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Ever since he became leader of the Cons, Andrew Scheer has called Justin Trudeau all kinds of ugly names.Criminal gang member supporter, coward, terrorist sympathizer, you name
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WordPress in bed with Transactivsts decide that no speech, no opinion. and no platform is the best way to deal with pesky females and their
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Dean French was Mr. Ford’s campaign chair. The day after the PCs won power in June, Mr. Ford named him his chief of staff. Since
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This and that for your Sunday reading. – Alex Morris writes about the barriers between the U.S.’ working class and any hope of financial stability
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Stanley Greenberg is a pollster who has spent his career working for Democrats. In today’s New York Times, he looks at the election results and
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Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – WWJD?
Oh, problems solved! 🙂
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The case is clear. British Columbia’s Government decided to reduce the public share of natural gas revenues to almost nothing. This is despite substantial growth
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Back in June 2016, hours after Britons had narrowly voted to leave the European Union, a lot of Albertans scratched their heads at Jason Kenney’s
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There was Doug Ford last night at the Progressive Conservative Convention, addressing his adoring Ford Nation.No doubt getting one standing ovation after the other. Because he
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