Third place or bust!

Kady O'Malley's liveblog of the '09 NDP policy convention in Halifax over at Mac's Blog Central.

CBC: "UNB prof seeks federal Liberal nomination"

Out in Fredericton, English professor Wendy Robbins is competing for the privilege of running as a candidate for the federal Liberal party.

"Lisa Merrithew, a Progressive Conservative insider who set up the New Brunswick chapter of Equal Voice, applauded Robbins’s decision to get politically involved.
Female reps wanted

'There’s a huge issue in terms of female representation in New Brunswick, at all levels in New Brunswick,' Merrithew said. 'So I think it’s fantastic that the first person for the Liberals out of the gate is Wendy.'

In the New Brunswick legislature, women hold seven of the 55 seats, and none of the province’s 10 members of Parliament are women."

Meanwhile, the debate continues over whether descriptive representation is, in fact, imaginary.

Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation

Hat tip: Flea

Possible escape attempt from Saint John halfway house

"An inmate at a halfway house in uptown Saint John is in hospital after falling from a second-storey window."

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Time to leave NAFTA?

"I'm not looking for a trade war, nor am I seeking acrimony with my American friends. All I'd like is for my country, along with our Mexican partners, to admit that you can't do business with people who find it impossible to live up to the terms of a contract. And then quietly withdraw from NAFTA. But I do not think that it is unreasonable for the government of Canada to address the criminal trade practices of the United States, which it cannot do within NAFTA."

Canadians kill Taliban mortar team

That's what I call our tax dollars at work.