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- ↑ Historian calls Liberal MP's fundraiser a worry. CTV News. January 5, 2006.
- ↑ Bulte (Canadian MP) gets big entertainment bucks, promises new copyrights Archived 2006-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Fundraiser a rare glimpse into party power politics, Toronto Star by Jim Rankin, January 6, 2006
- ↑ Liberal MP takes flak for fundraiser by copyright lobbyists. CBC News. January 6, 2006.
- ↑ "Former MP seeks Liberal nomination in riding being vacated by Godfrey: Bulte first to enter race in Don Valley West", by Susan Delacourt, Toronto Star, January 7, 2008
- ↑ "Orchard knew Liberals wanted an aboriginal woman in Sask. byelection: Goodale" Archived 2008-06-07 at the Wayback Machine , Canadian Press, June 9, 2008
- ↑ "Don Valley West Liberal nomination getting crowded, Bulte and Mousley interested", Hill Times, January 14, 2008
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