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		<title>Klees-led PCs would cut red tape, shrink &#8216;bizarre&#8217; HST hit, leadership contender says</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/06/12/klees-led-pcs-would-cut-red-tape-shrink-bizarre-hst-hit-leadership-contender-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Progressive Conservative leadership hopeful Frank Klees sees too much red at Queen’s Park and says it’s time to do something about it. During a brief editorial board meeting in the Vaughan Today newsroom Monday, the Newmarket-Aurora MPP discussed provincial issues and his leadership bid.]]></description>
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		<title>Parliamentary hopefuls face off over &#8216;poppycock&#8217; in Thornhill</title>
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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>Audit war reflects Tory rift</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/04/10/audit-war-reflects-tory-rift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there’s one thread connecting the players in Vaughan’s audit-seeking duels that continue to drag out the 2006 election war, it may be the local Conservative riding association.]]></description>
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		<title>Thornhill hopefuls head to school</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/09/28/thornhill-hopefuls-head-to-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hoping to make political hay out of a stage trick, challenger Peter Shurman conjured up images of a "magic subway" and a "magic hospital" and then tried to convince 100 students at St. Elizabeth Catholic High School that it was all a figment of Mario Racco's imagination.]]></description>
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		<title>PC candidate wins court battle against city over election sign restriction</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/09/21/pc-candidate-wins-court-battle-against-city-over-election-sign-restriction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thornhill PC candidate Peter Shurman emerged victorious last week after a constitutional battle with the City of Vaughan over lawn signs.]]></description>
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		<title>Election sign war gets serious in second week of campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/09/21/election-sign-war-gets-serious-in-second-week-of-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Across the ridings of Vaughan and Thornhill, election signs are popping up like dandelions on lawns and road sides. With the Oct. 10 provincial election only weeks away and a bylaw skirmish between Thornhill Progressive Conservative Peter Shurman and the City of Vaughan settled, candidates are racing to get their party colours up.]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/09/14/pc-no-show-for-tv-show/#comments</comments>
		<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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