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P ublic Safety Minister Peter Van Loan got seal-skin booties for his four-month-old boy, while Liberal MP Shawn Murphy licked his fingers after eating smoked seal on a baguette. Overall, more than 100 people converged on Parliament Hill this morning at...
Tags: seal hunt, IFAW, Magdalene Islands, seal products, Belgium, Brussels, Sealing, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Economy of New Zealand, Economic history of Australia, Fisheries, Gilles Duceppe, Seal hunting, Animal rights
They told them they were going to Canada on vacation. It wasn't long, though, before Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe's grandfather John James Rowley learned the bitter truth. Like thousands of other British Home Children, he had been sent here as...
Tags: Gilles Duceppe, Canada, John James Rowley, United Kingdom, London, French Quebecers, Bloc Quᅢᄅbᅢᄅcois
L iberals and Conservatives have long had more in common than either party freely admits. Along with ruling from the centre after campaigning from opposite sides of the political spectrum, one is as cynical in power as the other...Not even three disappointing...
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A ccording to Ipsos-Reid , a majority of Canadians don’t think we need an election, would blame Michael Ignatieff if we have one and would vote against the Liberals if he forces the issue...However, based on yesterday’s developments , if the Conservative...
Tags: Stephen Harper, prime minister, federal election, U.S.-Canada, conservative government, minister stephen, leader gilles, Gilles Duceppe, quebecois leader, Bloc Quebecois, Canada, Ottawa
Ottawa — From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Tuesday, Sep. PM EDT S tephen Harper's Conservatives have decided their election strategy will rely in part on reviving the ghosts of last December. The fleeting, four-day coalition that opposition...
Tags: Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper, Globe, Mr. Harper, Mr. Ignatieff, Bloc Quebecois, prime minister, leaders gilles, Gilles Duceppe, Quebec City
The Harper government appears poised to extend the duration of employment insurance benefits, a potentially election-averting move aimed at shaming the Liberals and wooing the NDP. But while the NDP has made extension of EI one of its key conditions for...
Tags: Stephen Harper, Federal Court of Canada, Democracy Watch, snap elections, elections calling, prime minister, minister stephen, Gilles Duceppe
The Bloc Quebecois is leaving the door open to toppling the Tories. Leader Gilles Duceppe was non-committal when asked whether he'll help the Liberals bring down the Harper government. He says he'll examine each issue in Parliament, and will vote against...
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Ottawa — From Saturday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Friday, Jul. 31, 2009 09:07PM EDT T he Harper government flexed its law-and-order muscles in the past three years against street racers, sex offenders, drug users and gang members. But as white-collar...
Tags: Canada, Gilles Duceppe
Separatism is back on top of the Bloc Quebecois agenda after being on the back burner for a few years. "Our goal is as pertinent as ever," Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe said at a party meeting in St-Hyacinthe, Que., on Saturday. "In 2008, Bloc and Parti...
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Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said his party is putting Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government on probation after the Jan. 27 federal budget. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press) Canadians held their collective breath as the minority Conservative government...
Tags: Bloc Quebecois, Michael Ignatieff, Gilles Duceppe, Mr Harper, Jack Layton, Mr Ignatieff, George W. Harper, House of Commons, Stephen Harper, federal budget