Archive for May, 2011

Welcome to Canada’s Two Party System

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Harper gets his majority while NDP tapped as official opposition By Adam Radwanski (from today’s Globe and Mail) Jack Layton’s New Democrats have long dreamt of the day they would supplant the Liberals as the party of the centre-left. And Stephen Harper has shared that dream, believing it would allow his Conservatives to become the [...]

Bin Laden Is Dead

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By Paul Koring and with files from the Associated Press (from today’s Globe and Mail Newspaper) The killing of Osama bin Laden – iconic symbol of radical jihad and the fugitive leader of al-Qaeda – marks a historic moment and the end of a decade-long hunt for the most wanted man on the planet. “Justice [...]

Gap Between Tories and NDP Narrows

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Will Canada elect an NDP government on May 2? By Gloria Galloway – from today’s Globe and Mail Newspaper The race between the Conservatives and the New Democrats appears to be tightening in what has become a dramatic race in the home stretch. A new poll conducted by Nanos Research for The Globe and Mail [...]