle way to put this, but sur…
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David Climenhaga’s Alberta Diary: An Open Letter about Rob Ford to the City of Toronto, from the Rest of Canada
Posted May 21st, 2012 by David J. Climenhaga
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, a political figure so big he has his own gravitational field! Toronto politicians may not appear exactly as illustrated. Dear Toronto: It’s time we had a frank talk about that Chief Magistrate of yours. We are speaking of cou…
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One year ago
Posted May 21st, 2012 by Aaron Wherry
Three-hundred and sixty-six days ago a rather remarkable election culminated in a rather remarkable…
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Person, party, Parliament
Posted May 21st, 2012 by Aaron Wherry
Greg Fingas considers Bruce Hyer’s defection in the context of Thomas Mulcair’s hopes for…
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The Commons: Stephen Harper says a lot of things
Posted May 21st, 2012 by Aaron Wherry
Reminiscing about the Prime Minister’s words is always a good place to start–for entertainment’s sake.
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Q&A: Bruce Hyer
Posted May 21st, 2012 by Aaron Wherry
On the occasion of his departure from the NDP caucus, Bruce Hyer and I…
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‘Every life and every death is important’
Posted May 21st, 2012 by Aaron Wherry
In a speech in Winnipeg, Olivia Chow discusses Jack Layton’s final days and the…
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The F-35 and clarity
Posted May 21st, 2012 by Aaron Wherry
On account of this, two previous appeals to clarity as it pertains to the…
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The Ryan Painter Show: Thomas Mulcair “A Leader” Ad Makes It’s Debut
Posted May 21st, 2012 by Ryan Painter
Fresh off Easter break the NDP has released it’s newest ad, presenting the leader of the Opposition Thomas Mulcair to English speaking Canadians. The video is sharp, and a noticible return to the ads of old for the NDP where people talk about the…
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Rae vs. Mulcair
Posted May 21st, 2012 by Aaron Wherry
Joan Bryden and Susan Delacourt note that, in addition to calling for Stephen Harper…
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Thomas Mulcair? We can’t spare that man. He fights!
Posted May 21st, 2012 by djclimenhaga
I like Thomas Mulcair for the same reason Abraham Lincoln liked Ulysses S. Grant.
As President Lincoln famously said of Grant, the Commanding General of the Union Army in America’s great Civil War: “I can’t spare that man. He fights!”
Legend has it tha…
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The Layton legacy
Posted May 21st, 2012 by Aaron Wherry
The four videos that were part of Friday night’s tribute….
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Mulcair’s Views Very Similar To Layton’s
Posted May 21st, 2012 by Thor
Many NDP members were worried during the leadership campaign that Mulcair had some extreme views on some issues. Not so. Here is a great piece by Leftist Jab touching on a couple of these issues. Read that post for the details.
Some people feared t…
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Driving The Porcelain Bus: Mulcair’s Views Very Similar To Layton’s
Posted May 21st, 2012 by Thor
Many NDP members were worried during the leadership campaign that Mulcair had some extreme views on some issues. Not so. Here is a great piece by Leftist Jab touching on a couple of these issues. Read that post for the details. Some people feared that…
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Thomas Mulcair: An NDP leader who passes the Ralph Klein beer test and Tory fear test
Posted May 21st, 2012 by djclimenhaga
Apparently it took the Conservative Party slime machine less than five minutes yesterday evening to start going after just-elected New Democratic Party Leader Thomas Mulcair in an ugly email blast.
The first Conservative email attacking Mulcair started…
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David Climenhaga’s Alberta Diary: Thomas Mulcair: an NDP leader who passes the Ralph Klein beer test and Tory fear test
Posted May 21st, 2012 by David J. Climenhaga
One hopes profoundly readers of this blog will indulge its author in running this photograph one more time, given the occasion. NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair, chosen by the party as its leader this evening, is like Ralph Klein a politician who seems to be…
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The Commons: As good a guess as any
Posted May 21st, 2012 by Aaron Wherry
The first sound Thomas Mulcair made when he reached the lectern was a sigh
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Alert! Radio #208: Tom Mulcair and the NDP, Greenpeace on the tar sands
Posted May 21st, 2012 by tommyallen789
Judy Rebick, Murray Cooke and Dennis Pilon compare how the NDP would change under the leadership of Mulcair, Topp, Nash and Cullen. Greenpeace climate change campaigner Keith Stewart responds to the recent report claiming that coal and natural gas, no…