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Minister of State for Sport Gary Lunn says Olympic torch will 'touch the soul of the nation,' but opposition says it's only Tory souls

Fisheries Minster Gail Shea came out for an aquaculture reception, but political Ottawa was buzzing about her fellow P.E.I. Tory

In the brief absence of election speculation, and the perpetual absence of any exciting policy, Parliament Hill has become as random and unfocused as a kid with Attention Deficit Disorder and no paper route. From the scrapping of the long-gun registry, which Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Rona Ambrose wrote in a National Post column last week was preventing Canadians from pursuing "their dreams," to an eruption of red-mittened Tories, to one ticked-off Senator in a tux, things up here have gotten a bit silly.

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Minister of State for Sport Gary Lunn says Olympic torch will 'touch the soul of the nation,' but opposition says it's only Tory souls

Fisheries Minster Gail Shea came out for an aquaculture reception, but political Ottawa was buzzing about her fellow P.E.I. Tory

In the brief absence of election speculation, and the perpetual absence of any exciting policy, Parliament Hill has become as random and unfocused as a kid with Attention Deficit Disorder and no paper route. From the scrapping of the long-gun registry, which Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Rona Ambrose wrote in a National Post column last week was preventing Canadians from pursuing "their dreams," to an eruption of red-mittened Tories, to one ticked-off Senator in a tux, things up here have gotten a bit silly.

  

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