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Buckdog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Remember when all of the Conservatives and right wing Liberals ( who should be Conservatives ) were attacking Jack Layton because he said we would probably end up talking to the Taliban - so why go through the deaths of Canadian men and women and move the talks up front! WELL ... the Conservatives went crazy and right wing Liberals were beside themselves. So ... who was correct two full years ago!...
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liberal catnip (Free subscription) | yesterday
It seems Peter MacKay now supports talking to the Taliban . The Conservatives have softened their position on talking with the Taliban after a British general said that Western forces will never win against insurgents and negotiations may be necessary. NDP Leader Jack Layton jumped on that Sunday, saying he was "heartened" by British Brig.-Gen. Mark Carleton-Smith's comments to a London newspaper....
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New Democratic Party of Canada (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
HALIFAX – Today, Halifax NDP candidate Megan Leslie and Sakville—Eastern Shore MP Peter Stoffer are calling for a formal investigation onto the $150,000 grant by Conservative minister Peter MacKay which is now at the centre of a controversy involving the resignation of a Conservative candidate. “Peter MacKay is Stephen Harper’s man in Nova Scotia. It was MacKay’s job to deliver Conservative candidates...
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liberal catnip (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
These Conservatives, they're just such an accountable bunch, aren't they? Via the CP: Hospitality tab at Passport Canada costs taxpayers $16,800: document The Canadian Press got it hands on a document that shows MacKay signing off on hospitality tab overruns for Passport Canada employees during the passport crunch last year. Federal rules strictly govern hospitality expenses, especially when food and...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 14/09/2008
Ending Canada's combat role in Afghanistan by 2011 is consistent with the will of Parliament and not a signal that the country is going to "cut and run" from the mission, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Sunday.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 13/09/2008
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- 09/12/08 -- The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, issued the following statement today on the death of a Canadian soldier: I would lik..
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They Call Me "Mr. Sinister" (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
I am not sure what Junior is all fired up about . Maybe he would rather she yelled that she wanted a war economy? In any case, he seems to be threatening Jack Layton with a manly retreat to his potato patch,if he doesn't get his way: Defence Minister Peter MacKay has called for NDP Leader Jack Layton to fire a Nova Scotia NDP candidate for her behaviour Thursday at a Halifax peace protest. But the...
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BigCityLib Strikes Back (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
He [Peter MacKay] got his speaking notes for the Northwest Passage mixed up with his speaking notes for the Arctic Ocean, and I think that's pretty appalling given the importance of this particular issue for the long-term interests of Canada. You can't assert sovereignty over it if you can't find it. Can Canada afford four more years from a government in which the players--other than the PM himself--are...
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Naval Open Source INTelligence (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today underscored the government's commitment to Canadian sovereignty and security with the announcement of a new overland surveillance capability for the Canadian Forces'(CF) CP-140 Aurora aircraft. "I am proud to be announcing yet another example of our Conservative government's...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Anything for the cause: "MacKay announces millions in military upgrades for Halifax, B.C." Defence Minister Peter MacKay has announced a series of projects worth more than $76 million to upgrade military facilities on both coasts. One more opportunistic spending announcement on the eve of an election, yes. But it's also further evidence of the shifting national priorities the Conservatives have implemented....
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Responding to an amazingly leading question as to "whether he thought the Taliban would target Canada's military in an attempt to influence the election outcome", Peter MacKay takes the bait : "I sure hope not," he said. "All I can tell you is the challenge is there, it's real. We've seen the tactics of the Taliban. ... Their tactics know no bounds, know no rules of engagement."He said the government...
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
The federal Conservatives gave Canadians a lesson in Halifax yesterday, a lesson most of them likely didn't want. A group of Second World War veterans were trotted before the cameras alongside Peter Mackay, the national defence minister as props in a campaign announcement. The lesson was Manipulation, Cynicism and Crassness 101 . Ostensibly they were there to announce that the Halifax Rifles - a disbanded...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, announced today the return to service of the historic Halifax Rifles, and the creation of a new Army Reserve unit in Yellowknife.
