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$7.2M in Quarterly Allowances to Canada’s Political Parties (SignalBlog)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:50:17 GMT

... received close to $2.2 million. The New Democratic Party received nearly $1.3 million, the Bloc Quebecois more than $758,000 and the Green Party of Canada just over $324,000. The payments are made in accordance with a section of the Canada Elections Act. Similar Posts: Zimbabwe police raid opposition headquarters UK Labour Party will not contest by-election against Conservative’s...

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It's allowance time ... (David Akin's On the Hill)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:55:51 GMT

Elections Canada announced today that the five registered political parties who met the criteria for public funding laid down by Jean Chrétien are about to get their quarterly cheques : Bloc Québécois $758,350.39 Conservative Party of Canada $2,623,890.17 Green Party of Canada $324,231.20 Liberal Party of Canada $2,187,074.37 New Democratic Party $1,264,370.74 Technorati Tags: election...

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Iraq War Resisters Seek Refuge in Canada: First Deportee Scheduled for July 10 (Global Features)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:00:09 GMT

... in Canada. The recommendation was adopted by a majority of Members of Parliament from the Liberal, Bloc Québécois, and New Democratic Parties. The Conservatives voted against the motion. A national polled followed that showed that 64% of the population was in favor of letting the Iraq war resisters stay in Canada. Corey Glass, whose deportation date is scheduled for July 10, is one...

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The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side of the Border (Mark Byron)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:31:50 GMT

... 16%. The rest of the Canadian party leaders followed, with the NDP's Jack Layton getting 9%, the Bloc Quebecois' Gil Duceppe getting 6%, Liberal boss Stephane Dion getting 5%. John McCain brought up the rear at 3%. Who's getting more bad press, McCain or Dion? Iraq is even more of a dog in Canada than it is in the US, and McCain is likely associated with his support of the...

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CANADA DAY: Us vs You (FIRESTARTER5)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:56:00 GMT

... 26 per cent Stephen Harper: 21 per cent Hillary Clinton: 16 per cent Jack Layton: 9 per cent Gilles Duceppe: 6 per cent Stephane Dion: 5 per cent John McCain: 3 per cent Obama appealed to people across Canada's political spectrum, with 24 per cent of conservative-minded voters choosing him and 28 per cent of liberal thinkers. "I think there's a sense in Canada that we're in a rut...

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Much to celebrate on Canada Day (atHome Top Story)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT

... patriotism, often tinged with apprehension.Today, it's possible to breathe easier. With the Parti Québécois battered at the provincial polls and the Bloc Québécois in decline federally, our national unity tensions have rarely seemed so quiescent.To be sure, the carping continues among politicians at all levels. Yet the rancour seems more partisan than ideological: from their...

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Canadians don't like Dion (Focus on Britain (and Europe))

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:33:56 GMT

With a poll like that, Liberal leader Stéphane Dion should hang his head in shame and resign – the sooner, the better: Canadians were asked: Which politician do you admire most? Barack Obama: 26% Stephen Harper: 21% Hillary Clinton: 16% Jack Layton: 9% Gilles Duceppe: 6% Stéphane Dion: 5% John McCain: 3% That's right: Layton, Duceppe and even Hillary Clinton are far more popular than Dion.

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Of loyalty (The Turner Report)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:08:42 GMT

... Gurbax Singh Liberal Party of Canada India Martin, Keith P. Reform Party England Mercier, Paul Bloc Québécois Belgium Minna, Maria Liberal Party of Canada Italy Nunez, Osvaldo Bloc Québécois Chile Telegdi, Andrew Liberal Party of Canada Hungary Thompson, Myron Reform Party United States Williams, John G. Reform Party Scotland Davies, Libby New Democratic Party England...

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O Stephen Stephen, Wherefore art Thou Stephen? (A Free Man's Life)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:05:00 GMT

... Malouf cc: Stéphane Dion, Leader of the Opposition Jack Layton, Leader of the New Democratic Party Gilles Duceppe, Leader of the Bloc Quebecois Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party Michael Ignatieff, Deputy Leader of the Opposition John Baird, Environment Minister David McGuinty, Liberal critic for the Environment Nathan Cullen, NDP critic for the Environment Bob...

