Arriving this afternoon in the digital inboxes of members of the Liberal Party of Canada is this fundraising pitch:
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The things politicians say to kids about drugs …
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James O’Connor is a journalist, the managing editor of the Brandon Sun newspaper. As you can see from the picture above, he was in the room when Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau visited a school earlier this week.
The kids were curious about Trudeau’s stand on pot. One of them asked him about it. Continue reading The things politicians say to kids about drugs …
Trudeau tweet provokes debate on mandatory minimums
The first one to take a kick at this week’s political football was Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, who said on Twitter on Sunday he would be prepared to reconsider some of the mandatory minimum sentence provisions brought in by the Harper government over the last few years.
Ok. Interesting idea. Tell me more. Which, in Trudeau’s view would be the most likely mandatory minimum sentence (hereinfter known as MMS) provisions to roll back?
He didn’t expand on this on Twitter, so I e-mailed Trudeau’s press people yesterday morning with this message: Continue reading Trudeau tweet provokes debate on mandatory minimums
Stephen Harper's cabinet trivia: From Flaherty to MacKay to Baird and back again
On the eve of a widely expected cabinet shuffle, some trivia on Stephen Harper and his cabinet history: Continue reading Stephen Harper's cabinet trivia: From Flaherty to MacKay to Baird and back again