Category Archives: Politics

RIP The Honourable Jack Layton, leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada

Posted on 22/08/2011 by

Jack Layton, the New Democratic Party leader who led his party to Official Opposition status in this year’s federal election, has died after a battle with cancer. Continue reading →

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Lack of buyer’s remorse since election …

Posted on 30/05/2011 by

The package Canada bought on May 2nd has not been out of the box or turned on yet, but already pollsters are claiming a lack of buyer’s remorse over the majority Conservative government and the new Official Opposition, the NDP under Jack Layton. But we might want to wait a little bit longer before making grand postulates like these … Continue reading →

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a conservative minister defends the CBC, and seems to mean it …

Posted on 26/06/2009 by

Conservative Minister of Heritage James Moore – under whose department the CBC is directly funded – defends the CBC, and seems to mean it … Continue reading →

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