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• Apr 27, 2012 Evolving campaign strategy key to Redford’s success in Alberta
  JOSH WINGROVE Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2012 It didn’t take long for the Progressive Conservative war room to abandon its game-plan. Alison Redford’s campaign team had hoped to run like a front runner, bringing in young, green staff for “on-the-job training” and laying out a plan to talk policy while rarely mentioning the Wildrose Party. But, as [...]
• Apr 26, 2012 Voters give new meaning to ‘peace, order and good government’
  Robin V. Sears In America, a country with a robust declaration of national character, the people like to tease that Canadians’ ambition is merely “peace, order and good government.” Rather than fighting for liberty or justice for all, we simply want a quiet neighbourhood, they sneer. Ontario and now Alberta voters have, however, given that [...]
• Apr 18, 2012 CATCHING ASIA FEVER: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
  The deep North American economic ties Canada has developed since NAFTA have left little room for growth elsewhere, and we are now very late to the party in Asia. It is time, Robin Sears argues, that Canadian business and government got serious about executing a focused and long-term agenda to build cross-Pacific ties.
• Mar 23, 2012 The lessons of Layton’s legacy
  The instant propulsion of Jack Layton’s legacy to Olympian heights last summer caused many Liberals and Conservatives to silently grind their teeth. Those brave enough to endure the tribute to him at the NDP convention risk having their heads explode.