<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">  CANADA </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">FLAG</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIF8AyN3k6DGaBzISX61JPaCuGzBvjNxqrOnRSwblQ3iQ8A2fwVMmldTEVPjUjjyMiSX5U7iEbALMf6EzUYtD5TWEpO3Qj0YwpEVoWwrLzTc5OUxeNodrhQXkKhs_WB6Xz_1ObpgHRn1o/s1600/%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIF8AyN3k6DGaBzISX61JPaCuGzBvjNxqrOnRSwblQ3iQ8A2fwVMmldTEVPjUjjyMiSX5U7iEbALMf6EzUYtD5TWEpO3Qj0YwpEVoWwrLzTc5OUxeNodrhQXkKhs_WB6Xz_1ObpgHRn1o/s1600/%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84.png" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 10px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The search for a new Canadian flag started in earnest in 1925 when a committee of the Privy Council began to research possible designs for a national flag. However, the work of the committee was never completed.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 10px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Later, in 1946, a select parliamentary committee was appointed with a similar mandate, called for submissions and received more than 2,600 designs. Still, the Parliament of Canada was never called upon to formally vote on a design.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 10px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Early in 1964, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson informed the House of Commons that the government wished to adopt a distinctive national flag. The 1967 centennial celebration of Confederation was, after all, approaching. As a result, a Senate and House of Commons Committee was formed and submissions were called for once again.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 10px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In October 1964, after eliminating various proposals, the committee was left with three possible designs -- a Red Ensign with the<span class="language" lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">fleur-de-lis</span> and the Union Jack, a design incorporating three red maple leaves, and a red flag with a single, stylized red maple leaf on a white square. (Pearson himself preferred a design with three red maple leaves between two blue borders.)</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 10px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two heraldry experts, who both favoured a three-leaf design, played a decisive role in the choice of our flag: Alan Beddoe, a retired naval captain and heraldic adviser to the Royal Canadian Navy, and Colonel Fortescue Duguid, a heraldist and historian.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjz2iSLZw1Rr2ioZvsjWUUSs0ER70yJqAascxppbqhNaEm_7pQFWIY3uYQME_eNxJSJtcu6H4DCcpp_r_mMCc542bN6JCWkWGfA9vWNYFDRDjPWmhLC_m07fRZnsCuLYFCRwl9Xj9qZFY/s1600/images+(5).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjz2iSLZw1Rr2ioZvsjWUUSs0ER70yJqAascxppbqhNaEm_7pQFWIY3uYQME_eNxJSJtcu6H4DCcpp_r_mMCc542bN6JCWkWGfA9vWNYFDRDjPWmhLC_m07fRZnsCuLYFCRwl9Xj9qZFY/s1600/images+(5).jpg" /></span></a></div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 10px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 10px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The names of Mr. John Matheson and Dr. George Stanley are well known in the story of the evolution of a new Canadian flag. Mr. Matheson, a Member of Parliament from Ontario, was perhaps one of the strongest supporters of a new flag and played a key advisory role. Dr. Stanley was Dean of Arts at the Royal Military College in Kingston, and brought to the attention of the committee the fact that the Commandant's flag at the College -- an emblem, i.e. a mailed fist, on a red and white ground -- was impressive.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 10px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Stanley's design is based on a strong sense of Canadian history. The combination of red, white and red first appeared in the General Service Medal issued by Queen Victoria. Red and white were subsequently proclaimed Canada's national colours by King George <span class="upper-roman">V</span> in 1921. Three years earlier, Major General (later the Honourable) Sir Eugene Fiset had recommended that Canada's emblem be the single red maple leaf on a white field - the device worn by all Canadian Olympic athletes since 1904.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 10px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The committee eventually decided to recommend the single-leaf design, which was approved by resolution of the House of Commons on December 15, 1964, followed by the Senate on December 17, 1964, and proclaimed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth<span class="upper-roman">II</span>, Queen of Canada, to take effect on February 15, 1965.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 10px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In due course the final design of the stylized maple leaf was established by Mr. Jacques St-Cyr, the precise dimensions of red and white were suggested by Mr. George Bist, and the technical description of precise shade of red defined by Dr. Günter Wyszecki.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 10px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The national flag of Canada, then, came into being, credit to those eminent Canadians: the Right Honourable Lester B. Pearson, who wanted a distinctive national flag as a vehicle to promote national unity; John Matheson, who established the conceptual framework for a suitable flag, then sought out and combined the appropriate components to create it; and Dr. George Stanley, who provided the seminal concept - the central concepts of red-white-red stripes with a central maple leaf - in this process.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Canada is a <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">federal</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">parliamentary democracy</span> and a <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">constitutional monarchy</span>, Queen <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Elizabeth II</span> being the current head of state. The country is <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">officially bilingual</span> at the federal level. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">multicultural</span> nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries, with a population of approximately 35 million as of 2015. Its advanced economy is <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">one of the largest in the world</span>, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade networks. Canada's <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">long and complex relationship</span> with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Canada is a <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">developed country</span> and one of the wealthiest in the world, with the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">tenth highest</span> nominal per capita income globally, and the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">eighth highest</span> ranking in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Human Development Index</span>. It <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ranks among the highest</span> in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, and education. Canada is a member of the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Commonwealth of Nations</span>, and is furthermore part of several major international and intergovernmental institutions or groupings, including <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">NATO</span>, the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">G8</span>, the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Group of Ten</span>, the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">G20</span>, the<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">North American Free Trade Agreement</span> and the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation</span> forum.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </div>

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Stephen Harper's new election face: Lose one minister

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> It's been a busy "off-week" on Parliament Hill. First Eve Adams bolted from the Conservatives — after the party abandoned her — to become a Liberal.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> As floor-crossings go, this was a doozy. Twitter erupted. Talking heads talked. Ink was spilled. And people outside of Ottawa wondered why any of it mattered.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> Then German Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped by to update Stephen Harper on the difficult negotiations to broker some kind of peace in Ukraine. The prime minister is a staunch supporter of Ukraine, as well as a vocal and consistent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin's interference there.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> Sandwiched between those two events, a cabinet shuffle dismissed as minor in scale — but of significance to the Conservative agenda — as the prime minister plugged the gaping hole created by the abrupt departure of former foreign affairs minister John Baird for the greener pastures, if only in terms of earning potential, of the private sector.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> When it comes to filling cabinet seats, subtraction always leads to addition. Lose one minister. Move three. And that's what happened here.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> Rob Nicholson moved from defence to foreign affairs. Jason Kenney moved from employment and social development to defence. Replacing Kenney is Pierre Poilievre, who keeps his existing duties as minister responsible for democratic reform.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> Three moves. A vacancy filled. Just another problem of political calculus answered. And the media, for the most part, moved on.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> So why does it merit a deeper look? Because these three men will play critical  roles advancing the foundation issues of  the Conservative re-election campaign this year: Jobs and the economy, public safety and combating terrorism.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <h2 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> The new messengers</h2> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> In shifting Nicholson laterally, Harper ensured continuity in Canada's representation on certain key international files. As defence minister for the past two years, he is familiar with Canada's commitments to the battle against ISIS in Iraq as well as the efforts now being led by Germany and France to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> Nicholson also fits nicely into the role of number two, behind the prime minister, on these files.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> He rarely speaks publicly, and even more rarely strays from the government's official talking points. Reporters hate that. So do opposition MPs.</div> <div class="figure col4width floatright" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: right; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 20px; text-align: left; width: 300px;"> <img alt="CANADA-POLITICS/" src="http://i.cbc.ca/1.2954095.1423697290!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/canada-politics.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; text-align: justify;" width="100%" /><div class="figure-caption" style="font-size: 0.91667rem; line-height: 1.35em; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-top: 0.5rem; text-align: justify;"> Job switch. With the resignation of John Baird, left, Rob Nicholson moves over from defence to become the new foreign minister. (Reuters)</div> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> But for a government that demands consistency in its messaging, it's a trait so highly valued by Harper that Nicholson's inability to speak Canada's other official language wasn't a deal breaker.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> The bilingual Kenney, on the other hand, remains one of Harper's most effective communicators. As employment minister he negotiated, wheedled and cajoled the provinces into an agreement on the Canada Job Grant — the controversial skills training program that originally would have seen Ottawa’s share of the cost clawed back from money given to the provinces for other kinds of job training.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> Kenney will be the lead as the government decides whether to extend Canada's commitment to the bombing campaign in Iraq, and to expand the training role now played by a few dozen Canadian soldiers — a role that has already evolved from working with Kurdish fighters behind the lines, to accompanying them into the fighting.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> He will now become one of the government's lead voices on the terror file.</div> <div class="figure col4width floatright" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: right; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 20px; text-align: left; width: 300px;"> <img alt="Poilievre-Kenney" src="http://i.cbc.ca/1.2954054.1423697819!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/poilievre-kenney.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; text-align: justify;" width="100%" /><div class="figure-caption" style="font-size: 0.91667rem; line-height: 1.35em; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-top: 0.5rem; text-align: justify;"> Stephen Harper's new election faces: Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre (left) will carry the can on jobs; Defence Minister Jason Kenny will battle ISIS.</div> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> Now, some provinces are lining up for a fresh battle with Ottawa over job training. Ontario wants the surplus in the Employment Insurance fund to pay for new training programs.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> Saskatchewan wants the government to address an inequity in the EI program that sees the province pay more into it than it receives in benefits.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> Negotiating, compromising. These aren't skills generally seen in Poilievre who, despite being only 35, has already spent a decade in Parliament.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> The new employment minister is better known for his combativeness, for being the guy Harper turned to when he wanted to stonewall the opposition over allegations of election chicanery, and for being the one to bash through changes in the election law despite determined opposition from across the floor, from Elections Canada and nearly every election expert in the country.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> But Poilievre is also a stickler for detail, known to correct reporters for the smallest errors in their coverage of the Election Act changes. He knows his files. Conservatives insist it's those skills, not the partisan combatant, that won him the promotion to the difficult employment brief.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> Along with Finance Minister Joe Oliver, Poilievre will serve as one of the government's point men on the economy heading into the election.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> He will be a key minister defending the Conservatives' financial stewardship through this current bumpy period.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: left;"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> It's the issue on which the Conservatives would most like to be  judged.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0000400543213px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px; margin-bottom: 1rem; text-align: justify;"> With the recent plunge in oil prices prompting economists to lower Canada's growth projections and forcing a delay in tabling the federal budget, they will almost certainly get their wish.</div> </div>

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