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    How long will Trudeau's luck last?

    How long will Trudeau's luck last? If you’re a federal Liberal, these are the best of times. Continuing what appears to be this country’s longest political honeymoon ever, the Trudeau government just scored a 56 per cent approval rating in the latest Abacus Data poll, a full eight months after...
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    Meet the man who's coming for Trump.

    ... woops.. Meet Gary Johnson A popular two-term governor out of New Mexico, Johnson first entered politics in 1994 as part of the Republican Party. But his views have always hinged on libertarian principles of limited government and tax cuts. “My overriding philosophy is the common-sense...
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    Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne takes credit for CPP deal

    Small business owners deserve to pay - they are all scam artists. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne takes credit for CPP deal Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne took credit Tuesday for the agreement reached by the country's finance ministers to enhance the Canada Pension Plan. It was Ontario's...
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    Forget the presidency, Republicans should worry about losing the House

    Gun control incoming? Forget the presidency, Republicans should worry about losing the House Republicans need to start worrying about losing their majority in the House of Representatives. Republicans accept the conventional wisdom that Hillary Clinton is favored to win the presidency, and...
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    In Brexit vote, echoes of Trumpism minus Donald Trump

    In Brexit vote, echoes of Trumpism minus Donald Trump WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To U.S. voters who have witnessed the rise of Donald Trump, the campaign urging Britain to abandon the European Union may appear eerily familiar. There’s the nationalism, the romanticized nostalgia for an earlier...
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    Quebec City mayor blasts ‘cretins’ who left severed pig head outside local mosque

    Indeed. Quebec City mayor blasts ‘cretins’ who left severed pig head outside local mosque Quebec City’s mayor denounced whoever left the head of a pig at the doorstep of a local mosque, calling them “cretins.” “In a society you have cretins, and in this case, there were two or three...
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    Fries with that, Mr. Trudeau? PM stops in for surprise McDonald's lunch

    Fries with that, Mr. Trudeau? PM stops in for surprise McDonald's lunch Who knew the day shift at McDonald's could be so exciting? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a pit stop for lunch Saturday at the Whitby Mall McDonald's, about 45 minutes east of downtown Toronto. The unannounced visit...
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    Ontario Will Halt Provincial Pension Plan If CPP Deal Reached

    Makes sense. Ontario Will Halt Provincial Pension Plan If CPP Deal Reached Premier Kathleen Wynne is signalling she’s willing to abandon her proposal to create a provincial pension plan if a meeting on Monday leads to a deal on improvements to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). The federal and...
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    Oil Sands Workers Fear Becoming Climate Change Casualties

    Oil Sands Workers Fear Becoming Climate Change Casualties Ken Smith is one frustrated oil sands labour leader. The giant wildfire that forced Fort McMurray's evacuation came as the Unifor Local 707A president was in the middle of contract negotiations, fighting to save bitumen mining jobs...
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    Liberals Had Google Wipe Out Dozens Of Harper-Related Search Results

    Liberals Had Google Wipe Out Dozens Of Harper-Related Search Results OTTAWA — The Liberal government has had dozens of web pages from Stephen Harper’s days as prime minister deleted from Google search results. The Privy Council Office requests for deletion from Google began last Nov. 4, the...
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    Canadian Economic Forecast Sees Ontario, B.C. Leading The Way Through 2017

    Funny.. What happened to Sasquatchewan? Canadian Economic Forecast Sees Ontario, B.C. Leading The Way Through 2017 OTTAWA — The Conference Board of Canada is predicting Ontario and British Columbia will lead other provinces in terms of economic growth between now and the end of 2017. A...
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    Yet Another massive pipeline spill in Alberta

    Yet terrorism is more important. Pipeline leak fouls creek near grizzly bear protection area in northwestern Alberta A pipeline leak has spilled 380,000 litres of light petroleum within five kilometres of a provincially designated grizzly bear zone in northwestern Alberta, with some of it...
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    Australian rodent is 1st mammal to go extinct due to human-caused climate change

    #it'sprobablynothing #let'swastemoretimetalkingaboutterrorisminstead Australian rodent named the 1st mammal to go extinct due to human-caused climate change An Australian rodent found only on a tiny island on the Great Barrier Reef has been declared extinct. Scientists say it's the first...
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    Canadian MP Decides to Fast for Ramadan, Receives Praise Worldwide

    Real leadership. Canadian MP Decides to Fast for Ramadan, Receives Praise Worldwide Holland is the Liberal Party’s representative in the district of Ajax, Ontario. He served from 2006 to 2011 and was reelected in 2015. In his address to the House of Commons last week, Holland stated: “Mr...
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    It's time to ban assault weapons in the U.S.

    Ban assault weapons now: Our view A common thread links the mass slaughters of first-graders in Newtown, Conn., of county workers in San Bernardino, Calif., and of nightclub patrons in Orlando: The killers used assault-style weapons that are efficient machines of murder. Such weapons are...
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    Canada's economy showing signs of shift away from oil

    We interrupt your regularly scheduled panic attack for this real news: Canada's economy showing signs of shift away from oil, OECD says A new report suggests exports from Canada's non-resource industries have offset some of the economic weakness created by slumping commodity prices. An OECD...
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    Canada's position on Orlando shooting: A 'domestic terror attack'

    Orlando shooting a 'domestic terror attack' targeting the LGBT community, Trudeau says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling the attack on a gay nightclub in Florida an act of domestic terror. Trudeau says he was "shocked and saddened" to learn so many people were killed and injured...
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    Egale calls for Trudeau apology for historic treatment of LGBT community

    Egale calls for Trudeau apology for historic treatment of LGBT community The assault on a gay night club in Orlando has cast a shadow over two reports that call for an apology from Justin Trudeau’s government and restitution for homosexuals who were prosecuted and persecuted under Canadian...
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    Finance Canada pushing federal carbon tax as way to reduce emissions

    Finance Canada pushing federal carbon tax as way to reduce emissions Finance Canada is quietly pushing the idea of a federal carbon tax as the Liberal government looks to set a minimum national price and complement provincial carbon pricing plans, sources say. Officials at Finance are...
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    Trudeau: Hot housing sector 'a real drag' on Canada’s economy

    Good interview with BNN Trudeau: Hot housing sector 'a real drag' on Canada’s economy In her first ad of the general election campaign, Hillary Clinton will use Donald J. Trump’s words to portray him as a violently divisive candidate who is intolerant of the diverse fabric of the American...