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Money for Nothing
Craig Chandler is none too happy today: Rejected Tory candidate Craig Chandler says he plans to sue the Alberta Progressive Conservatives for the $127,000 he claims he spent on his campaign to secure the party’s nomination in Calgary-Egmont. […] Chandler said he now wants his money back. “Why didn’t they let me know beforehand that […]
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How Far We’ve Come
It was a year ago today that the green scarves spread throughout the Palais de Congress, propelling Stephane Dion to a surprising 5th ballot victory in Montreal. There are no shortage of reflection pieces out there about this anniversary, many of them taking on obituary form. It would be hard to deny that it hasn’t […]
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Adapt or Leave
No surprise – the saga of Craig Chandler has come to an end…or has it? Knowing Mr. Chandler, I suspect this isn’t the last he’ll be heard of.
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Nomination Watch
A few updates on provincial nominations across Alberta, courtesy of the good people at Daveberta and Alberta Tory. The full updated list can be found here, but I present a few highlights since I don’t feel like blogging about Brian Mulroney today: -In the south side of Calgary, a trio of candidates were nominated this […]
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You know what your nickname is, Mr. Bigot
Just because I probably won’t have the opportunity to take shots at the nominated PC candidate in my home riding past Saturday, I thought I’d toss out a few gems from the best of Craig Chandler courtesy of today’s Globe & Mail: Earlier this year, a settlement arranged by the Canadian Human Rights Commission forced […]
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If Only They’d Invited Colbert…
I happened to catch the second half of the Republican YouTube debate tonight. Safe to say, Canadian parties could learn a thing or two from this about how to make many-candidate leadership debates interesting. Here are a few random observations: -Duncan Hunter: “Most army recruits are conservatives with deep judeo-christian values – that’s why we […]
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Godwin’s Law
Due to our non-aggression pact, I’m unable to criticize Elizabeth May for, yet again, comparing climate change to the Nazis. Instead, I’ll give her some friendly advice in a new blog segment entitled “How Not To Say Stupid Things In Politics”. Given her past comments, I suspect this might turn into quite the lengthy post […]
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House Arrest
Well, this should be fun.
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Random Stuff
-Saskatchewan tosses out the NDP then takes a Grey Cup a few weeks later – no surprise given the NDP jinx. It was interesting to see Jim Flaherty and Peter MacKay there to present the Grey Cup. I can understand why the Minister of Defense was there when the player of the game had three […]
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Bart’s Books – Straight From the Heart 2
After finishing up the Mulroney tome, it was time for another round of prime ministerial memoirs – Jean Chretien’s My Years as Prime Minister. Reading the two back to back means this review will likely feature a lot of comparisons between the books which might not be fair because the two are vastly different. Mulroney […]