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Prime Minister Stephen Harper promises he will use his new majority to govern on behalf of all Canadians, not just the 40 per cent who voted for him. Assuming he intends to do what he says, what could he do to reassure the 60 per cent who supported candidates and parties on the left of the Tories?
If the federal Liberals don't get their act together, and do it quickly, they risk disappearing into the black hole of Canadian political history. It's a black hole reserved for the likes of the United Farmers, Progressive Conservatives, Social Credit, Union Nationale and, as seems likely, the Bloc Québécois - parties that struggled on after their time had come.
"There's no doubt that the energy (from) the federal election … has created a wind under our wings and has created excitement." - Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.
Rupert Murdoch is in a mess of trouble in Britain and the aftershocks are being felt by his extensive holdings as far away as his native Australia and his adopted United States.
Rupert Murdoch and Conrad Black make for an interesting study in media power. They are similar, yet quite different.
Labour Day is fast approaching, meaning the countdown to the Oct. 6 Ontario provincial election is about to begin. This is as good a time as any to take a peek ahead.
As the Ontario election heads into its second week, the issues are emerging. Health care (quality, availability and wait times), job creation, taxes, hydro rates, gasoline prices, and university tuitions are all pocketbook issues that resonate province-wide.
The 2007 Ontario election, the one that returned Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals for a second term, set a record — albeit a dubious record.
The Ontario election on Thursday will not be decided by party policies nor by leaders' appeal. It will be determined by the party machines - the ability to get committed supporters out to the polls.
The Harper government does not admit to any imperfections - and why should it? It has a majority and in its ranks it boasts "the best finance minister on the planet," as the prime minister called Jim Flaherty at Davos a couple of weeks ago.
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Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and the author of several books focussing on the Middle East including 'The Hundred Years' War On Palestine'. He explains some of the basic facts of the struggle for Palestinian independence and the creation of the Zionist project of Israel.