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National Column: Liberal to-do list is time sensitive

Oct 22, 2015 Comments Off on National Column: Liberal to-do list is time sensitive

The cabinet Justin Trudeau unveils on Nov. 4 will have to hit the ground running.

From recasting Canada in the anti-Islamic State international coalition, to deciding the fate of the just-negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership, beating a ticking Supreme Court clock on medically assisted suicide, rewriting the Conservative anti-terrorism legislation and setting up an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women, many of the items on the incoming government’s to-do list are time sensitive. […]

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National Column: Red wave swamps Tories – and catches NDP in its wake

Oct 20, 2015 Comments Off on National Column: Red wave swamps Tories – and catches NDP in its wake

Canada’s progressive majority got its act together on Monday and ushered Stephen Harper out with a vengeance.

In the process, they brought their own resolution to the problem of vote splitting on the left of the Conservatives, steamrolling the NDP to hand Justin Trudeau the first Liberal majority victory in 15 years.
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Ambrose to return to Ottawa

Oct 19, 2015 Comments Off on Ambrose to return to Ottawa

Conservative candidate Rona Ambrose will be returning to Ottawa to serve another run in the House of Commons after receiving 70.2 per cent of the vote in Monday’s federal election. Ambrose was first elected to Parliament in the 2004 federal election and swept Sturgeon River-Parkland Monday. […]