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	<title>Political News and blogs on Stephen Harper, Canadian Politics and Voting on Informed Vote &#124; InformedVote.ca &#187; David Tulloch</title>
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	<description>Informed Vote (informedvote.ca) will keep Canadian voters informed on Canadian Politics such as Stephen Harper, Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton, Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, Green, as well as foreign issues like the Israel palestine conflict and local issues like the CUPE strike</description>
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		<title>Stephen Harper Has Proven Again That Political Experience and Political Toughness matters:Machiavelli Would be Proud</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/04/16/stephen-harper-has-proven-again-that-political-experience-and-political-toughness-mattersmachiavelli-would-be-proud/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=stephen-harper-has-proven-again-that-political-experience-and-political-toughness-mattersmachiavelli-would-be-proud</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Tulloch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics Probe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helena guergis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rahim Jaffer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stephen harper]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an earlier posting, I had discussed why certain politicians are more successful than others and the influence of Machiavelli on modern politics. Stephen Harper was cited as one of those successful politicians: someone concerned primarily about his own interests and someone willing to do what it takes to succeed. The recent treatment of Helena [...]


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		<title>Everyone Should Follow Winston Churchill&#8217;s Lead: Read Or Write Often And Widely, Even During Your Darkest Hour</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/04/10/everyone-should-follow-winston-churchills-lead-read-or-write-often-and-widely-even-during-your-darkest-hour/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=everyone-should-follow-winston-churchills-lead-read-or-write-often-and-widely-even-during-your-darkest-hour</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Tulloch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Churchill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More books are sold in Canada during the winter months than any other time of the year. It probably has to do with the frequent gift-giving occasions during that time of the year. Stumped for a gift idea, we will often resort to buying books. Most books, however, are probably read during the spring and [...]


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<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/24/there-are-great-life-lessons-to-be-gleaned-by-watching-politicians-and-reading-political-history/' rel='bookmark' title='There Are Great Life Lessons to be Gleaned by Watching Politicians and Reading Political History'>There Are Great Life Lessons to be Gleaned by Watching Politicians and Reading Political History</a> <small>That’s Wilfrid Laurier from Quebec. He has no future. He...</small></li>
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		<title>Canadians Can Now Stop the Hand-wringing and Can Now Celebrate Our Sporting Victories, But How Large Was Our 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Victory Really?</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/03/11/canadians-can-now-stop-the-hand-wringing-and-can-now-celebrate-our-sporting-victories-but-how-large-was-our-2010-vancouver-winter-olympic-victory-really/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=canadians-can-now-stop-the-hand-wringing-and-can-now-celebrate-our-sporting-victories-but-how-large-was-our-2010-vancouver-winter-olympic-victory-really</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Tulloch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold Medal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sidney Crosby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vancouver 2010 winter olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Canadians can now stop the hand-wringing, and finally we can hoist the red and white high towards the clouds, but how large was our Vancouver Olympic victory really? We did win more gold medals than any other country in Winter Olympic history. In terms of sporting success and country size, our victory was actually much [...]


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<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2010/02/25/the-vancouver-2010-winter-olympic-games-endure-despite-tragedy-and-criticism/' rel='bookmark' title='The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games Endure Despite Tragedy and Criticism'>The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games Endure Despite Tragedy and Criticism</a> <small>After years of painstaking planning, construction, advertising and anticipation, the...</small></li>
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		<title>In the Realm of Canadian Federal and Provincial Politics, it Does Appear to be True That Nice Guys Come in Last</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/03/06/in-the-realm-of-canadian-federal-and-provincial-politics-it-does-appear-to-be-true-that-nice-guys-come-in-last/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=in-the-realm-of-canadian-federal-and-provincial-politics-it-does-appear-to-be-true-that-nice-guys-come-in-last</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Tulloch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canadian federal politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lord acton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[machiavelli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pierre trudau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen harper]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Great men are almost always bad men.&#8221; - Lord Acton Fortune is a woman, and if you wish to conquer her, you must beat and coerce her. And she always smiles upon the young man, because he commands her with the greatest audacity. The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli Because the great English historian had written [...]


