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You know it is the inside

Richard Day — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:12:57 +0000

In reply to Did I mention that Harper

You know it is the inside story that grabs my interest!

SHAMELESS

quinn esq — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:13:34 +0000

In reply to And now this! The auditor

SHAMELESS CONTEMPT!! CONTEMPTIBLE SHAMELESSNESS!!!

And now this! The auditor

acanuck — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:31:11 +0000

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And now this! The auditor general publicly accuses the government of misquoting her, taking a remark she made in 2010 about decade-old events and misrepresenting it as referring to the G8/G20 funding controversy. These people are shameless!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/04/11/cv-election-weston-ag-fraser.html

This post wasn't intended to

acanuck — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:04:46 +0000

In reply to A CANADIAN ELECTION PRIMER

This post wasn't intended to get into campaign issues, but this -- coming out a day before the party leaders are set to debate -- is just too juicy to ignore:

http://www.metronews.ca/Toronto/Canada/article/829129--ag-says-she-can-t-release-controversial-report--page0

Skimming off $50 million for a cabinet minister's riding is probably not that unusual or that big a deal, but the alleged "misinforming" of Parliament is. It especially resonates because the vote that brought down the government on March 25 found it "in contempt of Parliament" -- for precisely the same reason: lying to MPs about an entirely different matter. The Harper government's perceived arrogance in ignoring legalities and bending regulations is one of the biggest knocks against it, and the reason many are so scared about it winning a parliamentary majority.

I liked As It Happens. It

cmaukonen — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:01:17 +0000

In reply to Cutting back Radio Canada

I liked As It Happens. It could get pretty snarky sometimes.

Cutting back Radio Canada

acanuck — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:31:08 +0000

In reply to I use to follow Canadian

Cutting back Radio Canada International was such a short-sighted budget move! For many people, especially expats, it was the only Canadian perspective on the news available where they were. Of course, that was before everyone had a laptop or a tablet.

I use to follow Canadian

cmaukonen — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:11:28 +0000

In reply to I may end up voting Liberal,

I use to follow Canadian politics more closely when RCI carried The World at 6 and As it Happens. But they no longer do and have gone to that silly DRM for their shortwave broadcasts. Yes I know I can get both as streaming but it's not the same as I would listen while fixing dinner which I cannot do on the computer.

Never happened. That footage

acanuck — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:09:21 +0000

In reply to And also. ;-)

Never happened. That footage is totally faked. Gaddafi's troops fired on us first!

May makes a good case that,

acanuck — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:07:48 +0000

In reply to We used to get This Hour Has

May makes a good case that, if they could switch the date of the debate to accommodate a hockey game, they could have expanded it to include her. But I agree with the decision to exclude the Greens, along with the Marxist-Leninists, the Marijuana Party, etc. Until you've won at least one seat in Parliament, you're not a national party.

I may end up voting Liberal,

acanuck — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:02:36 +0000

In reply to I'm rooting for the NDP.

I may end up voting Liberal, but Ignatieff is indeed some kind of error.

Two points: As we enter the second half of the campaign, would-be NDP voters are starting to look at the polls and ask themselves if they want to risk wasting their votes. A lot of them, like me, will feel denying Harper a majority is the No. 1 priority.

Also, tomorrow's televised debate could really affect the outcome. Three of the party leaders are old hands at this, but Ignatieff is leading his first national campaign; he admits he's a bit nervous. Most pundits and voters will focus on how he performs. It could tip the election either way.