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First I went to Kildonan East Collegiate where an energetic teacher organized an afternoon forum Tuesday for the Elmwood-Transcona candidates. That's one of the city's tightest contests, where the NDP are hoping to hang on to retiring MP Bill Blaikie's seat. The Tories are hoping to steal it, and they've drafted Tory Thomas Steen, the former Winnipeg Jet, to get 'er done.
After the debate, he signed autographs for students, something he's spent a lot of time doing at the doorstep. Just recently, the party put out a flyer -- orange on the front, so it looks like NDP propaganda -- that painted [Jim Maloway] as a do-nothing backbencher and Steen as a strong voice in government for the riding. Nowhere on it did the words "Conservative Party" appear, which suggests the Tories hope voters will be a little star-struck and won't look much past that and the party or the politician.She is a force to be reckoned with. She's uber-organized, smart, well-spoken, well-connected and, let's just say it, attractive. It's not supposed to matter, but it does. That the Tories found someone other than a backbench time-server to take over a safe seat is a refreshing change. I suspect sometime in the future I'll be writing "Manitoba's senior minister" before her name, assuming the Tories stay in power.See the full content of this document
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Don't Give Up Hope... Yet
This is a tale of two debates - one that made me despair, as many Canadians have this election, for the state of our state, and another that restored my faith entirely.
First I went to Kildonan East Collegiate where an energetic teacher organized an after...See the full content of this document
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