Alberta Diary: Perfesser Dave explains negative TV advertising and the job-killing Tory carbon tax

Zap! You’re frozen! … In the dark! The Harper Tories’ latest TV advertising attack on NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair. Perfesser Dave, below, explains why Prime Minister Stephen Harper will do the same thing he’s accusing Mr. Mulcair of planning if he manages to get re-elected. Below Perfesser Dave: Robert Stanfield, the underwear guy, Allan Fotheringham …

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Eclectic Lip: Newsflash: Canadian PM’s American Idol supports Stephane Dion-esque carbon tax shift

Note: for non-Canadian readers (or, indeed for Canadian readers who don’t follow politics) Stephane Dion was the milquetoast who led the Liberal Party of Canada to its then-worst-ever federal election result in 2008.  He ran on a campaign of a carbon tax shift (“The Green Shift“), for which the Conservative Party mocked and savaged him. We’ll […]

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Impolitical: Carbon tax madness

Here’s a CBC report on the back and forth between the NDP and Conservatives today: “Carbon tax allegations fly between NDP and Conservatives.” This follows on Tom Mulcair’s declaration yesterday that Harper and his MPs are lying about the NDP’s position on a carbon tax. I hope some Liberal leadership

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