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Debate night scrapbook, two passes and a bunch of fails

By Ira Basen on April 17, 2011 3:38 PM

Categories: Conservatives, Gilles Duceppe, Jack Layton, Leaders' debate, Liberals, Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper

Debate night passes and fails: 'Mr. Harper you used to care about the environment' and other rhetorical excesses.
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A campaign compendium of coalition quotes

By Reality Check Team on April 15, 2011 4:45 PM

Categories: Coalition, Gilles Duceppe, Jack Layton, Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper

From the outset of this election campaign, party leaders have been sniping at each other over coalition governments, real and imagined. We offer a campaign compendium of what's been said.
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Family reunification: Still waiting for mom and dad

By David McKie on April 15, 2011 2:13 PM

Categories: Conservatives, Immigrants, Leaders' debate, Liberals, Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper

The Conservatives say they are increasing immigration across all categories. That's not fully the case, though, when it comes to family reunification.
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How did we get here? A matter of debate

By Meagan Fitzpatrick on April 13, 2011 1:38 PM

Categories: Conservatives, Contempt, Election, Leaders' debate, Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper

Why is there an election? Political opportunism or a government that was 'in contempt of Parliament?' A forensic look at the Harper - Ignatieff election rationales.
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The Liberals and gun control: curbing their enthusiasm?

By Ira Basen on April 6, 2011 4:23 PM

Categories: Crime, Liberals, Michael Ignatieff

In 2006 and 2008, the Liberals were front and centre on gun control, promising to ban handguns and then assault rifles. Today, the focus is elsewhere.
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Video: The Liberal 'red book' platform

By Reality Check Team on April 6, 2011 10:55 AM

Categories: Budget, Liberals, Michael Ignatieff

As Amanda Lang reports, great chunks of the Conservative budget that the Liberals vowed to defeat will live on under a Liberal government. Just check out the Red Book.
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Oh John Baird, he stands on guard for Harper

By Meagan Fitzpatrick on April 5, 2011 4:47 PM

Categories: Liberals, Michael Ignatieff, Partisanship, Stephen Harper

The claim, by Tory John Baird, that Michael Ignatieff is "un-Canadian" for suggesting something similar about the Conservatives' restrictive policy at their rallies.
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Tax breaks for volunteer firefighters - less than meets the eye

By David McKie on April 5, 2011 2:17 PM

Categories: Budget, Liberals, Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper

Both the Conservatives and Liberals are courting volunteer firefighters with a proposed tax credit. One's a little richer. Both require a close look by any claimants.
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Cute but unoriginal: Michael Ignatieff's campaign barb

By Ira Basen on April 4, 2011 5:57 PM

Categories: Liberals, Michael Ignatieff

Michael Ignatieff: 'If you stop telling lies about us, we will stop telling the truth about you.' Nice line, guy, too bad you didn't think of it.
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The Liberal plan: to raise the corporate tax rate

By Reality Check Team on April 4, 2011 1:30 PM

Categories: Budget, Liberals, Michael Ignatieff

The claim: Liberals say raising the corporate tax rate to 2010 levels will pay for their social spending. As Keith Boag reports, it may not be that clear.
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The Ignatieff family and 'the immigrant dream'

By Ira Basen on April 3, 2011 10:47 AM

Categories: Liberals, Michael Ignatieff

The claim: "My dad was a Russian immigrant", Michael Ignatieff says. "He came off a boat in 1928 without anything. He lived that immigrant dream...."
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No conditions on the provinces in the Liberal child-care plan

By Laura Payton on March 31, 2011 6:39 PM

Categories: Child care, Education, Election, Liberals, Michael Ignatieff

Think of the Liberal child-care plan as a kind of social infrastructure fund. The best provincial proposals get the money, but there is no guarantee on what it will be spent.
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The Liberal national child-care plan: Evolution of a promise

By Reality Check Team on March 31, 2011 4:47 PM

Categories: Child care, Michael Ignatieff

The Liberals have been talking about a national child-care plan for a long time, 18 years in fact. This latest version is the least precise and possibly the most expensive.
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Liberal 'learning passport;' it gives and takes away

By Reality Check Team on March 29, 2011 6:03 PM

Categories: Education, Liberals, Michael Ignatieff

The Liberals' new Canadian Learning Passport offers $1,000 a year to every high school student who goes on to university or college. But that's not as much as it first appears.
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