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20681

Political | 206801 hits | 7:52 AM on Thursday | posted by WDHIII

OTTAWA — Canadians think Michael Ignatieff is wrong to try to force an election this fall and the Liberal leader’s popularity has nosedived as a result, a new poll suggests.

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Political | 206826 hits | 10:20 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper believes a majority government "is in reach" for the Conservative party the next time Canadians go to the polls for a federal election.

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Political | 206676 hits | 9:54 AM on Wednesday | posted by ridenrain

There was another poll out yesterday confirming that the Liberals would be going into a fall election behind the Conservatives, which again makes you wonder why Michael Ignatieff wants to pull the trigger.

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Political | 206740 hits | 9:50 AM on Wednesday | posted by ridenrain

OTTAWA–A prominent environmentalist in the West Coast riding where Elizabeth May has staked her fortunes fears the only thing the Green party leader will succeed at is helping a Conservative cabinet minister keep his seat.

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Political | 206537 hits | 7:09 AM on Wednesday | posted by gigs

with election speculation on the rise, a noticeable increase in support for the Harper Conservatives while Liberal support has remained relatively stable. Tories: 37.5% Grits: 33.4% NDP: 14.8% BQ: 9.7% Green: 4.6%

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Political | 206747 hits | 6:04 AM on Wednesday | posted by leewgrant

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Political | 206730 hits | 2:39 PM on Tuesday | posted by WDHIII

Anticipating a fall election, Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe went on the offensive Tuesday, telling Quebec voters there's no difference between Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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Political | 206677 hits | 12:53 PM on Tuesday | posted by Scape

Democracy Watch, a citizens' group that monitors ethics in government, is arguing before the court in Ottawa that Harper violated his own legislation by calling the election before he had served four years in office.

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Political | 206743 hits | 10:53 AM on Tuesday | posted by ridenrain

Even the new Liberal slogan, "We Can Do Better," is the same slogan used by former Progressive Conservative leader Robert Stanfield in the 1972 federal election. But, unlike Stanfield in 1972, the Liberals have not explained what they would do better – or

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Political | 206918 hits | 8:18 AM on Tuesday | posted by WDHIII

OTTAWA -- Lawyers are squaring off in Federal Court over whether Stephen Harper's early election call exactly one year ago was illegal.

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Political | 208907 hits | 8:03 AM on Monday | posted by Alta_redneck

Stephen Harper received the very first of 10 serial-numbered, marble-covered art books. A limited edition book dealer in Montreal with exclusive rights to distribute the tome in Canada says it could be worth up to $460,000.

20673

Political | 206727 hits | 5:46 AM on Monday | posted by leewgrant

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Political | 206668 hits | 9:34 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack

OTTAWA — Liberals waged a pre-election offensive today, unleashing a blitz of bilingual television ads in the run-up to a possible autumn campaign.

20693

Political | 206932 hits | 11:55 AM on Sunday | posted by stokes

The senior Liberal was seething over the cellphone from Sudbury, where his federal party had gathered to plot their electoral suicide.

20658

Political | 206573 hits | 11:26 AM on Sunday | posted by stokes

Blueprint expected to be announced before Liberal-led effort to defeat government as Tories try to patch up economic credentials.

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Political | 206683 hits | 11:25 AM on Sunday | posted by stokes

Canada's political class, isolated from the real world, has again gotten it into its head that there simply must be an election to clear the air.

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Political | 206600 hits | 11:01 AM on Sunday | posted by stokes

After a political week that surged in a few days from the summer doldrums to fall election frenzy, the Liberals are set to launch a series of election-style television ads this weekend, introducing leader Michael Ignatieff to Canadians in what strategists

20663

Political | 206630 hits | 10:53 AM on Sunday | posted by ridenrain

t has been a very bad run for Dalton McGuinty's Ontario Liberals. Now, with a federal election fluttering in the autumn winds, political experts are asking if the clouds of provincial scandal could waft over the federal Liberals as well. How much can

20659

Political | 206586 hits | 6:50 AM on Sunday | posted by leewgrant

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Political | 206699 hits | 11:47 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack

The Parti Quebecois's youth wing will hand out free party membership cards to Quebec students this fall.

20689

Political | 206891 hits | 8:20 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack

May moves bid to get elected to B.C., but faces dirty-tricks allegation – and must beat minister

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Political | 207021 hits | 7:48 PM on Saturday | posted by stokes

The federal ethics commissioner has fined Defence Minister Peter MacKay $200 because he violated the federal ethics code by serving as an officer in two of his father's companies while he was a cabinet minister

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Political | 206793 hits | 2:30 PM on Saturday | posted by ridenrain

• More than five million refugees have returned home since the fall of the Taliban. This is one of the most substantial refugee repatriations in history, yet it is little remarked upon because it has largely gone so smoothly. • One in six Afghans now h

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Political | 206704 hits | 1:46 PM on Saturday | posted by ridenrain

Defence Minister Peter MacKay is sworn at, publicly admonished for his tardiness, bossed around and made fun of. This treatment is at the hands of soldiers who technically work for him. But it's also part of a new CBC television show, Make the Politician

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Political | 207300 hits | 6:51 AM on Saturday | posted by dino_bobba_renno

If more than 400,000 Canadians lost their jobs this year, and another 800,000 are collecting employment insurance, why did Canada need to import almost 200,000 foreign workers?

