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		<title>Parliamentary hopefuls face off over &#8216;poppycock&#8217; in Thornhill</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/10/11/parliamentary-hopefuls-face-off-over-poppycock-in-thornhill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allegations of political poppycock were bandied about as Thornhill’s four parliamentary hopefuls debated the federal issues last week. Liberal incumbent Susan Kadis, Conservative Peter Kent, Green Norbert Koehl and NDP Simon Strelchik took to St. Elizabeth Catholic High School’s stage to verbally spar over issues raised by students ahead of the Oct. 14 election.]]></description>
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		<title>Anger flares during heated debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The political ambitions of Vaughan Liberal incumbent Maurizio Bevilacqua and Conservative challenger Richard Lorello were the topic of much-heated debate Monday night.]]></description>
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		<title>Where the contenders stand in Vaughan riding</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/09/29/where-the-contenders-stand-in-vaughan-riding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the federal election scheduled for Oct. 14, Vaughan Today caught up with Vaughan candidates from the Conservatives, Liberals and Greens to get their take on some of the issues facing voters. Here’s their take on our questions.]]></description>
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		<title>NDP hopeful named</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/03/23/ndp-hopeful-named/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Strelchik has long felt a bond with the New Democratic Party. He remembers a 1993 classroom exercise that asked students what political party they’d vote for if given the chance. He voted NDP.]]></description>
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		<title>NDP subway message also veering off track</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/09/28/ndp-subway-message-also-veering-off-track/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The brows of Vaughan's subway supporters furrowed during last week's televised leaders' debate when provincial NDP leader Howard Hampton said the Spadina extension should end at York University. Hampton's position is not new, but it is contrary to what his Vaughan candidate, Rick Morelli, is on the record as saying.]]></description>
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		<title>PC no-show for TV show</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/09/14/pc-no-show-for-tv-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The televised all-candidates debate for the riding of Vaughan airing on Rogers Television this weekend will be one candidate short of living up to its billing. Producer Jennifer Harrison confirmed on Wednesday that PC candidate Gayani Weerasinghe was absent from the pre-taped debate, leaving Green Party candidate Russell Korus and NDP candidate Rick Morelli to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First-time candidate named to contest Thornhill for NDP</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/09/07/first-time-candidate-named-to-contest-thornhill-for-ndp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/09/07/first-time-candidate-named-to-contest-thornhill-for-ndp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Sandra Parrott, affordable housing is more than an election issue. It&#8217;s personal. Parrott has lived in the same home, a co-op in the Yonge St. and Royal Orchard Blvd. neighbourhood, for the past 27 years. As a single mother of two grown children, she is sympathetic to the needs of low-income working families. &#8220;There&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care top issue for new NDP candidate</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/08/24/health-care-top-issue-for-new-ndp-candidate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/08/24/health-care-top-issue-for-new-ndp-candidate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Morelli, a family man and &#8220;dispensary entrepreneur&#8221;, says Vaughan is ailing and would improve its health by filling the prescription offered by the NDP. The 41-year-old Vaughan candidate will take up the NDP banner and take on incumbent Liberal MPP Greg Sorbara in the Oct. 10 provincial election. Other challengers are Gayani Weerasinghe of [...]]]></description>
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