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	<title>Political News and blogs on Stephen Harper, Canadian Politics and Voting on Informed Vote &#124; InformedVote.ca &#187; Kyle Farquharson</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>Exclusion of Women’s Ski Jumping from the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics is a Supreme Court of Canada Cop-Out</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/01/02/exclusion-of-women%e2%80%99s-ski-jumping-from-the-vancouver-2010-winter-olympics-is-a-supreme-court-of-canada-cop-out/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=exclusion-of-women%25e2%2580%2599s-ski-jumping-from-the-vancouver-2010-winter-olympics-is-a-supreme-court-of-canada-cop-out</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Farquharson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 22nd, the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear the appeal of the female ski jumpers who wished to compete for the first time at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, ending the women’s court battle. The SCC gave no reason for its decision. The unfortunate legacy of exclusion of women&#8217;s ski jumping [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/01/19/vancouver-2010-winter-olympics-controversy-grows/' rel='bookmark' title='Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Controversy Grows'>Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Controversy Grows</a> <small>With the 2010 Winter Olympics just about a year away,...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/09/vancouver-2010-winter-olympics-protest-riot-2010/' rel='bookmark' title='Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Protest: &#8220;RIOT 2010!&#8221; &#8211; Um, Can You Take It Easy With That?'>Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Protest: &#8220;RIOT 2010!&#8221; &#8211; Um, Can You Take It Easy With That?</a> <small>All protest is about anger – someone said that in...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2010/03/06/canada%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98own-the-podium%e2%80%99-program-yields-golden-dividends-at-vancouver-2010-olympic-winter-games/' rel='bookmark' title='Canada’s ‘Own the Podium’ Program Yields Golden Dividends at Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games'>Canada’s ‘Own the Podium’ Program Yields Golden Dividends at Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games</a> <small>The Vancouver 2010 Olympics are now over, with the nation...</small></li>
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		<title>China Premier Wen Jiaobao&#8217;s Slap on Stephen Harper&#8217;s Wrist May Reflect Larger Issues</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/12/04/china-premier-wen-jiaobaos-slap-on-stephen-harpers-wrist-may-reflect-larger-issues/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=china-premier-wen-jiaobaos-slap-on-stephen-harpers-wrist-may-reflect-larger-issues</link>
		<comments>http://informedvote.ca/2009/12/04/china-premier-wen-jiaobaos-slap-on-stephen-harpers-wrist-may-reflect-larger-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Farquharson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Premier Wen Jiaobao of China delivered a rebuke to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday. According to Premier Wen, one of the country’s most popular and senior politicians, Harper’s visit to China has been tardy, and diplomatic meetings between the leaders of the two countries have been too infrequent. The proverbial slap on the [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/12/04/odd-bedfellows-chinese-canadian-relations/' rel='bookmark' title='Odd Bedfellows; Chinese-Canadian Relations'>Odd Bedfellows; Chinese-Canadian Relations</a> <small>Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has never courted China, despite...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2010/02/20/premier-of-newfoundland-danny-williams%e2%80%99-heart-surgery-means-pr-emergency/' rel='bookmark' title='Premier of Newfoundland Danny Williams’ Heart Surgery Means PR Emergency'>Premier of Newfoundland Danny Williams’ Heart Surgery Means PR Emergency</a> <small>It takes a special kind of political acumens for a...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/10/16/to-read-a-memo-or-not-allegations-of-torture-left-unread-by-stephen-harper/' rel='bookmark' title='To Read a Memo&#8230;OR NOT &#8211; Allegations of Torture Left Unread By Stephen Harper'>To Read a Memo&#8230;OR NOT &#8211; Allegations of Torture Left Unread By Stephen Harper</a> <small>Isn’t it great to know that the people running this...</small></li>
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		<title>Campaign 2000 Reports 1 in 10 Canadian Children Living in Poverty &#8211; But Beware of Holes in the Data</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/25/campaign-2000-reports-1-in-10-canadian-children-living-in-poverty-but-beware-of-holes-in-the-data/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=campaign-2000-reports-1-in-10-canadian-children-living-in-poverty-but-beware-of-holes-in-the-data</link>
		<comments>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/25/campaign-2000-reports-1-in-10-canadian-children-living-in-poverty-but-beware-of-holes-in-the-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Farquharson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign 2000]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Campaign 2000 released its annual report on child poverty in Canada, and propounded an alarming statistic. According to the organization’s estimates, ten per cent of Canadian kids currently live in poverty. Among First Nations children, this figure is even more disturbing: one in four. The statistics represent a lack of progress over the [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/17/immigration-minister-jason-kenney-no-apology-for-abuse-of-home-children/' rel='bookmark' title='Immigration Minister Jason Kenney: No Apology for Abuse of Home Children'>Immigration Minister Jason Kenney: No Apology for Abuse of Home Children</a> <small>Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has made a statement that...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/10/20/what-do-nov-9-by-elections-yawn-mean-for-child-youth-and-family-advocates/' rel='bookmark' title='What Do Nov. 9 By-Elections (Yawn) Mean for Child, Youth, and Family Advocates?'>What Do Nov. 9 By-Elections (Yawn) Mean for Child, Youth, and Family Advocates?</a> <small>We may have escaped a general election this fall, but...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/03/27/activating-our-youth-a-healthy-environment-for-children/' rel='bookmark' title='Activating our Youth; A Healthy Environment for Children'>Activating our Youth; A Healthy Environment for Children</a> <small>As a teenager, I took a trip with my family...</small></li>
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		<title>2012: The End of the Kyoto Accord &#8211; Will We See a New Deal on Climate Change in Copenhagen?</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/17/2012-the-end-of-the-kyoto-accord-will-we-see-a-new-deal-on-climate-change-in-copenhagen/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=2012-the-end-of-the-kyoto-accord-will-we-see-a-new-deal-on-climate-change-in-copenhagen</link>
		<comments>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/17/2012-the-end-of-the-kyoto-accord-will-we-see-a-new-deal-on-climate-change-in-copenhagen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Farquharson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada and the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kyoto accord]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nostradamus was right. The year 2012 will certainly bring the end of an era. Next month’s UN convention on climate change in Copenhagen reminds us that the Kyoto Protocol is on its last legs. Indeed, the world’s first legally-binding legislation on greenhouse gas emission and climate change, for years battered and bruised through political conflagrations, [...]


