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chantal hébert

@ChantalHbert

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columnist politique: L'actualité; CBC's At Issue/Radio-Canada TV et radio/Good Talk on SXMCanadaTalks and- when events warrant in The Toronto Star.

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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
8 months
Some personal news: To give myself some much needed breathing room, I have decided to relinquish my weekly column in The Star. I will be back for special occasions, including the next election campaign. You can also still follow me in all the other usual places.
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@ChantalHbert
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5 years
So this happened last night ! Thank you for all the good wishes/merci à tous. Avec une pensée pour de grands absents de la soirée d’hier. I continue to miss them. #jimtravers #jeanlapierre .
@susandelacourt
Susan Delacourt (real)
5 years
And the winner of the Charles Lynch award for distinguished, long-time service is ⁦ @ChantalHbert ⁩, I am so delighted to report here from the Press Gallery dinner. Yay Chantal. #cdnpoli
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
4 years
Bonne chance et au revoir
@AJContrarian
AJ Commentary
4 years
@yfblanchet @CathLvesque Please speak English when using a social media platform that all CANADIANS use. #soslick
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
2 years
This is…something ! Increasingly hard to believe the Conservative party wants to go down this candidate’s rabbit’s hole…
@PierrePoilievre
Pierre Poilievre
2 years
Today I introduced a Private Member’s Bill to abolish all current vaccine mandates, and ban any and all future vaccine mandates. Give people back their medical freedom. Let them take back control of their lives. Join before Friday June 3rd:
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
2 years
So what/et puis après!
@natnewswatch
National Newswatch
2 years
Trudeau seen singing with renowned Quebec musician days before queen’s funeral - National |
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
5 months
Opinion: Poilievre’s Housing Hell video offers a lousy, dime-store analysis of our housing crisis - The Globe and Mail
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
4 years
A train wreck in slow motion?
@atRachelGilmore
Rachel Gilmore
4 years
Peter MacKay tells @EvanLSolomon he might want to ask why other Tory leadership candidates want the campaign stopped. "Because there's a pandemic," Evan says, after a pause. "Is it," @PeterMacKay replies. Quite the clip. More at . #cdnpoli
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
1 month
In this context, “c’est super plate” does not translate to boring. The inference is that being prime minister is a tough job. @lostintranslation
@AGMacDougall
Andrew MacDougall
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Genuinely interested to know what the prime minister finds ‘boring’ about his job? Cabinet meetings? QP? Briefings with PCO? The road?
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
5 years
It cannot br good for a would-be prime minister to be generating news in the dying days of a competitive campaign for making up claims.
@natnewswatch
National Newswatch
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Scheer defends made-up claim that Liberal-NDP coalition would hike GST #elxn43
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
3 years
By popular demand, my take on last night’s French-language debate: @erinotoole has a mediocre night. The Quebec/Ottawa childcare agreement he is committed to ditching is a big deal in the province.
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
5 years
This aged well!!!
@AndrewScheer
Andrew Scheer
7 years
#tbt when I was pro-Brexit before it was cool. 😎🇬🇧
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
4 years
Not really...
@HeerJeet
Jeet Heer
4 years
There's a real possibility that Doug Ford will be the next head of the Conservative Party of Canada -- and quite possibly Prime Minister.
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
4 years
Une technique de confection de masques qui met à contribution les chaussettes orphelines...😅😅😅
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
3 months
Interesting assumptions, signed grandmother of five grandchildren. I guess they came from nowhere 😂
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_Jim_Sparrow_
3 months
@AtIssueCBC @RosieBarton @acoyne @ChantalHbert @althiaraj Nothing like 4 progressives, none of whom have children, to get together to opinionate on the right way to raise children 🤣
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
5 months
Ditto
@perreaux
Les Perreaux
5 months
I had the privilege of jousting with dozens of prime ministers, premiers and opposition leaders from all parties over 25 years, and I don't remember one of them acting like this, and certainly not on repeated occasions.
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@ChantalHbert
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If you are relying on BBC translations to catch nuances of Quebec expressions, good luck.
@FredDeLorey
Fred DeLorey
1 month
Ahhh, so according to the National Post's @CathLvesque , it looks like @BBCWorld translated it wrong - he didn't say "boring," he said "not easy". But the BBC story is now 18hrs old and still no correction by them? Are they disagreeing?
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
2 years
So this is happening…Honorary degree and Order of the University of Calgary recipients announced for spring 2022 convocation | News | University of Calgary
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
5 years
And Ontario, Nova Scotia, PEI, Newfoundland-and-Labrador ?
@natnewswatch
National Newswatch
5 years
. @MartinPatriquin : Scheer was out of sync with Quebec
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
3 years
Don t know how I feel about this icon thing. But I certainly remember panic attacks prior to interviewing anyone in those early days.
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
1 year
Agreed
@DonMartinCTV
Don Martin
1 year
Gotta say @JustinTrudeau did surprisingly well while on the stand for almost 5.5 hours of questions about his government invoking the Emergencies Act. No serious damage done.
