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…that Stephane Dion mentioned her company’s website in his kickoff speech to the Federal election campaign, right? National exposure after all… [sarc off]

For future reference, it’s THE Green Shift for you Mr. Bean, and Green Shift for the company who’s owner is filing for an injunction against your party .

And that’s the last bit of help I’m giving you.

Gaffe #1 and counting.

(Please see Monday update at end)

(Oh, o.k. just one more hint. Don’t accuse the Government of "sitting on their hands". That one could come back to haunt you.)

O.K. Just one more. It’s "Richer, fairer, Greener ", not "Richer, fairer, richer ".

Didn’t you check the script, Stephane?

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Update: Please check out Angelo Persichilli - Best to bomb the other party’s weakest link (Star).

And via Wilson’s comment at Christian Conservative, we have this juicy tidbit - Note on the new Liberal website, the name being used now
” The Liberal Green Shift” .

Will Jennifer Wright be o.k. with this further revision of the Green Shift? Stay tuned…

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Monday Update: Well, it seems that the CTV translator made a mistake and it has now been corrected. Mr. Dion did actually say "The Green Shift", but it was translated as Green Shift.  However, CTV has now changed their web page to reflect the correct translation.

Which all goes to show that you can’t always trust MSM, and neither should bloggers.

I just finished reviewing the beginning of yesterday’s ‘Question Period’, which I had fortunately recorded. Lloyd Robertson and Lisa LaFlamme clearly chastize Dion for saying "Green Shift", and Lisa calls it the first gaffe of the Liberal Party in this campaign. Strange that that segment is not available on the CTV website…

BIG UPDATE: LIBERALS HAVE A NEW WRIT EXPENSE: PAYING FOR ‘GREEN SHIFT’ - Steve janke

Stephane Dion will have to kick off the Federal election campaign with a bus, because his fuel-sucking jet is not quite ready.

For some reason, the LPC just didn’t get it done again.

Things appear to be in chaos already. They hadn’t prepared enough ahead of time to have a cleaner jet ready, the way the CPC and NDP have done. Stephen Taylor and Steve Janke have the details.

And he said it was going to be a ‘Clean campaign’.

Hah!

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8:45 am Update : The Writ has been dropped.

Press conference in front of Rideau Hall. Harper is asked about the warm, fuzzy family-oriented ads (sounded as if it was David Akin who asked).

Harper’s response was amazingly candid and genuine. I hope to find the exact wording soon on the net, because I don’t want to do it an injustice. He didn’t duck the question. He answered it head-on and honestly. (Note: Not surprisingly, Kady O’Malley has quite a different take on things.)

Another question about the timing of this election. Harper’s translated response was something to the effect that the population must decide who has the mandate - the government or the opposition? Well said.

CTV has a great election page up, BTW. Try the little quiz on the right. It’s lots of fun for political junkies and useful for any undecided Canadian voter.

9:30 update : Dion’s on now. He says the Government sat on their hands??? C’mon Stephane!

Duceppe’s up now and playing the Bush card. *snore*

More live-blogging at the National Post.

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Monday Update: Don Martin - Liberal campaign shows all the signs of poverty, poor planning.