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Liberals to revise ad on Harper's healthcare record after Tory complain it...
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff visits a training facility for heavy machinery in Dettah, Northwest Territories DETTAH, NWT-The federal Liberals are asking Canadians to help them fix an ad featuring...
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Ignatieff celebrates Passover seder in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG-For the first time in four days, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff spent an evening without telling people to “rise up.” Ignatieff and his wife Zsuzsanna Zsohar were celebrating a Passover...
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Ignatieff pledges regular meetings with opposition leaders if elected PM
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff and local Liberal candidates from Brampton and Mississauga take questions from representatives of multicultural media outlets BRAMPTON-Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff...
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Harper must change budget if he gets another minority government, says Ignatieff
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff says Harper must compromise if he gets another minority SAINT-JOHN, N.B. – Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff blasted his Conservative rival Wednesday for suggesting that...
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Fiddler MacIsaac to join Ignatieff in Nova Scotia
SAINT-JOHN, NB – Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff was expecting a boost from a well-known fiddler as he wrapped up an Atlantic Canada swing Wednesday evening with a stop in Nova Scotia. Fiddler Ashley...
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Ignatieff wraps up rally in Yarmouth, heads to Montreal for popular TV talk...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac helps Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff energize Yarmouth crowd YARMOUTH, Nova Scotia – With the help of a Cape Breton fiddler, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff got a rise out of...
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Justin Trudeau jumps in at Ignatieff's Facebook town hall with college...
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff takes questions during town hall from college students in cafe and from Facebook MONTREAL-Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff found himself competing for the microphone...
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Ignatieff says promoting family-friendly policies and stability are the keys...
MONTREAL — Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff believes he still has time to convince Canadians that his approach to politics and his family friendly platform will bring “stability” to Canada. Heading...
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Ignatieff: political vandalism is a "disgrace"
OTTAWA —The recent string of vandalisms in the Toronto area, believed to be politically motivated, is “a disgrace,” Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff said Sunday during a campaign stop in Toronto....
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Harper’s Chicago adviser leaves Tory campaign following stinging criticism by...
OTTAWA-A key Conservative strategist based in Chicago has left Stephen Harper’s election team following accusations from senior management at Sun Media Organization that he used the news agency as a...
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Ignatieff urges Canadians to “rise up”
SUDBURY, Ont. – Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff urged Canadians to “rise up” to stop the federal Conservatives as he wrapped up a day of campaigning in northern Ontario. As he closed a town hall...
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Ignatieff: Harper lowering ceiling on democracy
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff speaks to children at a daycare in Regina REGINA – Canadians could wake up on May 3 to a Canada that is less democratic than it was five years ago, Liberal leader...
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Iggy praises Martin, accuses Harper of walking away from healthcare talks...
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff participates in a First Nations Pow Wow in Regina REGINA-Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff praised former prime minister Paul Martin, Saturday, saying he deserves the...
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Martin, Ignatieff blast Tories over deficit, healthcare
EDMONTON – Former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin blasted the Conservative government Saturday for squandering federal surpluses and putting Canada’s healthcare network in jeopardy. Joining Liberal...
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Liberal government would convene First Ministers meeting on health care...
Campaigning with Michael Ignatieff, former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin said that Reform-Alliance members urged him to cut more healthcare funding in the 1990s VANCOUVER-Federal Liberals...
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Iggy does “hip flip” at town hall, crowd “rises up”
VANCOUVER-Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff has gotten a wide range of questions and requests at open events throughout the election campaign. Here’s one of them: Ignatieff took questions from a...
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Iggy accuses Harper of trying to scare Canadians about the threat of Quebec...
VANCOUVER-Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff blasted his Conservative opponent Sunday for fear-mongering about the threat of Quebec sovereignty. “It’s all the language of fear,” he said. “Fear of...
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Harper “not equipped” to oppose Quebec sovereignty movement, Iggy says
VICTORIA-Conservative leader Stephen Harper is “not equipped” to oppose Quebec sovereignists, because of Tory policies that are at odds with Quebec values, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff told a...
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Canada at 150: Build a national portrait gallery, Ignatieff urges
Michael Ignatieff once dreamed of leading Canada toward the 150th anniversary of Confederation, but a disastrous federal election in 2011 scuttled the former Liberal leader’s plan to be prime minister...
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Liberal MP Bob Rae’s career, filled with colour and controversy, comes full...
OTTAWA – Bob Rae’s first brush with the Liberal party came in 1968, when, as a 19-year-old student, he volunteered on Pierre Trudeau’s leadership campaign. Ten years later, as an NDP member of...
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Layton on Liberal attack in London
Michael Ignatieff “isn’t the solution,” NDP leader Jack Layton warned London, Ont., where the NDP suffered a blow last week when its candidate defected to the Liberals. Less than a week after...
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Harper talks tough on crime everywhere except office: Ignatieff
ST. JOHN’S, NL – You can’t trust a prime minister who kept a convicted criminal like Bruce Carson in his office, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said Monday night. Speaking to several hundred...
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Make Canada “green energy” superpower: Ignatieff
ST. JOHN’S, NL – Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff is promoting a national strategy to make Canada a “green energy superpower” as his election tour schedules a series of stops Tuesday in Quebec. “The...
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Ignatieff urges Harper to investigate staff, not the public
CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, NL – Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff accused Stephen Harper Tuesday of being “unCanadian” for allowing two women to be thrown out of a Tory rally because they had Liberal ties on...
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Layton won’t support same old Tory budget
NDP leader Jack Layton has joined the chorus of opposition parties that have vowed not to support the budget should a newly elected Conservative minority government try to table the same one it did...
