Posts Tagged ‘ Liberals ’

This is my election district: London-Fanshawe; Londoners might refer to the majority of it as “The Scary East End” or som variation of it.  When I first came to London, I might have agreeed, having toured it while looking for a new home.  I settled here mostly out of necessity but have been constantly...
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If the “Near Dead Heat” election in the US can teach Non-Tory politicians anything, it’s that the facts don’t really matter to the electorate.  Anyone with a bit of sense can look at John McCain and say “cor, he looks old and he sounds a whole hell of a lot like Pres. Bush, I...
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TORONTO — Deere & Co., the world’s largest maker of farm machinery, is blaming the strong loonie for the decision to close its factory in Welland, Ont., costing the Ontario economy 800 manufacturing jobs. 800 jobs Mowed Down (Emphasis added) As I pointed out in an earlier post, the fate of the loonie seems to mirror...
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Exciting, being a relative term.  What makes me get all lathered up in anticipation may not exactly turn your dials to eleven.  In this case it’s the prospect that Steven Harper gets out the Trash Talk Thesaurus and lays it on the table in front of him, looking for synonyms of pansy. “He is certainly...
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All bets are off on fixed voting date as PM backtracks on promise to wait until October, 2009; decision expected within weeks Be ready for fall election, Harper warns I must have missed this quote: “Mr. Dion is threatening to bring the government down, again, but we’ve heard that same song for nearly two years,” said Mr....
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“An election will come between now and October 2009,” he said on CTV’s Question Period on Sunday. “(Calling an election) is a decision that belongs to me, that’s true … I will choose a good moment.” –Celine Dion on Calling an Election Stephane Dion continues to play coy rather than stating the facts.  Things aren’t bad enough...
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