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Where's the NDP's Big Promise to Quebec?

David Gratzer | Posted 11.20.2011 | Canada
Read More: Parti Quebecois, Quebec, Ndp, Brian Topp, David Brooks, Meech Lake, Thomas Mulcair, Ed Broadbent, Charlottetown Accord, Quebec Separatism, Ndp Leader, Canada News
David Gratzer

As the NDP looks to reinvent itself as Quebec's party, let's pause for a moment and consider what that actually means: advocacy for La Belle Province, modest flirtation with separatist positions, and bilingual frontrunners (both Mulcair and Topp speak French). And here is what it doesn't involve: a full court effort to outflank separatists.

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How I Learned to Live With the Unelected Senate

Donald Lenihan | Posted 10.11.2011 | Canada
Read More: Triple-E-Senate, Charlottetown Accord, Senate Reform, Canada Senate, Senate Reform Bill, Senate Reform Canada, Meech Lake, Canada News
Donald Lenihan

The wind has gone out of the Triple-E movement's sails. The West no longer wants in because it is in. Quebec's long-standing lock on the political agenda has been broken and Ontario is too busy worrying about tumbling into have-not status to focus on anything else.

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