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@ChantalHbert
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5 years
Montréal !
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
3 years
Vaccin Covid première dose: fait. Très efficace comme système. Une demie-heure de bord en bord. Dans un climat convivial.
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
2 months
Je voudrais vous parler de Brian Mulroney et de la fabuleuse chance que j ai eu de couvrir son aventure politique - la plus marquante de mon parcours journalistique- mais ce serait trop long. Alors je vais seulement dire merci M. Mulroney…
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
8 months
I have. In 2012. Under Stephen Harper!
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O'bs
8 months
Has @ChantalHbert been appointed to the Order of Canada yet? Because she should definitely be in there.
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
6 months
Agreed
@picardonhealth
André Picard
6 months
Getting to the core of @PierrePoilievre ’s biting B.C. interview. Kicking a journalist in the shins over and over then turning the exchange into a social-media flex is telling on yourself, by @sproudfoot via @GlobeDebate #cdnpoli #journalism
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
3 years
Agreed
@EthanCoxMtl
Ethan Cox
3 years
I have never in my life seen Ontario this angry. Ontario, which is never of one mind on anything, seething in unison. What a mess.
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
8 months
Yes along with Good Talk on Sirius XM, various Radio-Canada programs and L’actualité.
@alamo1990
Maurice Alarie
8 months
@ChantalHbert Chantal…Will you still be on At Issue CBC The National? 🙏
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
2 years
This does not read like a @PierrePoilievre endorsement.
@AlainRayes
Alain Rayes
2 years
I invite you to read the following statement 👇 #cndpoli
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
1 year
Gary Mason on Pierre Poilievre: «…up to now, he’s been one of the least serious Conservative leaders we have seen in some time. »
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
5 months
Je tente de me souvenir de la dernière fois que cette députée a répondu en français à un collègue francophone?
@StPierreGu
Guillaume St-Pierre
5 months
Le députée conservatrice @RachaelThomasMP insiste pour que la ministre @PascaleStOnge_ lui réponde en anglais dans une rencontre du comité du Patrimoine. Le Bloc, NPD et Libs lui rappellent que le Canada est un pays officiellement bilingue.
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@ChantalHbert
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3 years
Montréal 28/04/21
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@ChantalHbert
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3 years
Vraiment n importe quoi...
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
1 year
I have history to show that I don't stick around in places that don't respect my editorial independence. So the answer is no, never.
@Nantanreikan
Doug Aoki
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@ChantalHbert This is troubling, because I have always relied on your excellent journalism. In your experience, has the federal government tried to exercise its prerogative over what you said on CBC?
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
3 years
For what it’s worth, the pundit consensus in the Quebec media this morning is that @JustinTrudeau had a good night. The commission that puts together these events and has come up with a format that seems designed to kill debate rather than foster it did not.
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
5 years
En effet. And it undermines the credibility of his bid to become prime minister.
@IvisonJ
John Ivison
5 years
Andrew Scheer has developed an unfortunate habit of making claims that prove to be false - Jon Venables, Faith Goldy and now RCMP commish.
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@ChantalHbert
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3 years
2ème dose 💉: fait. Beaucoup d affluence au Palais des congrès.
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
4 years
Quand Stephen Harper déraille...
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
4 years
This is a really bad hill to choose to die on.
@susandelacourt
Susan Delacourt (real)
4 years
An unexpected wrinkle to quick passage of #COVID19 legislation. #cdnpoli
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
3 years
Montréal -
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
3 years
About this, maybe read section 14(2) of the Emergencies Act. It deals with the need for federal govt to secure provincial consent.
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Courtney Theriault
3 years
NEW: NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and two Alberta MPs "implore" the Liberal govt to help protect Albertans due to "the dearth of leadership shown by Jason Kenney and his United Conservative Government." #yeg #Yyc #ableg #covid19ab
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@ChantalHbert
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1 year
My latest includes some memories of my spell as a Trudeau Foundation mentor- Justin Trudeau is failing a test of leadership | The Star
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
5 years
Things you maybe did not know before this week: @theJagmeetSingh is a fearless campaigner.
@theJagmeetSingh
Jagmeet Singh
5 years
Quand tu es au Festival de la Poutine de St-Hyacinthe avec @bsansoucynpd , impossible de résister à l’envie de frapper un grand coup! 😀🤣 #elxn43
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
5 years
Yes. As mysterious as when Peter Mansbridge and Lloyd Robertson were selected for similar debate duties!!!
@fagstein
Steve Faguy
5 years
CBC: National news anchor CTV: National news anchor Global: National news anchor Star: Ottawa bureau chief HuffPost: Ottawa bureau chief It’s a real mystery how these moderators were chosen.
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
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👇
@globeandmail
The Globe and Mail
3 months
Opinion: Danielle Smith’s sex-ed policy changes are putting all Alberta teenagers at risk
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
3 years
Been there. Done that. A well-oiled Mtl vaccine operation. #gotthevaccine
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
1 year
Totally deserved…
@BobRae48
Bob Rae
1 year
Very much appreciated the shout out from @ChantalHbert
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
5 years
Agreed - and not just once !
