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	<title>Trapped in Suburbia...</title>
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	<description>a blog by Rafael Gomez</description>
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		<title>Spousal Abuse and Firearms.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t often post related to firearms but the recent spate of letters and comments in the press from the Coalition for Gun Control and the Canadian Chiefs of Police has been getting on my nerves. While they might like to claim that the gun registry is necessary for the safety of women the fact [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rafaelgomez.com/2009/11/19/spousal-abuse-and-firearms/</link>
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		<title>We will remember.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rafaelgomez.com/2009/11/11/we-will-remember/</link>
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		<title>Ignatieff&#8217;s Revisionist History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Ignatieff has been telling anyone who will listen that the Liberals are not interested in forming a coalition with the NDP and Bloc.
The Globe and Mail reported on Saturday that Ignatieff is taking umbrage with the latest CPC commercial attacking him for planning a &#8220;reckless coalition&#8221; in order to seize power if the Liberals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rafaelgomez.com/2009/09/14/ignatieffs-revisionist-history/</link>
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		<title>Elizabeth May chooses a different windmill.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I suppose the Green Party, with its dedication to the environment, has a soft spot for windmills. That&#8217;s the only way I can explain why Elizabeth May has decided to run in the B.C. riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands in the upcoming federal election.
Ms. May received a boost in the 2008 election when then-Liberal leader Stephane [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rafaelgomez.com/2009/09/09/elizabeth-may-chooses-a-different-windmill/</link>
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		<title>Ignatieff pulls the trigger.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Michael Ignatieff announced that the Liberal party would no longer &#8220;support&#8221; the Conservative government. The vagueness of his speech &#8211; would they not vote in favor? would they vote against? &#8211; was clarified by a number of Liberal MPs including deputy-leader Bob Rae who left no doubt when they stepped up to the podium. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rafaelgomez.com/2009/09/02/ignatieff-pulls-the-trigger/</link>
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		<title>Ignatieff &#8211; &#8220;Harper government on Double-Secret Probation!&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the last Conservative budget the Liberals, under new leader Michael Ignatieff, indicated that they were holding the CPC on &#8220;probation&#8221; and that they expected updates on how things were proceeding.
Now, with their popularity lagging in the polls and the economy starting to turn around the Liberals are finding themselves with a shrinking list of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rafaelgomez.com/2009/09/01/ignatieff-harper-government-on-double-secret-probation/</link>
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		<title>An Election won&#8217;t cause instability?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I often find myself wondering how politicians manage to say things that are so obviously ridiculous as to be laughable with a completely straight face.
Recently Michael Ignatieff told Le Devoir, a French-language newspaper, that “an election would not create instability.”
The Toronto Sun is reporting that Conservatives are lashing out at the Liberals over the suggestion. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rafaelgomez.com/2009/08/26/an-election-wont-cause-instability/</link>
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		<title>Need a reason to vote for the Liberals?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The economy is in a downturn. People across Canada are worried about losing their jobs, their savings, their homes. The US &#8211; our biggest trading partner &#8211; is in much rougher shape than Canada and that&#8217;s worrying people to.
So what has Michael Ignatieff done this summer? Well&#8230; he gave up his European vacation.
According to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rafaelgomez.com/2009/08/25/need-a-reason-to-vote-for-the-liberals/</link>
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		<title>Ignatieff considering an election, maybe.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a great deal of speculation swirling about a fall election. It certainly seems that the Liberals will be using their September opposition day to launch a confidence motion. If they do they will most likely be supported by the NDP and Bloc to bring down the government.
Much of the speculation over whether or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rafaelgomez.com/2009/08/25/ignatieff-considering-an-election-maybe/</link>
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		<title>What was Paul Dewar thinking?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Taylor was blogging from the NDP national convention and reported the following:
Another striking moment came during the international policy discussion portion when NDP MP Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre) suggested that Tamil actions in blocking traffic in Ottawa and occupying a highway in Toronto were legitimate methods for Tamils to get the attention of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rafaelgomez.com/2009/08/18/what-was-paul-dewar-thinking/</link>
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