'Losers don't get to form coalitions'
Sometimes, your brilliant question doesn't seem so smart when they've answered it. So it was under a perfect blue sky on the manicured lawn of 10 Downing Street, where the Canadian media pack plotted...
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What? No kimonos?
The "dismal science" dominates Harper's trip to Asia Prime Minister Stephen Harper waves as he boards a plane in Winnipeg on Tuesday at the start of his six-day trip to South Korea and Japan. (Adrian...
View ArticleCSIS in Wonderland
A spy boss takes on Canada's "specialty:" moral outrageSo now we know the view from the CSIS director's window: besieged by the enemy within! As if fighting Hezbollah and Al Qaeda wasn't tough enough,...
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The Air India families: Shut out again
The Harper government feels the lash as Air India families complain about the "shocking" exclusion of their lawyer from a meeting with ministers Family members look for names of loved ones on a...
View ArticleThe Air India emails: families' lawyer told to 'listen and observe only' at...
The following is an email exchange between Air India family member Anil Hanse and Tom Jarmyn, an official with Canada's Department of Public Safety:Sent: Sat Nov 27 01:43:29 2010 Received: From:...
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Crazy or dumb? Do the math.
Calculating the odds of an election Nobody loves mathematics - and electoral math is especially dreary. Typically, it ensures that we don't get what we want. Take the last federal election. Only 59 per...
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Accountability? At the UN? This should be interesting...
First, we must save the mothers and children. No, wait! First, we must make sure this isn't another gigantic, United Nations festival of corruption. Then, we must save the mothers and children. It's no...
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Meet the monarch. But no loud noises, please
Stephen Harper visits Morocco - carefully A protester stands in front of the prime minister's office in Tunis this week to demand the removal of members of the ousted president's regime still in the...
View ArticleHarper the hawk goes to Paris. Or is he Goldilocks?
The world does not wait for the Canadian Parliament to debate contempt, confidence and Bev Oda. Although his own government may not last a week, Stephen Harper felt compelled to fly through the night...
View Article'Rise up!' Ignatieff goes for broke
What exactly can Michael Ignatieff do to drive voters off their couches and into the streets with pitchforks, determined to turf Stephen Harper out of power? So far, not much. He must be wondering...
View ArticleWrong, wrong, wrong: How the voters made fools of us all - except maybe...
Before we all start spinning our brilliant theories to explain why Stephen Harper did so well, let's admit it. We got it wrong, wrong, wrong. Oh, we'll get to those clever theories soon enough. But can...
View ArticleDealing with Dilma
In hockey and economics -- two subjects on which Stephen Harper knows his stuff -- it's not always obvious when a deft play has occurred. Was it the goal, or was it the clever pass that set it in...
View ArticleIs that Baird or Bard?
It's nearly always a good idea to quote great poets and statesmen in your address to the United Nations.Nearly always.In the case of Foreign Minister John Baird, the quotations -- properly attributed...
View ArticlePower & Politics' Ballot Box question
We asked: Should a byelection be delayed until Elections Canada rules on Peter Penashue?Here are the results:Yes: 95%No: 5%Not sure: 0%
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Yesterday we asked: Should the government make prostitution illegal? Here are the results: Yes: 17% (353 votes) No: 81% (1703 votes) Not sure: 2% (47 votes)
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We asked: Should Canada accept the results of the referendum in Crimea? Here are the results: Yes: 1291 votes (27%) No: 3397 votes (71%) Not sure: 97 votes (2%)
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Friday we asked: Do you think Doug Ford can win the Toronto mayor's job?- Yes: 968 votes (52%)- No: 878 votes (47%)- Not sure: 17 votes (1%)
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Friday we asked: Do you think Canada's mission against ISIS will be over in 6 months?- Yes: 34 votes (3%)- No: 931 votes (95%)- Not sure: 10 votes (1%)
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Friday we asked: Is the government doing enough to ensure access to food in the North?- Yes: 65 votes (5%) - No: 1109 votes (92%)- Not sure: 33 votes (3%)
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