Monthly Archives: April 2011

Three reasons not to fear the NDP

Posted on April 30, 2011 by bhaggart

Like everyone else, the NDP’s surge caught me by surprise. At the outset of the campaign, I was predicting a Liberal minority government, with an outside chance of a Liberal majority. My sense was that Harper had only one card … Continue reading →

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Michael Ignatieff’s failure

Posted on April 30, 2011 by bhaggart

I’d like to suggest an alternative explanation to the emerging consensus about why Michael Ignatieff and his Liberal party are polling so poorly among Canadians. This consensus, echoed by Irshad Manji, Jeremy Keehn and countless others, is that the Conservative … Continue reading →

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WikiLeaks cables: U.S. behind drive for Canadian copyright reform (who knew?)

Posted on April 30, 2011 by bhaggart

I see that WikiLeaks has finally released the cables from the U.S. embassy in Ottawa. They’ll make for some fine reading as I prepare for my thesis defence (May 26 at Carleton University, Loeb Building A631 at 2 pm – … Continue reading →

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