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Political | 206878 hits | 2:45 PM on Friday | posted by bootlegga

Stephen Harper, you're no Brian Mulroney. That's the message from Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe on the 25th anniversary of Mulroney's historic 1984 election win. He cites two main differences between the current and former Conservative prime

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Political | 208867 hits | 2:19 PM on Friday | posted by DerbyX

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Political | 206787 hits | 1:42 PM on Friday | posted by WDHIII

OTTAWA — Spending in the government department supervised directly by Prime Minister Stephen Harper soared by 14 per cent last year, despite a directive from Finance Minister Jim Flaherty that government must "show restraint."

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Political | 206875 hits | 8:53 AM on Friday | posted by WDHIII

MONTREAL -- The Liberal Party of Canada promises that -- if elected -- it will not reduce transfer payments to the provinces to eliminate the federal deficit.

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Political | 206784 hits | 8:40 AM on Friday | posted by WDHIII

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney says he may have made some errors in judgment in his lifetime, but he isn't worried that the suggestion of impropriety in his dealings with Karlheinz Schreiber will affect his legacy.

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Political | 206697 hits | 12:02 PM on Thursday | posted by WDHIII

OTTAWA — Both Prime Minister Stephen Harper and NDP Leader Jack Layton rejected the idea of making backroom deals to avoid a federal election this fall.

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Political | 206745 hits | 11:31 AM on Thursday | posted by SigPig

Now, after a frustrating summer of failed Conservative-Liberal negotiations over employment insurance, Ignatieff has good reason to denounce Harper's government as irredeemable. But if, as Ignatieff says, this is a Conservative government without heart, i

20663

Political | 206626 hits | 11:15 AM on Thursday | posted by ridenrain

OTTAWA–If planning and consistency are the signs of a good election campaign, the Liberals are off to a bad start.

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Political | 206842 hits | 10:36 AM on Thursday | posted by snookums

A stack of national security documents former foreign affairs Maxime Bernier left at his ex-girlfriend's house last year contained highly sensitive information about foreign policy and global efforts to fight terrorism, according to a new investigation.

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Political | 206754 hits | 8:43 AM on Thursday | posted by WDHIII

Defence Minister Peter MacKay came out strong on Thursday saying Canadians don't want another election and if the opposition forces one, the economy will suffer.

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Political | 206760 hits | 8:26 AM on Thursday | posted by WDHIII

The Liberals are tied for support with the Conservatives as the possibility of a fall federal election looms, a new EKOS poll released exclusively to CBC News suggests.

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Political | 206558 hits | 12:30 AM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

The minority Harper government is arming for political battle this fall rather than seeking peace, dismissing the chances of a deal with the NDP to avoid an election and warning its defeat would jeopardize a popular home-renovation tax credit.

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Political | 206643 hits | 7:21 PM on Wednesday | posted by bootlegga

Michael Ignatieff says there's no turning back on his decision to try to sink the Harper government this fall, but the NDP is set to offer a lifeline. The Liberal leader suggested Wednesday that there's nothing Prime Minister Stephen Harper can do t

20659

Political | 206588 hits | 3:20 PM on Wednesday | posted by WDHIII

With the Liberals threatening to bring down the government, the Conservatives are giving them an opportunity to do so -- but possibly at the expense of a popular tax credit not yet made into law.

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Political | 206798 hits | 2:41 PM on Wednesday | posted by Scape

"There's a difference between propping up the Conservatives and making a minority Parliament work," New Democratic Party national director Brad Lavigne told CTV television.

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Political | 206754 hits | 1:07 PM on Wednesday | posted by ridenrain

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Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff pledged Wednesday to erase the projected $50-billion federal deficit if elected into government -- and to do so without raising taxes.

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Political | 206671 hits | 12:17 PM on Wednesday | posted by ridenrain

A powerful suicide bomb in Afghanistan has killed the country's deputy chief of the national spy agency and 22 others. Taliban insurgents have claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.

20676

Political | 206763 hits | 11:17 AM on Wednesday | posted by Alta_redneck

MP Jason Kenny likens Ignatieff's announcement on Tuesday from Sudbury, Ontario to that of a professional wrestling episode.

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Political | 206782 hits | 8:45 AM on Wednesday | posted by WDHIII

Bob Rae on Wednesday called the Conservative government incompetent, ideological and bad, and justified a bid to bring down the minority Parliament by saying it's his job to try to do so.

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Political | 206938 hits | 10:46 AM on Tuesday | posted by Canadaka

The Liberals will no longer help prop up Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government, paving the way for a fall election if the other opposition parties also vote no confidence in the Conservatives. "Mr. Harper, your time is up," Liberal leader Michael

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Political | 208175 hits | 9:01 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack

SUDBURY - Michael Ignatieff says the Harper government is on "life support" - and he sounds like he may be ready to pull the plug.

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Political | 206926 hits | 12:16 PM on Monday | posted by gigs

Federal Liberals will get a detailed picture of the Canadian public-opinion landscape during this week's caucus retreat in Sudbury – a meeting bound to be pivotal in determining whether the country goes to the polls this year.

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Political | 206585 hits | 7:19 AM on Monday | posted by Regina

Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan is expected to announce that Michael Gough, a former long-term lawyer at Toronto law firm Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, is resigning as chairman, according to sources close to the situation.

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Political | 208063 hits | 6:29 PM on Sunday | posted by WDHIII

A loose-knit group of Canadian copyright reform activists has abandoned charging membership fees in an effort to gain recognition as an official federal political party.

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Political | 206806 hits | 5:33 PM on Sunday | posted by OnTheIce

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