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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Like two peas in a pod



Wendy Mesley's excellent report from the National last night on Jason Kenney and his pal and Brampton-Springdale Conservative candidate Parm Gill, private citizen but somehow visa handler extraordinaire. Kenney comes off just mahvelously.
Posted by Nancy Leblanc at 4/27/2011 06:12:00 AM
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