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Liberal Party On Ice
It’s January in Ottawa and it’s freezing cold. Parliament is on break and the next major political event scheduled is the federal budget. The Ottawa Convention…
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Liberal convention 2012
Ottawa has been covered by a fresh blanket of snow this second week of January giving the nation’s capital an idyllic calm as delegates, press, and observers…
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State of Twitter
Treasury Board President Tony Clement recently remarked that Twitter is important in the public policy process. The Parry Sound-Muskoka MP has discovered its…
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Why Tim Hudak lost
Last week, Ontario voted to re-elect Dalton McGuinty to a third term as Premier of Canada’s largest province. Ontario is big on the Canadian stage and is…
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Why is the CBC is above the law?
The setup, from Kris Sims: OTTAWA – The CBC isn’t getting taken to the woodshed for airing vote results to western Canada on election night. In a letter to a…
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We demand transparency!
News broke yesterday about the CBC’s Radio Canada hiring former separatist leader Gilles Duceppe to host a show on the french-language network. Canadians are…
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Social media and free speech
During the London and UK riots last week, many commentators — myself included — wondered about a social media shutdown and mobile shutdown in affected areas.…
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Postal filibuster was a practice round
First Air Canada then Canada Post. What does the future hold in showdowns of Conservatives versus the union-backed New Democratic Party? I noted a couple of…
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Thoughts on the NDP filibuster
The NDP filibuster over bill C-6 is over and it ended with more of a whimper than a bang. With 102 MPs allowed to speak for 20 minutes (not including about 10…