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50% + 1
After dancing around the issue for several years, it appears the NDP finally has a clear position on the Clarity Act: On Monday, the NDP introduced legislation to allow Quebec to secede with a simple majority of 50 per cent plus one. The party also wants to impose a tougher question in the event of […]
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Mulcair Takes on the West
What started out as musings on the health of Ontario’s manufacturing sector has quickly escalated into a full fledged war of words between Tom Mulcair and the western Premiers. It’s an important shift in the dialogue, because going to war with the West is a lot different than going to war with the oilsands – after […]
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Happy Anniversary!
One year ago today, Stephen Harper turned an “unwanted election” into his first majority government, Jack Layton and the NDP soared to never before seen heights, and Liberals spent the evening curled up in a fetal position sobbing in the corner. On political anniversaries, it’s tempting to give each party a thumbs up or thumbs […]
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Election Post Mortem: The NDP
I don’t have much to add to the post-election discussion on the NDP’s past, present, and future, as most of the key points have already been beaten to death. But it’s worth a moment to pause and appreciate what Jack Layton accomplished last Monday. Layton inherited a party with 13 seats in the House of […]
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Seeing the World Through Orange Coloured Glasses
With orange coloured glasses……a party over 50 years old can be considered “new”. With orange coloured glasses……the constitution can be opened up and everyone can be made happy. With orange coloured glasses……cuting a tax on home heating fuel is good environmental policy which helps the poorest Canadians. With orange coloured glasses……a cap and trade system […]
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Finally, someone attacks the NDP’s candyland platform
The NDP platform has been given a free ride this campaign. Luckily, there are people out there willing to put the NDP’s platform promises under scrutiny. Those people? The NDP: NDP casts doubts over its own green spending promises OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats say they might not be able to pay for $3.6 […]
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Ad Watch: I…Won’t…Stop…Until…The…Job…Is…Done
The NDP release the kind of ad you’re supposed to release when you’re surging. It’s all Jack, it’s all positive, it plays on that sense of momentum. How would you rate this ad? A B C D F See Results