{"id":1234,"date":"2007-01-01T21:49:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-02T02:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2007-01-01T21:49:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-02T02:49:00","slug":"2006-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=1234","title":{"rendered":"2006 Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Year in Review Quiz<\/a>
Person of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n

A look back to some of the highlights of 2006 and a look ahead to what’s in store in 2007.<\/p>\n

Big Votes of 2006<\/span>
1. Federal election
2. NB and NS elections, plus the AB Tory leadership race
3. Quebec is a nation motion
4. Afghanistan extension
5. Same sex marriage here to stay<\/p>\n

Bizarre Advertising<\/span>
1. Soldiers in our cities. With guns. In Canada. We are not making this up.
2. Sing a song. A song for Jim<\/a>. In Alberta. I wish I was making this up.<\/p>\n

Celebrity Breakups<\/span>
1. Bob Rae and Michael Ignatieff
2. Dick Cheney and the guy he shot
3. Duffy and Duffy
4. David Emerson and the Liberal Party
5. Joe Volpe and Jimmy K<\/p>\n

Celebrity Couples<\/span>
1. Stephane Dion and David Orchard
2. Stephane Dion and Gerard Kennedy
3. Maurizio Bevilacqua and Bob Rae
4. Peter MacKay and Condi Rice
5. Belinda Stronach and Tie Domi<\/p>\n

Stars of 2006<\/span>
1. The Harris gang – Baird, Flaherty, and Clement are all prominent in Harper’s Cabinet.
2. Martha Hall Findlay
3. The Liberal mole
4. Shawn Graham
5. Stephen Colbert. Just because.<\/p>\n

Losers of 2006<\/span>
1. Jim Dinning
2. Joe Volpe
3. Rona Ambrose
4. The Republican Party
5. Paul Martin. Remember him?<\/p>\n

To Watch in 2007<\/span>
1. Quebec and Ontario elections (and maybe Alberta)
2. Harper Cabinet shuffle & a possible environment deal with NDP
3. Federal election speculation and star candidate recruits
4. Democrat and Republican nomination races heat up
5. Will the Harper budget “solve” the fiscal imbalance?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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