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  • Medicare fake issue

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    Good point. Why are the Liberals making health care their number one priority in this election? They don’t know the first thing about it. Medicare is constitutionally a provincial jurisdiction. The only thing Ottawa gets to decide about health care in Canada is how much money they’re going to throw at it. And in that,…

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  • A Liberal is a Liberal is a Liberal…

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    Just in case you thought the Federal Liberals were any different from their Provincial counterparts, guess who consulted with Premier Dalton McGuinty on the recent Provincial Budget. David Herle, Paul Martin’s campaign co-chair and most trusted adviser and his firm, Earnscliffe Strategy Group, did consulting and polling work for Ontario Finance Minister Greg Sorbara. Let…

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  • Harper = Harris, or is it Martin = Harris?

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    Christina Blizzard has a great editorial today about Paul Martin’s health care policy and how it pretty much mirrors what Mike Harris was doing 8 years ago. His one roadblock? The federal Liberals and then-finance minister Paul Martin. “When all those federal candidates come sashaying up the walk looking for your vote, remember this: Martin…

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  • Campaign of Fear

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    Paul Martin’s Liberals are running a campaign on Health Care and uh, fear. Fear and Intimidation are the words of the day as Martin continues painting Stephen Harper as un-Canadian for suggesting that middle class families deserve a tax break, while finance minister Ralph Goodale has been telling Western Canadians that they’ll be shut out…

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  • Canadian=Liberal?

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    So the Liberals would have us believe that to be a Canadian, one must be a Liberal. That’s the predominant message coming from Paul Martin’s camp in these early days of the official campaign. Check out their first ad. Today Martin promised to inject $11 billion into Canada’s health care system. Which he says he’ll…

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  • SUV Nation

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    The Washington Post on the current Homemade Oil crisis: “A year when the United States was fighting a war in Iraq would have been an ideal time to ask the country to sacrifice a bit, to reduce its dependence on oil from the Middle East. Instead, the Bush administration let SUV Nation roll on. ……

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  • If only…

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    Recall Dalton! Sadly, unlike California, Ontario has no such recall law. However, this talk of taking him to court I could really get behind.

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  • Dear Maury

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    Do people just not read? The Overhaulin’ guy isn’t alone. Here’s a guy who writes about having seen a Maury show, leaves comments open, and next thing you know he’s getting “Dear Maury” letters. What the hell is wrong with people?

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