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Conservatives want to pretend prorogation has no consequences vis-a-vis crime bills.

Posted by Scott Tribe on February 24, 2010, at 11:30 am |

I see via Far & Wide that Justice Minister Rob Nicholson had the gall to come out and demand the opposition parties reinstate the Conservative crime bills. Those would be the same crime bills that Nicholson and his Conservative government were in daily hysterics last year demanding that the House and Senate quickly pass them in [...]

Best description ever of Harper's prorogation mistake.

Posted by Scott Tribe on February 4, 2010, at 2:00 pm |

Realizing that prorogation was the worst political mistake since Pierre Trudeau handed John Turner a list of his friends to find jobs for, the PMO is starting to throw furniture out the windows, in a vain attempt to get the Langevin Block to levitate.

Courtesy of Greg over at Mr Sinister, who has a bit more [...]

Conservatives talking out of both sides of their mouth

Posted by Scott Tribe on February 3, 2010, at 11:59 am |

Michael Ignatieff came out yesterday with a strongly worded appeal to the Prime Minister to support safe abortion and family planning programs abroad if he was serious about wanting to aid in improving the lives of women overseas.

One of the PMO’s spokespersons, or at least a spokesperson for Harper, came back with this [...]

Add another Conservative excuse for prorogation not going over well.

Posted by Scott Tribe on February 2, 2010, at 2:02 pm |

The Peterborough Conservative MP Dean Del Maestro decides it’s his turn to try and explain prorogation. First he pulls out the already tried “it’s been used so many times before!” excuse, before finally settling on “it’s the media’s fault for covering this!” excuse.

Here’s hoping the voters of Peterborough helps Dean get a long rest after [...]

Liberals and Iggy promise national childcare program

Posted by Scott Tribe on February 2, 2010, at 9:29 am |

It’s been nice to see not only the Liberals capitalize on the Conservatives proroguing of Parliament by showing up for work on the Hill, but actually doing some substantive announcements and round-tables on policy, and this is probably their biggest and best one to date – promising to implement a national childcare/daycare program, regardless of [...]

Another reason for prorogation; killing off the Afghanistan Committee?

Posted by Scott Tribe on January 28, 2010, at 1:12 pm |

There was some brief discussion about this in one of my comment threads yesterday, but it’s been reinforced today. An interesting bit of information in a CP release today which talks about the Conservative government relenting and paying off diplomat Richard Colvin’s legal bills – as he was entitled to receive. It’s to do with [...]

You mean people other then the locals actually can read what I spout? - various Tory MPs.

Posted by Scott Tribe on January 28, 2010, at 12:28 pm |

Seriously, I almost get the feeling Conservative MP’s who have been talking to their local media seem to think that no one else but the locals will read the local interview. Witness the latest attempt by a Conservative MP to justify the prorogation of Parliament; Ron Cannan, MP for Kelowna-Lake Country gives it a go [...]

Ekos poll: Liberals take the lead (half point); detects 'significant shift'

Posted by Scott Tribe on January 28, 2010, at 12:24 am |

This Ekos poll was released tonight, and you’ll be seeing plenty of it on CBC later today, since it was done for them. The Liberals have crept into a “statistically insignificant lead”, but a lead nonetheless – the first since August 2009. The numbers are:

31.6% LPC
31.1% CPC
14.6% NDP
11.0% Green
9.1% BQ (37% in Quebec)
2.6% [...]

Decima dead heat

Posted by Scott Tribe on January 27, 2010, at 4:52 pm |

Okay, so I know the official name is Harris-Decima, but that would make the title a bit more awkward. The Conservatives must be feeling awkward too. A 4 point Conservative lead from last week’s Decima poll now is down to 1:

A new poll suggests that Canada’s swift reaction to the tragedy in Haiti has not [...]

Things catching my attention today

Posted by Scott Tribe on January 27, 2010, at 12:21 pm |

- Rick Mercer goes after the Conservative government’s use of our Canadian Forces as political props, and calls it a “new low in Canadian politics”.

- Mark Francis of Section 15 writes an open letter to Conservative cabinet minister “no one cares about prorogation except elitists” Tony Clement (and avoids addressing him as “The Honourable Tony [...]

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Conservatives want to pretend prorogation has no consequences vis-a-vis crime bills.

Best description ever of Harper's prorogation mistake.

Conservatives talking out of both sides of their mouth

Add another Conservative excuse for prorogation not going over well.

Liberals and Iggy promise national childcare program

Another reason for prorogation; killing off the Afghanistan Committee?

You mean people other then the locals actually can read what I spout? - various Tory MPs.

Ekos poll: Liberals take the lead (half point); detects 'significant shift'

Decima dead heat

Things catching my attention today

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