Tuesday, September 11, 2012

News Round-Up

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Ottawa ordered to hand over long-gun registry data collected in Quebec, The Gazette.  Canada's long-gun registry lives--at least in Quebec pending appeal to the Canadian Supreme Court.  Even though the Conservative government abolished and destroy all data in the long-gun registry.  Why?  In short, the quirks of Canadian federalism.  Learn more about Canada's gun control debate and unique blend of federalism from a leading Montreal publication.

Strategic Shifts:  The Future of Energy, World Economic Forum.  Watch Christy Clark, Premier of British Columbia, talk on the global energy industry landscape with energy experts from America, Japan, and China at the World Economic Forum. 

Liberals says they want a competitive leadership race, 'best thing,' especially if Trudeau enters the fray, The Hill Times.  Trudeau or Bust? Inside the Liberals (or Grits) leadership race-it's looking like a free-for-all--for better or worse.

U.S. boom in oil product spells peril for Canadian crude, The Globe and MailForget the Keystone kurfuffle! Is  booming U.S. natural gas production the real threat to the Canada-United States energy relationship?

It's the permanent campaign, Harper's team never rests, says Flanagan, The Hill Times.  Have Canada's politics been Americanized?  Tom Flanagan, former top adviser and campaign manager to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, shows how the minority status of previous Conservative governments triggered a state of permanent campaigning in Canada, and how it's not stopped with the Conservatives decisive win at last year's election.  Check out the book that Flanagan contributed to, How Canadians Communicate IV:  Media and Politics.  You can even read the whole book.

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