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@Hankers No. The size of the budget reflects the amount of legislative change the bill contains. CPC has been putting extraneous stuff in. 20 minutes ago via TweetDeck in reply to Hankers
R_Thaler Check out the finalists in the GeoBee and then explain why we should not have more immigration please. nationalgeographic.com/geobee/2012-to… about 3 hours ago via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by dgardner and 5 others
Shelly Glover points gun at her foot; Aaron Wherry pulls trigger. bit.ly/KRDp0g 33 minutes ago via TweetDeck
Check @garymasonglobe for demonstration of how not to communicate risk: "We're not going to die horribly. Really. I feel it in my bones." 40 minutes ago via TweetDeck
@DrDawg In other words, it wasn't "odd" in the least. 43 minutes ago via TweetDeck in reply to DrDawg
@DrDawg I said that because I am defending the thesis of my column, ie most Harperite policies are not far sharp deviations from centre. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to DrDawg
@DougSaunders I wonder where bunting is made. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to DougSaunders
@ronindotca Fine. I'm simply saying look at policies of parties and past govs. They're sorta clustered around a point we'll call the centre. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to ronindotca
@ronindotca Not an unreasonable view. But MY point is simply that Harper hasn't done a sharp right turn on policy. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to ronindotca
@Tymlee Actually, I have a long, long list. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
@Tymlee So how shall we judge? Please don't use abstractions. What concrete evidence should we use? about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to Tymlee
@ronindotca No. No, no, no. Did you read my column? The point is they aren't far from centre. Not a judgement. An observation. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to ronindotca
@Tymlee (Although, in the last Parliament, on foreign investment, they were actually well to the left of the Chretien Liberals!) about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to Tymlee
@Tymlee No. My argument is what I wrote in the column: on policy, they're mostly a little right of centre. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to Tymlee
@DrDawg Yes. And rather in line with Martin's plans. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to DrDawg
@Tymlee OK. If you are one of the few who didn't make that argument, then there's no inconsistency. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to Tymlee
@Tymlee Uh huh. When he was increasing the military budget, it was proof of agenda. Then he cut it and it's never mind. See a problem? about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to Tymlee
@Tymlee What?? I mentioned that because someone claimed his cuts revealed his supposed far-right agenda. It's contrary evidence. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to Tymlee
Funny how the Harper-is-relentlessly-pushing-us-to-the-hard-right folks never mention this. bit.ly/JP9pkT about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
#1/ the military. RT @Tymlee: RT @DarbyCar: @dgardner @Tymlee List the programmes he has shut down or cut; there's your answer. || Pow! about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck