Canada's PM offers olive branch to new opposition leader

" Canada's PM offers olive branch to new opposition leader   OTTAWA (AFP) — Canada's prime minister on Tuesday offered to try to hammer out an economic strategy with the next opposition leader and diffuse...

Canada: Public Wants Compromise, Not Coalition, Poll Finds

A new poll, conducted since Michael Ignatieff has taken the reigns of the Liberal party, suggests that Canadians are uncomfortable with a coalition government and would prefer going to the polls again in early...

Harper has hoodwinked Canadians

"Stephen Harper has hoodwinked all the media and all of Canada, especially the opposition. It's not about saving his government, or saving the PM job, it's about getting a majority government. To do that he needs an election engineered to appear the opposition created it. ...

2 Faces or 3 Amigos....Welcome to Canadian Politics

" Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s hypocrisy breathtaking; party sends bile-filled email across Canada The above photo is from an email sent by the Conservative Party of Canada “I will give my caucus a mandate to vote in the interests of the...

Harper gets his Prorogue, Non-confidence Vote Delayed

Governor General Michaëlle Jean has granted Prime Minister Stephen Harper his one wish.  She has suspended the current parliamentary session until January 27th and squashed, for now at least, the...

Canadians React to Parliament Suspension, Rally for Coalition

Many Canadians will be attending the coalition rallies that will be popping up all over the country on Saturday. Halifax, Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver and many other cities will be having rallies in support of the coalition. "If you're about as angry as I am right now, you're...

Canada's Constitutional Crisis Continues, Conservatives Call Coalition Calls ...

"The normally placid halls of Canada's Parliament were buzzing Thursday after Prime Minister Stephen Harper shut down the lawmaking body until Jan. 26, seeking to forestall a no-confidence vote he was sure to lose...

NDP and Liberals power grabbing stratergy-Truth be Told...

The following are the facts: 1)Liberal Party of Canada under Stephane Dion suffers the Biggest Loss in the History of Canada on Nov 14th 2008.So much so that Dion takes the blame and announces his resignation...

Vancouver's Coalition Yes rally on Dec. 4

NDP MP Peter Julian and former Liberal cabinet minister Herb Dhaliwal were among the speakers at the Vancouver Coalition Yes rally at the city's Trade and Convention Centre ballroom on Dec. 4. The crowd in the...

Coalition Yes rally in Vancouver

Vancouver's Trade and Convention Centre ballroom was filled and overflowing at the Coalition Yes rally.

Harper may be voted out by non-confidence

Politics in Canada is starting to get interesting. A coalition of parties would represent the majority of Canadians. Mark Dec 8 on your calender. " OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has guaranteed the survival of his minority Conservative government for at least...

PM dares Dion to face voters with coalition plan

"PM dares Dion to face voters with coalition plan Dion quotes 2005 Harper letter decrying government delays of confidence votes Last Updated: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 | 4:42 PM ET Comments474Recommend485 CBC News Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion...

Press P for Pirates, my daughter called them, says BBC journalist

A Pirate journalist report "One of the biggest frustrations facing journalists is being unable to get through to people on the phone. But as Mary Harper discovered, contacting the Somali pirates on the Sirius Star...

Former Harper aide lays out PM's tax cut logic

The opposition is concerned that the Harper conservatives will use the current economic crisis to cut public services.Here's a frank assessment --  from a former top aide -- of the prime minister's approach to...

Prime Minister Harper compares economic crisis to 1929

In a Saturday speech to about 1,000 chief executives of companies from the 20 Pacific Rim countries that make up APEC, Prime Minister Harper called on governments to increase spending, maintain open trading...

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