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Michael Ignatieff

Michael Grant Ignatieff is a Canadian politician who has been the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada since 2009 (interim leader from December 2008 to May 2009) and Leader of the Official Opposition in Canada since 2008. Known for his work as a historian, author, university professor and diplomat, Ignatieff held senior academic posts at the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, Harvard University and the University of Toronto before entering politics in 2006.
In the 2006 federal election, Ignatieff was elected to the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Etobicoke—Lakeshore. That same year, he ran for the leadership of the Liberal Party, ultimately losing to Stéphane Dion on the fourth and final ballot. He served as the party's deputy leader under Dion, and held his seat in the 2008 federal election.
On November 14, 2008, Ignatieff announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Liberal Party to succeed Dion. On December 10, he was formally declared the interim leader in a caucus meeting; his succession as leader was ratified at the party's May 2009 convention.
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 How pipelines flowed directly into Christy Clark's message
2013-05-16
There's the famous “you had a choice, sir” moment in the 1984 Brian Mulroney/John Turner debate, and even the Jack Layton/Michael Ignatieff “you need to show up for work” comment in 2011. But in the B.C. election debates there wasn't a knockout punch.
(Globe and Mail)
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    		 It's time to break cycle of political attack ads
    2013-05-11
    Similar campaigns against former Liberal leaders Stephane Dion and Michael Ignatieff proved devastating and likely contributed to their dismal performances at the polls. But sometimes attack ads backfire. Prime Minister Kim Campbell clearly crossed a ...
    (The Guardian Charlottetown)
    1. Conservatives' reputation as the 'Nasty Party' is well-deserved - Canada.com
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    		 Conservatives' reputation as the 'Nasty Party' is well-deserved - Ottawa Citizen
    2013-05-11
    The Tories have been behind before — after Michael Ignatieff became Liberal leader in 2009, and again after Thomas Mulcair became NDP leader in 2012 — and soon recaptured the lead. Yes, but they never fell this far. And that's a puzzle: looking at a ...
    (Ottawa Citizen)
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      		 Shorting Justin Trudeau's fundraising ability
      2013-05-06
      Because that's when the Conservatives started running negative ads against Michael Ignatieff. The Liberals fundraised off the ads, as they always do when they are getting knocked silly. It produced the results it produced.) The NDP peaked, so far, at ...
      (Macleans.ca)
      1. Justin Trudeau Liberals jump to seven-point lead over Tories, poll suggests
      2. Tories vulnerable in several francophone ridings: Hébert
      3. The Commons: Justin Trudeau, Monday night, Renfrew
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      		 Trudeau Liberals jump to seven-point lead over Tories: poll
      2013-05-03
      That's the highest level of support for the Liberals since March 2009, when the selection of Michael Ignatieff as party leader briefly buoyed the party's fortunes. Ignatieff subsequently led the party to its worst defeat in history in the 2011 election ...
      (CTV News)
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        		 Trudeau Liberals jump to seven-point lead over Tories, poll suggests
        2013-05-03
        That's the highest level of support for the Liberals since March 2009, when the selection of Michael Ignatieff as party leader briefly buoyed the party's fortunes. Ignatieff subsequently led the party to its worst defeat in history in the 2011 election ...
        (Hamilton Spectator)
        1. Trudeau Liberals Lead Conservatives By 7 Points: Poll - Huffington Post
        2. Our federal leaders are ghosts of premiers past
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        		 Mike Allen Maverick Watch
        2013-04-30
        Allen notes negative ads have been effective against former Liberal leaders Michael Ignatieff and Stephane Dion, but he said it's not his style. Allen said he will not send out any of the anti-Trudeau flyers to his constituents. “If I'm going to use ...
        (Macleans.ca (blog))
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          		 Our money for attack ads – how low can the Harper Conservatives go?
          2013-04-27
          Certainly, the curiosity factor as the new boy on the scene plays in Mr. Trudeau's favour, just as it did, we should remember, for Michael Ignatieff when he became Liberal leader. As a new leader in the limelight, impressions of Mr. Trudeau are likely ...
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            		 'Canadians deserve better': Justin Trudeau launches his own ads in attempt to ...
            2013-04-24
            In media lore, that is what happened to Stéphane Dion and Michael Ignatieff, good men destroyed by a barrage of Conservative advertising, and the Liberal party with them. Throughout the recent leadership campaign, the Tory deathstar lurked overhead, ...
            (National Post)
            1. A first look at Justin Trudeau's new ad: not a tree in sight
            2. Liberals launch new Trudeau ad
            3. Trudeau's terror gaffe a winner for Conservatives
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