Wednesday July 23, 2008
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Politics of destruction has run its course
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Online Edition: Monday, July 21, 2008 08:14 AM
The Harper Tories have discovered something of late: Their modus operandi — politics as war — isn't working as well as it used to
The politics of destruction has run its course
Published: Monday, July 21, 2008 12:00 AM Page A11
The governing Conservatives have discovered something of late: Their modus operandi - politics as war - isn't working as it used to.In the winter and spring, they had the Liberals running scared from the prospect of an election. But in the soft days of summer, much has changed. A veteran pollster was saying last week that, if an election were held today, the Tories would likely find themselves on the opposition benches.
Standing up for Gitmo is not standing up for Canada
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Online Edition: Thursday, July 17, 2008 08:03 AM
Stephen Harper's uncompromisingly callous approach to a 'softened-up' Omar Khadr is one of the most puzzling of his stewardship.
Standing up for Gitmo is not standing up for Canada
Published: Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:00 AM Page A17
In the 2006 election campaign, the Conservative slogan was ''Stand Up for Canada.''It was effective in many ways. It countered the impression that Stephen Harper was an Alberta-first guy, a firewalling regionalist who wasn't prepared to say he loved this country and who was too enamoured of Republican America.
The 'New' in New Democrats no longer cuts it
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Online Edition: Monday, July 14, 2008 07:45 AM
The NDP needs a facelift. When you're a party out of the era of Guy Lombardo and Sputnik, the adjective doesn't quite cut it.
The 'New' in New Democrats no longer cuts it
Published: Monday, July 14, 2008 12:00 AM Page A13
Michael Byers, the hard-driven academic from Lotus Land, just joined the New Democratic Party as a star candidate. Already, he wants change, big change, starting with the party's name.
The big boys strut their small stuff
Published: Thursday, July 10, 2008 12:00 AM Page A15
It wasn't so long ago that Barack Obama, in Martin Luther King parlance, was talking about the ''fierce urgency of now.'' And here he is now, moving from inspirational idealist to a middle-of-the-road panderer. On guns, on wiretaps, on election finance, on war, meet the new Senator from Illinois. A peddler of convention. An American conformist.
The big boys strut their small stuff
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Online Edition: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 09:05 PM
On guns, on wiretaps, on election finance, on war, meet the new Senator from Illinois. A peddler of convention. An American conformist. And he's not the only one
'Green, green, green. But where is the mention of the Green Party?'
Published: Monday, July 7, 2008 12:00 AM Page A11
Elizabeth May has had her thunder stolen. Call it the great green robbery. Carbon tax? Green shift? They were hers - until the Liberals moved in. Now green plans are the talk of the country. But no one's talking about her party.
'Green, green, green. But where is the mention of the Green Party?'
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Online Edition: Sunday, July 6, 2008 07:30 PM
Elizabeth May has had her thunder stolen. While her Greens are doing all right, registering about 10 per cent in the polls, not much momentum has come their way of late
