{"id":1335,"date":"2007-03-22T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-22T21:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2007-03-22T17:43:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-22T21:43:00","slug":"random-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=1335","title":{"rendered":"Random News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>1) Andrew Coyne<\/span> is waging one heck of a crusade against the Tory budget and I must say – give me a sword! When this guys picks an issue to feel passionate about, you do not want him against you.<\/p>\n

–Tuesday’s Column<\/a><\/p>\n

–Wednesday’s Column<\/a><\/p>\n

-And a link to Jack Mintz’s<\/span> critique of the ever expanding tax code<\/a>. Next year: tax rebates on dental floss!<\/p>\n

2. Stockwell<\/span> Day<\/a> is in trouble again…<\/p>\n

3. More reports on the new era of peace <\/a>between provinces and the federal government.<\/p>\n

4. The opposition parties pass Paul Martin’s private members bill <\/a>on the Kelowna<\/span> Accord which the Tories plan to ignore. Of note, Brian Mulroney has spoken out in favour of the bill.<\/p>\n

5. John Ivison<\/span> has a good article on the potential<\/span> of the Tories converting to Kyoto<\/a>. He opens with a brilliant line: “The suggestion from this week\u2019s budget is, if there was a sizeable<\/span> voting population of Vikings in the country, he’d offer up a few villages in Newfoundland to plunder<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

6. On the flip side, the Liberals are now not only backing Harper’s crime bill, but trying to fast track it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

7. I’ll leave the comments to those in Ontario, but Dalton McGuinty has brought in a pre-election budget of his own<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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