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Political Panel: March 2012 Archives

Political Panel, March 23: Live from the NDP convention!

There are about 3000 NDP members at the Toronto's Convention Centre right now, as they prepare to choose the party's new federal leader.

And that's also where we found our political panel this week, as they spoke to us from Toronto to weigh in on the leadership race, and other events from the week in federal politics. 

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Political panel, March 9: Yep, more robocalls...

It's maybe not surprising that the topic of robocalls was dominating conversations at the Manning Centre for Democracy's annual networking conference in Ottawa.

Both members of our political panel were there, amidst other politicians, staffers and journalists, as many buzzed about the week that was.That includes, of course, the ever-evolving tale of robocalls, with the Conservatives backing the NDP motion promising greater investigative powers for Elections Canada...They just couldn't say when it'd happen, which lead NDP critic David Christopherson to say if the government reneges, there will be "hell to pay".

The Conservatives in the meantime want the Liberal staffer behind Vikileaks to testify, saying "we remain concerned that the Liberals abused tax dollars in this egregious, sleazy and distasteful fashion".

So that's the kind of week it's been: deplorable, egregious, sleazy and distasteful, with just a taste of hell to pay. In with more: Julie Van Dusen from CBC-TV and this week, Colin Horgan from ipolitics.ca.

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