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Here are the results:
Yes: 14%
No: 83%
Not sure: 3%

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Here are the results:
Yes: 6%
No: 93%
Not sure: 1%

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Here are the results:
Yes: 67%
No: 31%
Not sure: 2%

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Just take the story of Liberal MP for Charlottetown, Sean Casey.
 
About to leave the House of Commons after a long day, Casey went to get his coat.
 
Alas, this is what he tweeted:
 
"Just found out that my top coat and apartment keys are on their way to Montreal with a certain NDP MP who has a coat that resembles mine."

But that's not the end of the story.... hit the jump for more.
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Here are the results:
Yes: 45%
No: 52%
Not sure: 2%

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Here are the results:
Yes: 90%
No: 9%
Not sure: 1%

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Here are the results:
Yes: 34%
No: 64%
Not sure: 2%

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Here are the results:

Yes: 53%
No: 45
Not sure: 2

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And stay away from headgear of any kind.
 
I don't think I have to remind you of Gilles Duceppe's 1997 cheese factory hair net disaster. He was endlessly mocked in papers and on satirical programs for the less than stellar look.
 
Others have done it too. Stockwell Day put a tie around his head: never a good look.
 
The one exception to this rule may be the Calgary stampede: where you will survive longer in politics if you do the cowboy hat rather than not.
 
Anyway, this leads us to this week. Interim Liberal leader Bob Rae is on a skills and trades tour of Canada and for unknown reasons this requires him to don various items of headgear.
Like this and this.

Well, Bob Rae is a veteran politician, but maybe he hasn't learned the headgear rule yet. So we're giving him a little help ... hit the jump for the results.
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