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be a straightforward list; Trudeau said "no wage and price controls" and wham bam we had wage and price controls in his next term; Mulroney said "no free trade" and what we got was the FTA. Chretien said "end the GST" and we got the GST". here in BC, Campbell said he wouldnt' seel BC Rail or BC
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POV, or have a POV effect. It's like any list of scandals, which are in the eye of the beholder; but when the beholder is the public, and the major media, theyr'e certifiable realities, POV or not. It's not a matter of partisanship, or doesn't have to be; it
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