One week ago, the Canadian electorate foisted a new way of doing politics on our political parties. Conservatives have a “precarious” minority government with 124 seats. The Liberals have been reduced to opposition at 103 seats but not wiped out as some predicted. The NDP have increased their seat count to 29 but do not have enough to play king makers, The Bloc hoped for the knock out punch to the ... more »
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Monday, January 30
by
Mike McLoughlin
on Mon 30 Jan 2006 05:49 AM PST
Monday, January 23
by
Mike McLoughlin
on Mon 23 Jan 2006 10:34 AM PST
Barring an unforeseen meltdown of voter confidence, the Conservative Party of Canada will win today’s federal election. Many in the Liberal crowd will shake their heads and wonder how foolish Canadians could be to elect conservatives what with their neighbors to the south being governed by 'those stupid conservatives'. There will be the inevitable excuses that the Liberals “lost” the election. That if they had just run a better campaign ... more » Friday, January 20
by
Mike McLoughlin
on Fri 20 Jan 2006 08:14 AM PST
That’s the comment my friend Len at NextReformation.com made when asked what he does for a living. It captures my sentiment as well. But the hard reality is that writing is something I do on the side, while I do other things to keep my family fed and people cared for at our family medical clinic. So I’d rather be writing. But writing takes time and there never seems ... more » Friday, January 6
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Mike McLoughlin
on Fri 06 Jan 2006 07:47 AM PST
Here are my top seven lessons in blogging over the past year. 1. The realization that to do it well takes time, much time. This may seem obvious but when I first began blogging I thought all I needed to do was to sit down at the computer and write. The challenge is the content. What I write on my blog will be for all the world to read ... more » |
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