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Musings from a Canadian liberal woman on the state of Canadian and US politics.
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Flashback: How to derail a committee
Frustrated about how things are going in the Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan? Let's take a trip down dirty tricks lane: Opposition demands release of alleged Tory 'dirty tricks' manual Last Updated: Friday, May 18, 2007 |...
Mulroney Contradicts MacKay
Ever since Peter MacKay has been under fire about allegations of torture in Afghanistan during the period of 2006-2007, he has repeatedly said in the house that the transfer agreement was changed once the government had credible evidence to back up ...
This So-called "War of Necessity"
With Obama reportedly set to announce an increase of US troop levels in Afghanistan by tens of thousands next week - for this "war of necessity", as he calls it - we need to be reminded that the public has been repeatedly told that if that war is a f...
It\'s Hillier Time
General Rick Hillier, who has already told the press that he doesn't recall reading any reports about Afghan detainee torture from Richard Colvin, testifies at the Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan this afternoon along with tw...
Diane Finley Lies About Child Poverty Rates
Faced with opposition questions during QP today about the abhorrent fact that child poverty is still a major problem in Canada, minister for HR and Skills Development, Diane Finley, stated that the child poverty rate is half of what it was under th...
The \'no-good bastards\' of Nova Scotia
Ouch. OTTAWA — If anyone ever stops Nova Scotia farmers from hiring migrant labourers to harvest their crops, they would destroy a lot of businesses because unemployed Nova Scotians don’t want those jobs, says Gerald Keddy, the Conservative MP ...
