Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition October 24, 2015 As Dorothy once professed in the 1939 film classic, “The Wizard of Oz,” “there’s no place like home.” Our nation awoke from a dream this past weekend to a new reality and a new chapter as a country. For some, that dream ended in bitter defeat and was not without its share of victims. But for others, it was an ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition August 28, 2015 Not that our province is laden with opportunity for any particular party this election, but Tom Mulcair may have the most to gain or lose in friendly Manitoba come election day. Officially, we have 14 ridings at play this election. Manitoba is clearly a stark contrast to the more than 120 ridings up for grabs in Ontario, for example — ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition June 20, 2015 He has a memoir in the wings ready to hit the shelves, he has a life built in public office, he hails from a large French Catholic family and he is attempting to position himself as the next prime minister of Canada. Tom Mulcair has taken a bit of a different route but his 15 minutes of fame appear to ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition September 13, 2014 Either Thomas Mulcair is a soothsayer or he is desperate. The NDP leader and leader of the official Opposition has drawn a line in the sand, stating he and his party would reveal “concrete” platform proposals more than a year ahead of a proposed election. ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition March 8, 2014 One has to feel for member of Parliament Larry Maguire. The longtime politician and community builder has been handed nothing less than a handful of headaches from a Conservative party bent on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in 2015. The most recent misstep comes in the form of a decree tumbling down from the mound to the masses ...
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