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in PoliticsCanada's Long Gun Registry: A Waste of Tax Dollars?

Though emotional, this is an issue we need to look at objectively. Guns don’t cause crimes! People commit crimes using guns and other weapons.by debstwins / on Sep 23, 2010
Latest blogosphere posts tagged “canadian politics”
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Harper travelling to Colombia as ‘observer’ at Pacific Alliance trade meeting
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OTTAWA — The prime minister heads to South America this week to suss out membership in a new trading bloc he has been working to join for many years. The Pacific Alliance was formed by Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru in 2011 and Canada took a spot on the sidelines the next year, along with several other countries ...1 day ago -
Opposition NDP calls for RCMP investigation into $90,000 cheque from Harper’s former top aide to Mike Duffy
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OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats are calling on the Mounties to investigate the actions of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s former chief of staff. NDP MP Charlie Angus, the party’s ethics critic, has written to RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson asking the force to determine if Nigel Wright broke any laws by giving ...1 day ago -
Coyne: Conservatives’ ‘Nasty Party’ reputation well-deserved
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by andyt OnTheIce wrote: andyt wrote: Because as has been stated, they need to undercut the criminal market - which is not problem, as weve seen. Pretty smart business move to undercut your competition. Especially when the legal market doesnt have all the costs associated with an illegal one. When theres so much ...1 week ago -
Doug Finley, former strategist behind Stephen Harper’s rise, dies after cancer battle
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OTTAWA — Doug Finley, the organizational “pitbull” behind Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s rise to power, built a reputation in conservative circles for mercurial temper, implaccable calm, fierce loyalty and prodigious work ethic. Finley, 66, died Saturday after a battle with colorectal cancer that the ...1 week ago -
‘They’re so out of touch’: British Columbians yearn to move isolated island capital to Vancouver
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When the Big One finally hits coastal B.C., while Vancouver’s earthquake-proof skyline and the region’s many wood homes will come out largely unscathed, the province’s iconic Parliament Buildings will most likely topple. Alexandra Stephanson for National Post Victoria was not the first choice of capital ...1 week ago -
Federal cabinet shuffle speculation focuses on generational shift as major overhaul rumoured
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OTTAWA – Two former Conservative cabinet ministers – Jay Hill and Jim Prentice –were waiting for a flight at Toronto’s Pearson airport that would take them sailing around a Caribbean island when they ran into two of their former colleagues still toiling as ministers. The contrast was stark. The ex-ministers, ...1 week ago -
Ottawa treats cities ‘with neglect, disdain’ Mulcair charges, as he promises consultations on urban issues
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TORONTO — Saying successive federal governments have ignored the country’s cities, New Democrat Leader Tom Mulcair on Friday said his party would launch national consultations on urban issues. Mulcair said cities such as Toronto are vital to Canada’s economic growth and require support from the federal ...1 week ago -
Canadian Politician Makes Arrested Development Reference
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Posted on ANDPOP : Canadian politics is hard to decipher. At first glance, it looks like Canadians are just too nice with each other and thus, it’s hardly the political theatre that is American politics. If you’ve ever had to sit through any question period session, there’s a lot of yelling (sometimes in ...1 week ago -
Quebec’s anti-corruption squad Gangsterism charge sends clear message.
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One Former mayor of Laval, Gilles Vaillancourt slapped with gangsterism charges, one bad political party disbanded: all on the same day. The party that won Montreal’s last municipal election , the Union Montreal party, which has won every election in the newly merged post-2001 mega-city was dissolved . . ...1 week ago -
Everything You ever wanted to know about the Government in Canada but were afraid to ask
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Perhaps not the most fun book to read but it’s actually quite interesting and filled with important information if you live in Canada or are interested in Canadian politics. It’s short, sweet and it’s certainly very clear, but most importantly it provides an outstanding explanation of why Canada’s government ...1 week ago -
‘I love Canada’: B.C. NDP candidate denies accusation he is an ‘underground member’ of Chinese communist party
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VANCOUVER — Frank Huang was a Chinese communist. He joined the Communist Party of China voluntarily in 1991 after being assigned a government job in Guangdong that had him arranging visits and tours for Chinese expatriates. Mr. Huang is now the B.C. NDP candidate in Richmond Centre, a suburban Vancouver riding with ...2 weeks ago -
Dalton McGuinty testifies that it was his decision to kill gas plants at cost of $585-million
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TORONTO, Ontario — Former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty admitted Tuesday he did not know what it would cost when he made the decisions to cancel planned gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga and move them to other locations. Testifying under oath at the legislature’s justice committee, McGuinty acknowledged in ...2 weeks ago -
Tory attack ads may be backfiring in favour of Trudeau’s Liberals as support rises, new poll shows
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OTTAWA — New Conservative advertisements attacking Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau aren’t being well received by Canadians and appear to have had little to no effect in swaying voters to the Tories, according to a new poll. The Ipsos Reid survey conducted exclusively for Postmedia News and Global Television found ...2 weeks ago -
Senators Harb, Brazea to repay thousands in living expenses
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by jj2424 So Harb was the biggest crook of them all yet his name was barely mentioned by the media. Big surprise. Liberal Sen. Mac Harb will have to repay more than $100,000 while Independent Sen. Patrick Brazeau will be asked to reimburse the taxpayers about $30,000. Read more: ...2 weeks ago -
‘Leadership is not misleading people’: As Liberals close in on NDP, Dix criticizes Clark’s campaign tactics
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As polls suggest the B.C. election race is tightening, New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix is becoming more strident in his criticism of the Liberals. While Dix called Christy Clark’s campaign tactics offensive and misleading on Monday, Clark was welcoming some support from Gordon Wilson, a former Liberal leader who ...2 weeks ago -
Dutch flag raising gives Ontario MPPs plenty of opportunities to snipe at one another
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Who knew the Dutch had so much influence in Ontario? No, I don’t mean yours truly, but more the throng of Members of Provincial Parliament who crowded around a flagpole in front of Queen’s Park Monday morning to hoist the tricolor flag of the Netherlands, in honour of Dutch Heritage Month. There was Elizabeth ...2 weeks ago -
Canada will ban unsolicited incoming text message fees
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From electronista: “Two of Canada’s biggest telephone companies, Bell Canada Enterprises and Telus Corp., have began charging their customers for incoming unsolicited text messages on their cellphones, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is passing legislation to end what he calls an unfair practice, says ...2 weeks ago -
PUTTING MY MONEY WHERE MY MOUTH IS
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DATELINE: PUTTING ONMY POINTY SHOES – I did it. I said ‘enough’ today. I am not going to sitnoisily on the sidelines, yelling and preaching from my armchair while lettingothers do the work. It’s time. In the last few weeks,I have thought about my father, his brothers, his uncles, all of whom wereprepared ...2 weeks ago -
It seems that politicians are out of control and control, change is necessary to protect us from these people
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What the Parti Quebecois, suddenly, expresses serious concerns about Quebec corruption inquiry? The Quebec voters are watching, listening and they really now do not like the bad smell coming from the PQ. Premier Pauline Marois and her deputy are essentially now trying to tell a judge to “watch her ...2 weeks ago -
Canada’s monopolistic , self serving, greedy , immoral telecommunications firms
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Five Canadian consumer and public interest groups say that Bell and Astral’s new proposed merger is not in the public interest and should be denied. Five Canadian consumer and public interest groups say that Bell and Astral’s new proposed merger is not in the public interest and should be denied. The Public ...3 weeks ago


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