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National Aboriginal Solidarity Day: Montreal (OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:33:20 GMT

... skyscrapers near its base. Approximately between 80 and 100 people attended the event, including Gilles Duceppe, the leader of the Bloc Québécois. The proceedings began with drumming and chanting, followed by very brief speeches, then the lighting of the flame in a large copper brazier, and more drumming and chanting. At one point, as one onlooker told me, a large bird...

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Harper: "We are sorry" (Canadian Christian Conservative)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:21:00 GMT

... the apology a sincere one, not just theatrics.Some politics were injected into the events when Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe and NDP leader Jack Layton said the apology should be followed by Canada's endorsement of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. The Harper government is one of only four that have refused to sign the treaty that...

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Feathers (The Turner Report)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:17:06 GMT

... Poor guy, he can’t help being a sausage even when he wants to be good. Separatist leader Gilles Duceppe chose to hijack an entire people’s history for his own future, telling the House he’d deal with the aboriginal peoples, “nation-to-nation.” Jack Layton looked teary for a minute, coincidentally during a closeup, and literally ran the length of the commons to shake native elders’...

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Parliament to vote on Tory immigration changes (CBC.ca)

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:44:04 GMT

... an election, but it would appear the only person who's digging in his heels is Stéphane Dion."NDP, Bloc oppose bill tooReluctant to face an election with opinion polls showing a lack of enthusiasm for his leadership, Dion and his party have been abstaining or not showing up for key parliamentary votes for months now.The Bloc Québécois and the NDP also oppose Bill C-50, which...

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Bernier-Couilard affair put Canadian security at ‘enormous risk’ (Thaindian News)

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:35:08 GMT

Ottawa, June 7 (ANI): Canadian MP Serge Menard is in no doubt that the Bernier-Couilard affair has put national security at an enormous risk, embarrassing the Harper Government and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The Bloc Quebecois MP is one of the top experts in the House of Commons on security issues, having served as Quebec’s [...]

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Canada Parlaiment supports U.S. war resisters (Workers World news online)

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:11:00 GMT

The Canadian Parliament voted favorably June 3 on a motion to halt the deportations of U.S. conscientious objectors who are seeking a safe haven in Canada rather than fight in the illegal occupation of Iraq. The vote in the House of Commons was 137-110, with all the opposition parties—the Liberal Party, the New Democratic Party, the Bloc Quebecois and the Green Party— voting for the motion,...

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Canadian Broadcast Corporation: Canada's War Pimp (Gorilla Radio blog)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:34:00 GMT

by C. L. Cook Yesterday, the House of Commons did something we haven't seen since the heady wayback days when Trudeaumania gripped the nation. Taking their collective, if figurative cojones in hand, Liberals and Bloc Quebecois members joined the New Democratic Party (NDP) to endorse its motion to immediately stay deportation proceedings against U.S. military war resisters seeking refuge...

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Big Victory for U.W. War Resisters in Canada! (Global Features)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:37:31 GMT

June 3, 2008 -- Today the Canadian Parliament made a historic vote in favor of U.S. war resisters who are seeking a safe haven in Canada rather than fight in the illegal occupation of Iraq. The vote in the House of Commons was 137-110, with all the opposition parties - the Liberal Party, the New Democratic Party, the Bloc Quebecois and the Green Party - voting for the motion, and the...

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Salon gossip led to downfall of Bernier (Globe and Mail)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT

A chic hair salon in downtown Montreal is the venue for the leak that eventually cost Maxime Bernier his foreign affairs portfolio.Coiffure Louis Robert on Montreal's tony Montagne Street has been frequented for years by Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe and his wife, Yolande Brunelle.

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Paging Harpie, please appear before the Public Safety Committee (Impolitical) (Progressive Bloggers)

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:35:00 GMT

A parliamentary committee hearing on Bernier's mess is now in place. Some of the witnesses sought are reported here: "While Conservative MPs opposed the creation of the parliamentary inquiry, the combined votes of the three opposition parties at the committee ensured the passage of a Bloc Quebecois motion to begin the investigation. The list of desired witnesses includes Mr. Bernier,...

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Military refusal motion in Canadian Parliament. (World Report) (Progressive Bloggers)

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:30:00 GMT

Kim Rivera voices her fears of being deported and her desire to stay in Canada with her family, ?I am afraid that if I am forced to go back I would be put in prison and separated from my husband and children. In Canada our family can live together in peace. Please let us stay.? --Olivia ChowParliamentMay 29, 2008 First the NDP, followed by the Green Party and the Bloc Quebecois, and now...

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