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Reform is truly dead, part XXXVII

In which Dave Staples asks questions that may or may not be meant rhetorically:

Is it really possible that the Harper government could fund a $400-million arena in Quebec City, having made noises that it will not be funding a new arena in Edmonton?

Is it possible that the supposedly budget-slashing Harperites could consider such a move, which would essentially amount to a transfer of Alberta revenue to build an arena in Quebec?

Oh well. At least they’re not giving CF18 maintenance contracts to a Quebec firm. That would be the last straw.

oh, wait.

Anyone know what Preston Manning is up to these days?

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