Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition November 19, 2016 Liberalism in North America took a bit of a beating last week. Fresh off the finest example of demagoguery becoming the leader of the free world, the Canadian Liberal movement took a hit from a couple of different sources in the same passage of time. Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose and potential CPC leadership hopeful Kevin O’Leary both took the ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition October 29, 2016 It was far from a week to remember for Justin Trudeau. His Liberal candidate, Stan Sakamoto, was trounced by Conservative rival Glen Motz in an Alberta byelection in the riding of Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner. Motz even took the opportunity to use his victory to take a jab at the prime minister for visiting the Gas City in support of Sakamoto. “I ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition Aug. 6. 2016 It may have taken more time than many had hoped, but the Liberals are doing what they promised. A panel of commissioners are in place to move forward on the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women in this country. There has been an appetite in Canada for some time to examine why there was — and continues to ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition February 27, 2016 It was an announcement that caught most casual observers off guard — a single tweet from WestJet’s Calgary based office on Monday sharing that the airline would be expanding its services temporarily in the city of Brandon by opening up the long-sought-after eastern route to Toronto. It was welcome news for this community. We Brandonites have spent years lamenting the ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition February 15, 2014 As Finance Minister Jim Flaherty rose to deliver what is to be the last budget prior to the election cycle budget of major announcements, many Canadians were hoping for more from what the Conservatives have deemed the Building Canada Fund as well as the long-maligned Economic Action Plan. They’re both ideas that on paper make sense, but in reality need ...
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