Monthly Archives: March 2009

Sit tight, Elizabeth

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Chris Tindal

Some have already begun to suggest that Elizabeth May should move to New Westminster-Coquitlam and start campaigning for the anticipated by-election there, now that NDP MP Dawn Black is stepping down to run provincially. This is a somewhat tempting idea … Continue reading →

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Vaughan on tax shifting

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Chris Tindal

One of the most recent times I had a conversation with Adam Vaughan (at an Earth day rally last year) I remember him telling me that the Green party had to abandon it’s silly tax shifting idea. Either I’m remembering … Continue reading →

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John Tory

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Chris Tindal

“John Tory is a decent, hard-working, worldly and intelligent man… He never had a chance.” – Andrew Steele For the record (immature reactive cheap-shots notwithstanding), I like and respect John Tory, and my heart goes out to him today. I … Continue reading →

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Hubris

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Chris Tindal

Back on January 24th I took a screenshot of the Ontario PC party’s website and started a blog post with the title “Dear John Letter.” Their website, at the time, was basically announcing that John Tory was about to return … Continue reading →

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