@garymasonglobe
Gary Mason🇺🇦
5 years
This column has not made me a popular columnist today among a swath of the populace. But it needed to be said: Conservative lies about the carbon tax need to be called out. #cdnpoli
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1 year
Montréal…
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
5 years
Good advice that should not have been needed.
@AGMacDougall
Andrew MacDougall
5 years
Delete and try again. Name the place of worship. Name their religion. Put your arms around them. Condemn the specific pathology that drove their killer(s).
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
2 years
Un peu beaucoup n importe quoi.
@JeanBoulet10
Jean Boulet
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Le gouvernement fédéral doit prendre ses responsabilités. Il faut fermer le chemin #Roxham . Nous devons tous nous mobiliser devant la remontée des cas de #COVID19 #Ominicron afin de ne pas surcharger notre système de santé! #polqc
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
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Gary Mason/Ignore Jason Kenney: Encana’s move to the U.S. isn’t Trudeau’s fault - The Globe and Mail
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
3 months
Yep. A good run.
@bruceanderson
Bruce Anderson
3 months
Just thinking about how much fun it continues to be to to talk politics with this friend, over a good number of years now.
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@ChantalHbert
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
5 years
And how about the elephant in the room ? Are we back to testing the proposition that Quebec voters will support a party led by someone who cannot address them in French ? Good luck with that.
@LyleGreg
Greg Lyle
5 years
@ChantalHbert @TorontoStar In terms of her future, JWR has built a brand that connects to key groups (professional women, indigenous groups, lawyers) that could be recruited in a leadership. It seems to me she actually has a shot at winning under the current rules even with the party elites mad at her.
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
2 years
If anyone knows how I got there, I m curious.
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shann
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Woahh @ChantalHbert do you know you are immortalized on the wall of @kapital_live in Berlin? #cdnpoli
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
7 years
Aujourd'hui j'étais ici -salut mon vieux, tu laisses toujours un,vide dans le paysage de la rentrée pol. #jlapierre
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
3 years
Dans un coin près de chez vous. 29 décembre. Partie de Scrabble et lever de lune.
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
5 years
Actually not a mystery: construction workers will return 1st thing in the am 😇
@susandelacourt
Susan Delacourt (real)
5 years
Well the building isn’t showing any signs of uncertainty today. Who will be coming to work here after tonight remains a mystery. #elxn43 #ElectionDay #cdnpoli
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
5 years
Not the worst idea.
@paulvieira
Paul Vieira
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. @RobertFife suggests on @CTVNews that one way Canada PM Trudeau could ensure western representation in the executive branch is by appointing Ralph Goodale as his chief of staff. "Adult supervision," Fife said.
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
11 months
Le pire, c’est qu’elle attend que je sois branchée pour se planter dans le décor 😭
@danielbeland
Daniel Béland
11 months
A star is born tonight on At Issue @CBCTheNational : @ChantalHbert ’s cat 😂 @acoyne @althiaraj @RosieBarton @CBCNews Le chat de Chantal Hébert est devenu une célébrité ce soir à la CBC 😊
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
3 years
My latest- about how a post-pandemic progressive tide could play havoc with the Conservative movement - In Canadian politics, Erin O’Toole might be the pandemic’s biggest loser | The Star
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
4 years
I made an exception for the At Issue panel...
@gtlem
G.T. Lem 林 家 聰
4 years
I'm really going to miss @ChantalHbert from the airwaves - good news is that this is only temporary #cdnpoli
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@ChantalHbert
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Montréal./.
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???
@natnewswatch
National Newswatch
4 years
Jody Wilson-Raybould is refusing to move out of her entire ministerial office suite | CBC News
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@ChantalHbert
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3 years
Ditto
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
3 years
Donc @JustinTrudeau @theJagmeetSingh @yfblanchet @AnnamiePaul ont tous déjà tweeté des félicitations à @JoeBiden . On attend un commentaire de @erinotoole ?
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
2 years
😳
@shanvasion
shann
2 years
Woahh @ChantalHbert do you know you are immortalized on the wall of @kapital_live in Berlin? #cdnpoli
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
6 months
Comme s’il n’y avait pas déjà assez de raisons de pleurer…
@RadioCanadaInfo
Radio-Canada Info
6 months
Le chanteur des Cowboys Fringants Karl Tremblay est décédé à l’âge de 47 ans
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
3 years
That could come at a price for the Libs in the areas of francophone Quebec where they need split between BQ and CPC to squeeze through. But the sight of the Liberal leader taking Blanchet head-on could deliver votes outside the province – starting with Ontario.
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
1 year
À lire…
@erinotoole
Erin O'Toole
1 year
In the new year, one of the things I hope to see less of are the profanity laden Trudeau flags.
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@ChantalHbert
chantal hébert
5 years
Agreed -
@stphnmaher
Stephen Maher
5 years
Murphy is implying that the debate moderators have been selected as part of some feminist conspiracy, which is stupid. And, worse, it's not funny or clever.
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