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How many politicians does it take to grease a combine? Three or four. It depends how fast you feed 'em in.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on June 17, 1996
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How many politicians does it take to grease a combine? Three or four. It depends how fast you feed 'em in.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on June 17, 1996
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The Reform Party was a right-wing, populist, western political protest movement that grew to become the official opposition in Parliament in 1997. Reform played a role in the creation of the Canadian Alliance, as well as the demise of the federal Progressive Conservative Party — and the eventual merger of those two groups into today's Conservative Party.
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During his teenage years, Preston Manning spent many early daylight hours milking cows and performing other chores at the dairy farm near Edmonton owned by his father, Ernest, then the Social Credit premier of Alberta.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 28, 1996
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This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on December 28, 1998. Partner content is not updated. Gerald Regan waited silently for his moment of truth in a Halifax courtroom late last week.
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This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on March 27, 1995. Partner content is not updated. Back in his heyday he was known as Gabby Regan - a fast-talking politician who had honed his verbal skills as a sports promoter, radio sportscaster and labor lawyer in Nova Scotia during the late 1950s.
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