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Thursday, September 6, 2012 The Dark Horse Hopeful Who Isn't Afraid Of Trudeau MONTEBELLO, Que. — Justin Trudeau may be taking his time deciding whether or not he'll join the Liberal leadership race, but several dark-horse candidates are interested in the job he seems hesitant to embrace. LOOK: Castle Where Quebec's Incoming Premier Used To Live Stockwell Day Admits He May Have Used Info Obtained By Torture Liberals Release Rules And Dates For Leadership Contest 50 Plus 1 For Separation Still Fine: NDP Majority Bound? BLOG POSTS Conrad Black: Pauline Marois Is More Quebec's Prisoner Than its Leader The brilliance of the result of the Quebec election is in the rejection of the government without any real endorsement of the Parti Quebecois or its program. The apparent, emergent premier, the desperately unimpressive Pauline Marois, a bag lady where some distinguished statesmen have preceded her, is, politically speaking, a prisoner in her own body. The PQ barely squeezed ahead of the Liberals, in votes and parliamentary strength, while fudging whether they would even hold a referendum on an ambiguous question. This is a cruel, vegetative state for Ms. Marois, a strident separatist. This brilliant election changed governments without breaking any furniture or burning any bridges. J.J. McCullough: Media Bites: Auto-Tweets After a Shooting? Coverage Should Fit the Crime As a man lay dead and Canadians sat glued to their social media feeds patiently awaiting updates on the appalling violence that struck Tuesday night's Parti Quebecois victory rally, the trickle of breaking news from the nation's top commentators was frequently interrupted by cryptically off-topic offerings from otherwise credible sources. If nothing else, it was a reminder of the perils of setting up one of those time-delayed auto-tweeters. John Izzo: Romney and Harper Fiddle as Earth Burns While evidence mounts that climate change and sustainability may be the security issue of our generation, both Romney and Canadian Prime Minister Harper seem completely unaware that it even matters. Ironically, Romney like Harper, is out of sync not only with the scientists but even with major corporations and the Pentagon. Graham Milne: The American Politics of Canadian Health Care Can you imagine the reaction on the right if an Obama-supporting Super PAC ran an ad featuring Canadians demanding higher taxes on the rich? Cries from the Fox News cabal about filthy foreigners tampering with the sacred trust of American elections would be positively deafening. Zach Paikin: Will the PQ Win Light a Fire Under Harper? With Jean Charest's resignation as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, any arrangement between the Liberals and François Legault's CAQ to form a government now appears highly unlikely. That means that the PQ is set to govern Quebec at least for the next several months. Paradoxically, the PQ's minority win gives Stephen Harper a small window to advance a new vision for Canadian federalism and therefore unite a polarized Confederation along the lines of a common direction.

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