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MacGrit's Blog: Let's have a slam Alberta day
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This is my soapbox.unfortunately it doesn't allow me to add any extra height. Tuesday, April 18, 2006. Let's have a slam Alberta day. Ugh, those Albertans.this little story on CBC. Really made me chuckle today. So they don't think we give them enough credit eh? And number 2 on the Alberta slam list: Steve-o. So Stevie's willing to risk going to the polls. Over child care. And those tory bloggers and party mouthpieces. Especially when we're in a minority parliament. Yea, real brave guys. Putting t...Those...
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Fuddle Duddle: June 2005
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Tantum Vero Pacem Reperimus. June 9, 2005. Vote16 et Mark Holland ont été défaits! Chers amis libéraux,. Je tiens à remercier le caucus québécois qui était opposé à une telle mesure et un merci tout particulier à Jacques Saada qui prend toujours un grand soin de répondre à mes diverses interrogations. Je dois également souligner la vitesse à laquelle il répond à ses courriels. On pourrait l'appeler l'homme qui répond plus vite que son ombre! Par / by Marc Gendron à / at 1:21 AM. 0 commentaires / comments.
idealisticpragmatist.blogspot.com
Idealistic Pragmatist: One of several options
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Resisting the pull of cynicism since 1969. Friday, December 05, 2008. One of several options. Was the Governor-General wrong to prorogue? Hell if I know. It seemed like a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" sort of situation, and there really was no good choice. Harper should not have asked for it, that much is certain. But what's done is done. Us the parliament we vote for, but we still have the possibility (and, I would argue, the responsibility). I've never had a lot of faith that these things wil...
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Idealistic Pragmatist: MMP and me
http://idealisticpragmatist.blogspot.com/2007/09/mmp-and-me.html
Resisting the pull of cynicism since 1969. Saturday, September 22, 2007. It occurs to me that some of you may not realize that I wasn't born a statistics-spouting, FAQ-writing, electoral reform geek- I was made that way. This post is that story. For them- it actually produced policies that most of the country agreed with. What a wonderful thing this 'parliamentary democracy' thing was. Program for the benefit of the rapidly democratizing East Germans. Your ballot has two votes,. And then came the results.
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Idealistic Pragmatist: We have polling
http://idealisticpragmatist.blogspot.com/2008/12/we-have-polling.html
Resisting the pull of cynicism since 1969. Wednesday, December 03, 2008. Has released polling data about the proposed coalition. Here are their answers to the main three questions:. Which of these statements comes closest to your own view? The Conservative party deserves to continue in government: 35%. The Conservative party does not deserve to continue in government: 40%. Should the opposition parties get together and topple the Conservative minority government headed by Stephen Harper? Just as fascinat...
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Idealistic Pragmatist: On the backroom
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Resisting the pull of cynicism since 1969. Thursday, December 04, 2008. Consider this: When people in the same party get together to talk about plans for laws or governance or strategy, we call it a caucus meeting. But when people from different parties do exactly the same thing, we call it a secret backroom plot. Is that really the message we want to send to the people who govern us? Wall off the parties and make sure no one leaves their bubble? Posted by Idealistic Pragmatist. There'll be a new Throne ...
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The Winding Road Ahead: And so the attack ads start....
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The Winding Road Ahead. Thursday, January 29, 2009. And so the attack ads start. Posted by Andrew P. How disappointing. Attack ads are not virtuous.Can have a boomerang effect as well. January 29, 2009 at 1:33 PM. Dunno about the stations, but given they get less votes and donations then the Liberals (based on 2007 numbers), I'm going to guess not popular one's(re: expenisive air time). If you want to listen to them, they are posted on the front page of the NDP website. January 29, 2009 at 1:41 PM.
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The Winding Road Ahead: The Devil is in the Details
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The Winding Road Ahead. Wednesday, January 28, 2009. The Devil is in the Details. On the surface, the budget isn't horrible. Infrastructure spending, money for home buyers and reno's, increasing the flow of credit to consumers, retraining funding, changes to EI are all good, but as usual, the devil is in the details. EI rules need to be expanded so that more people qualify for it, because if you don’t’ qualify, the extra 2 weeks don’t make that big of a deal. Posted by Andrew P. View my complete profile.
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Idealistic Pragmatist: In defense of proportional representation
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Resisting the pull of cynicism since 1969. Tuesday, September 20, 2005. In defense of proportional representation. It was inevitable, I suppose, that someone was going to come out and blame the crazy results of recent elections in Germany and New Zealand on that gosh-darned proportional representation. And if it was inevitable that someone. Was going to do that, then I suppose it was equally inevitable that that someone was going to be Jeffrey Simpson of the Globe and Mail. Finally, Simpson attempts to m...
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