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Ignatieff defends oilsands
CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, NL-One day after promoting a strategy to make Canada a “green energy superpower,” Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff found himself defending what many consider to be the country’s...
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Ignatieff not giving up on electing Liberals in Quebec City
QUEBEC, Que. — After a short low-key visit to Quebec’s capital region, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff said he wasn’t throwing in the towel. “What are you saying?” he asked a reporter. “We never...
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Ignatieff urges Canadians to turn away from Harper’s divisive approach to...
DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. – Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff seized on a recent blunder by federal Conservatives as he urged Canadians Tuesday to turn away from what he described as Stephen Harper’s divisive...
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Ignatieff pledges to bring rural Canada online
Ignatieff's wife, Zsuzsanna Zsohar, does "quality control" in co-op store as leader does some shopping with Compton-Stanstead candidate William Hogg COMPTON, Que. – Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff...
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Ignatieff denounces comments attributed to eastern Liberal candidate
COMPTON, Que. – Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has denounced comments attributed to his Manicouagan candidate André Forbes. At a campaign stop in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Ignatieff...
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The west wants in on climate action: Ignatieff
COMPTON, Que – Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff is praising western Canadians for showing leadership on fighting climate change, but blames the Harper government for dropping the ball. Liberal leader...
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Tories, Liberals accuse each other of copying pledge to help volunteer...
ORFORD, Que. – The Tories and Liberals accused each other Wednesday of copying an idea to offer federal incentives for volunteer firefighters. Visiting the station of volunteer firefighters in Quebec’s...
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Canadians need not fear replacing Harper: Ignatieff
BROSSARD, Que. – Canadians have no reason to fear electing a government to replace Stephen Harper as prime minister, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said Wednesday night. Conservative leader Stephen...
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Michael Ignatieff says John Reilly can remain a candidate
LAVAL, Que. — Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff told reporters in Montreal Thursday a candidate who suggested not all sexual offenders deserve to go to prison, can remain a representative of the party....
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Ignatieff ridicules Tory delayed-action promises, says Liberal promises can...
LAVAL, Que. – Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff ridiculed the latest Tory promise Thursday to offer improvements to Tax Free Savings Accounts several years down the road. After touring a seniors...
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Oilsands has environmental, not image problem, Ignatieff says after Obama...
LAVAL, Que. – Concerns raised this week by U.S. President Barack Obama regarding the oilsands need to be addressed with federal action to protect the environment and not to boost the industry’s image,...
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Ignatieff pledges to extend health accord beyond 2014
HAMILTON, Ont. — Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff challenged the Conservative party Friday to match his commitment to guarantee universal healthcare by extending an accord with the provinces that is...
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Ignatieff says Harper walking away from healthcare questions
TORONTO – Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff accused his rival of running away from healthcare questions Friday at the launch of the Conservative party platform. At a campaign stop in his own riding of...
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Iggy drinks beer, delivers bday cake
TORONTO-Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff wrapped up his day of campaigning at a packed pub in Markham, Ont. with a beer. Ignatieff, who was lending a hand to Liberal candidate Lui Temelkovski, spoke...
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Tory platform has $11 billion hole: Ignatieff
TORONTO-Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says the new Conservative party platform has revealed $11 billion in cuts that would force the government to “slash and burn” public services and healthcare...
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Iggy serves up hot dogs to energized base
TORONTO-Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff believes his party has momentum after wrapping up the first two weeks of campaigning. Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff arrives at campaign office in Vaughan...
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Ignatieff praises Pearson as he wraps up week two
TORONTO-Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff marked the 94th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge as he wrapped up the second week of his campaign with the party faithful at a school named after former...
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Pressure on Harper to win: Poll
OTTAWA-Conservative leader Stephen Harper is facing high expectations from Canadians, heading into Tuesday night’s English-language debate, according to a new survey. The Ipsos Reid Poll, conducted for...
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Layton presses Ignatieff on Liberal support for Afghanistan
Michael Ignatieff came under attack from NDP Leader Jack Layton for the Liberals’ decision to support the extension of Canada’s mission in Afghanistan until 2014. Ignatieff and Layton were replying to...
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Round 2: Harper defends spending, Iggy accuses him of using “magic wand”
After skating around hockey analogies raised by his opponents in the first round, Conservative leader Stephen Harper defended his government’s spending record as leaders focused on economic stimulus...
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Round 4: Layton appeals to Quebecers, Duceppe says NDP won’t be in government
NDP Leader Jack Layton made a direct appeal for Quebec sovereignists to switch from the Bloc Quebecois to his party as leaders debated social policies in round four of the French debate. Answering a...
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Round 6: Leaders defend peacekeeping; spar over fighter jets
The four federal leaders defended Canada’s peacekeeping role in the military in round four of their French debate with minor sparks flying during the exchange. “We must defend our sovereignty. But...
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And the winner is… Mme Paillé
Photo on new facebook page for Muguette Paillé Hands down, the big winner in Wednesday night’s French-language debate is a 53-year-old woman from central Quebec named Muguette Paillé. Moments after she...
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Leaky faucet overwhelming Tories: Ignatieff
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff promotes his homecare plan after visiting an Ottawa couple affected by cancer OTTAWA – A leaky faucet is slowly overflowing a tub with damaging revelations about the...
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Ignatieff compares Tories to middle east dictatorship
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff takes questions from francophone students at Collège Boréal in Sudbury SUDBURY, Ont. – Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff compared Stephen Harper’s Conservatives to the...
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