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“Argo won the Oscar for best picture this year, although it’s been criticized for downplaying Canada’s role. If you could pick any story from Canadian political history to turn into an Oscar-winning film, what would it be and why?”

Fred DeLorey – Tory strategist

“Given Argo had a mix of fiction (downplaying Canada’s role), I suspect my Spin Doctors colleagues here will feel compelled to add more than a bit of fiction to their tales, so I will instead stay on the pure non-fictional path for my pick of a Canadian political story that could be Oscar-winning. So with that, the Oscar goes to: Canada’s Economic Action Plan!

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“Argo won the Oscar for best picture this year, although it’s been criticized for downplaying Canada’s role. If you could pick any story from Canadian political history to turn into an Oscar-winning film, what would it be and why?”

Fred DeLorey – Tory strategist

“Given Argo had a mix of fiction (downplaying Canada’s role), I suspect my Spin Doctors colleagues here will feel compelled to add more than a bit of fiction to their tales, so I will instead stay on the pure non-fictional path for my pick of a Canadian political story that could be Oscar-winning. So with that, the Oscar goes to: Canada’s Economic Action Plan!

  

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