Canadian Politics
Nation, State or Country?
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Tag: Quebec
51 posts tagged "Quebec".
Elections
Thoughts about last night
The main story is that the Conservative Party is back in Quebec and in a big way. Both the Bloc and the Liberals suffered losses while the Tories beat some of…
Elections
Conservatives breaking through in Quebec. Lib cabmins in trouble.
According to a new poll in La Presse to hit doorsteps later this morning, Conservatives are making a significant breakthrough in Quebec, while Liberal cabinet…
Liberal Party of Canada
Claude Dauphin, Paul Martin and the unity shell game
Claude Dauphin was a Quebec Liberal MNA for the riding of Marquette in 1981 and was re-elected in 1985 and 1989. He served as an MNA until 1994. In 1995 he was…
Liberal Party of Canada
Liberals + Quebec Ads = Ripping somebody off
It seems like the Liberals just can’t get it right when it comes to advertising in Quebec. First, they commissioned ads for the federal government with Quebec…
Gilles Duceppe
Gilles Duceppe and the Bloc are walking a fine line
During the Bloc Party (convention) in Montreal this weekend, leader of the Bloc Quebecois Gilles Duceppe openly mused about the possibility of subverting the…
Bloc Québécois
Jean LaPierre’s feelings hurt
From today’s Ottawa Sun: Transport Minister Jean Lapierre demanded an apology yesterday from a Bloc Quebecois leader who said members of the federal Liberal…
Paul Martin
Meanwhile, Back in Canada…
I thought that Paul Martin put an end to the practice of appointing partisan Quebec Liberal supporters to the bench. Perhaps he thought nobody would notice. I…
Liberal Party of Canada
New Scandal: RCMP and PCO
In a report released by the Fraser Institute this month, it was revealed the Adscam was much larger than Sheila Fraser realized. Relationships were grown…