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<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/05/conservative-and-liberals-vs-the-climate-change-summit-in-copenhagen/' rel='bookmark' title='Conservative and Liberals vs. the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen'>Conservative and Liberals vs. the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen</a> <small>With less than 40 days remaining before the governments of...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/12/16/should-canadas-stance-on-climate-change-be-singled-out-for-criticism-in-copenhagen/' rel='bookmark' title='Should Canada&#8217;s Stance on Climate Change be Singled out for Criticism in Copenhagen?'>Should Canada&#8217;s Stance on Climate Change be Singled out for Criticism in Copenhagen?</a> <small>As the world turns its attention to the climax of...</small></li>
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		<title>Gold Medallist Ross Rebagliati to Challenge Stockwell Day</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/10/30/gold-medallist-ross-rebagliati-to-challenge-stockwell-day/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=gold-medallist-ross-rebagliati-to-challenge-stockwell-day</link>
		<comments>http://informedvote.ca/2009/10/30/gold-medallist-ross-rebagliati-to-challenge-stockwell-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Farquharson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Municipal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ross rebagliati]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Constituents in the British Columbia riding of Okanagan-Coquihalla may be in for a good old-fashioned Western showdown leading up to the next federal election. That’s because on Monday snowboarding’s first Olympic gold medalist, British Columbia Sports Hall-of-Famer and Kelowna resident Ross Rebagliati, was officially nominated the new Liberal candidate for the riding. His Conservative opponent? [...]


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<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/09/12/carbon-credit-%e2%80%93-the-%e2%80%9cgreen-gold%e2%80%9d/' rel='bookmark' title='Carbon Credit – The “Green Gold”'>Carbon Credit – The “Green Gold”</a> <small>Global trade in carbon is a growing business with quadrupling...</small></li>
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		<title>Marijuana Prince Marc Emery Awaits Extradition to the United States</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/10/20/marijuana-prince-marc-emery-awaits-extradition-to-the-united-states/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=marijuana-prince-marc-emery-awaits-extradition-to-the-united-states</link>
		<comments>http://informedvote.ca/2009/10/20/marijuana-prince-marc-emery-awaits-extradition-to-the-united-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Farquharson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humorous]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We Canadians can all sleep a little bit easier at night. That’s because Marc Emery, Vancouver’s Prince of Pot and officially one of the DEA’s most wanted kingpins, is off the streets and in prison, awaiting extradition to the United States on drug and money-laundering charges. His capture represents a major victory in the War [...]


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<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/02/08/medicinal-marijuana-smoker-files-complaint-against-restaurant-owner/' rel='bookmark' title='Medicinal Marijuana Smoker Files Complaint Against Restaurant Owner'>Medicinal Marijuana Smoker Files Complaint Against Restaurant Owner</a> <small>A restaurant owner is facing a discrimination complaint after he...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2010/03/01/another-oil-war-united-kingdom-versus-latin-america-oil-discovered-off-falklands/' rel='bookmark' title='Another Oil War? United Kingdom Versus Latin America: Oil Discovered off Falklands'>Another Oil War? United Kingdom Versus Latin America: Oil Discovered off Falklands</a> <small>Oil has been discovered in the waters around the Falklands....</small></li>
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