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<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/28/current-democratic-system-breeds-corruption-in-canadian-politics-time-for-a-new-economic-ideology/' rel='bookmark' title='Current Democratic System Breeds Corruption in Canadian Politics: Time for a New Economic Ideology'>Current Democratic System Breeds Corruption in Canadian Politics: Time for a New Economic Ideology</a> <small>My esteemed colleagues here at InformedVote.ca have done an amazing...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/12/02/whats-wrong-with-canadian-politics-and-a-warm-welcome-to-my-first-blog-post/' rel='bookmark' title='What&#8217;s Wrong With Canadian Politics and a Warm Welcome to my First Blog Post!'>What&#8217;s Wrong With Canadian Politics and a Warm Welcome to my First Blog Post!</a> <small>I am a firm believer that despite everyone&#8217;s claims, very...</small></li>
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		<title>The Adam Giambrone Flameout: Should he Resign From Everything, Including his Counsellor&#8217;s Seat?</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/02/14/the-adam-giambrone-flameout-should-he-resign-from-everything-including-his-counsellors-seat/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-adam-giambrone-flameout-should-he-resign-from-everything-including-his-counsellors-seat</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Tulloch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Municipal Government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just a short note about the Adam Giambrone Toronto Mayoralty campaign. As anyone who has been reading my blogs here knows, I have attempted to focus on the positive and interesting aspects of politics. Unfortunately, there are occasions when politicians do not meet me half-way. The collapse of Mr. Giambrone’s mayoralty campaign is somewhat an [...]


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		<title>John F. Kennedy &amp; Vietnam: His Greatest Legacy was not his Stylish Clothes or his Eloquent Speeches, but his Restraint &amp; Wise Judgment in Foreign Affairs</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/01/26/john-f-kennedy-vietnam-his-greatest-legacy-was-not-his-stylish-clothes-or-his-eloquent-speeches-but-his-restraint-wise-judgment-in-foreign-affairs/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=john-f-kennedy-vietnam-his-greatest-legacy-was-not-his-stylish-clothes-or-his-eloquent-speeches-but-his-restraint-wise-judgment-in-foreign-affairs</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Tulloch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[united states]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[president John F. Kennedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vietnam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President John F. Kennedy has been dead for nearly 50 years. Yet his memory still shines brightly for many people. This is in large part because he was an attractive, charismatic leader in his day and because he did not grow old with us. Despite numerous attempts by revisionist historians to disparage his reputation, there [...]


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		<title>Brian Mulroney &amp; Jean Chretien: An Epic Battle Between Two Political Heavyweights That Canadians Never Got To See</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/01/14/brian-mulroney-jean-chretien-an-epic-battle-between-two-political-heavyweights-that-canadians-never-got-to-see/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=brian-mulroney-jean-chretien-an-epic-battle-between-two-political-heavyweights-that-canadians-never-got-to-see</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Tulloch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brian mulroney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canadian politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counterfactual history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jean chretien]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former Prime Ministers Brian Mulroney and Jean Chretien share many negative and positive traits. In fact, the similarities between the two is striking: both of Quebec working class stock, both possessing enormous drive and both doggedly determined to prove their condescending critics wrong, and both very vindictive individuals with an inability to forgive and forget. [...]


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		<title>2009 was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times: Global Economic Recession, Climate Change, Barack Obama &amp; H1N1</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/01/11/2009-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times-global-economic-recession-climate-change-barack-obama-h1n1/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=2009-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times-global-economic-recession-climate-change-barack-obama-h1n1</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Tulloch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada and the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global economic recession]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…The famous opening phrase to Charles Dickens’ novel “A Tale Of Two Cities” was applied to the times in which Dickens lived, but it probably also applies to all periods in history, including our own. This past year represents both the best of times [...]


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		<title>Is it Now Time for an Old Political Idea to be Revisited: A Partnership Between the Liberals and the NDP?</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/01/09/is-it-now-time-for-an-old-political-idea-to-be-revisited-a-partnership-between-the-liberals-and-the-ndp/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=is-it-now-time-for-an-old-political-idea-to-be-revisited-a-partnership-between-the-liberals-and-the-ndp</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Tulloch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Our Country]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[liberal NDP partnership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent elections and polling indicate that two great Canadian federal parties, the Liberals and the NDP, are in real trouble and could continue to face irrelevance or even extinction in future elections. These are the parties of titans like Laurier, J.S. Woodsworth, Tommy Douglas, Pearson, and Trudeau, whose names reverberate throughout Canadian history. Is it [...]


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		<title>Finance Minister Jim Flaherty&#8217;s Economic Policy of Deficit Reduction is Not What it Seems</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/01/05/finance-minister-jim-flahertys-economic-policy-of-deficit-reduction-is-not-what-it-seems/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=finance-minister-jim-flahertys-economic-policy-of-deficit-reduction-is-not-what-it-seems</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Tulloch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jim flaherty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neo-conservative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen harper]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s get straight to the point. The deficit is an economic problem, but it is not as serious as many make it out to be. What may surprise many people is the fact that many business leaders and almost all neo-conservative politicians secretly agree. Don’t be fooled by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s recent rumblings about [...]


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