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Premier Paul Davis started the House of Assembly fall sitting by speaking about police officers and members of the military who have been killed in the line of duty.

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Davis spoke about the recent attacks on Canadian soldiers in Quebec and Ottawa, as well as the three RCMP officers who were killed earlier this year in New Brunswick.

Davis asked members of the House to observe a moment of silence.

Following the moment of silence, and a couple of other statements by ministers, MHAs dove into question period.

Liberal Leader Dwight Ball led with questions about the blackouts from last January, and NL Hydro's preparedness for this winter.

Aside from those questions, the Liberals focused heavily on Justice and Public Safety Minister Judy Manning.

The Opposition was focused on highlighting the fact that she was not able to respond to the issues.

Its been a rocky couple of months since Davis secured the leadership of the PC party and assumed the role of premier.

In the past year, the PCs have lost five straight byelections in electoral districts that were utterly safe for the Tories just a few years ago.

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Here's news that will surprise only liberals: In affluent metro housing markets distorted by liberals' housing policies, housing is less affordable even for middle-class families whose incomes are higher in such cities.

The Atlantic reports that Jed Kolko, chief economist for real estate website Trulia, found that in the 20 richest U.S. metro areas, 47 percent of homes are affordable requiring monthly mortgage payments (including taxes) that are less than 31 percent of median household income. But in ultra-liberal, tech-flush San Francisco, just 14 percent of homes are affordable.

UCLA economist Matthew Kahn's 2010 study of California cities found fewer new housing permits are issued as cities become more liberal. By making it harder to develop new housing, liberals' historic-preservation, environmental and building-height restrictions whether labeled as centrally planned smart growth policies or not restrict supply and lessen affordability.

(T)hese restrictions add up, across a city, even if they're well-intentioned. The affordability issue will rear its head, Mr. Kahn says. His findings and Mr. Kolko's are part of what The Atlantic calls a deep literature tying liberal residents to illiberal housing policies that create affordability crunches for the middle class.

If the consequences of liberals' housing-market distortions still aren't clear, ask a middle-class San Francisco homeowner if you can find one.

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Liberals have high hopes that Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-Mass.) promotion to Democratic leadership will give them more sway in the next Congress.

Under pressure to shake things up after a disastrous midterm election cycle, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) this week named Warren to an advisory role where shell serve as a liaison to groups on the left.

While Reid and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) will still have the reins on political strategy, Warren's appointment has been seen a sign that Democrats might move in a more populist direction.

TJ Helmstetter, director of candidate communications support at the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), said Warren's message "is exactly the direction the party needs to take in order to win again."

"Warren's appointment to Senate leadership is a reflection of the leadership she already exerts among the party faithful," Helmstetter said. "No matter who runs for president in 2016, they'll need to adopt Elizabeth Warren's economic populist agenda of big, bold ideas in order to excite voters and win."

Warren has had somewhat of a mixed record in garnering support from her party on high-profile policy initiatives.

Democrats were wary of endorsing the bill she introduced with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that would reinstate the 1999 repeal of the Glass-Steagall banking law, which required commercial banks to split their investment banking operations.

Warren argues that President Clinton's repeal of Glass-Steagall contributed to the financial meltdown.

But on the issue of student debt, Democrats rallied behind Warrens proposal to cut student loan rates by raising taxes on the wealthy. The legislation failed to pass the Senate, but Democrats used it as a rallying cry on the stump during the midterm campaign.

A Warren adviser said the leadership position will give her an opportunity to advocate on policies and priorities that she cares about from her seat in the weekly, closed-door leadership meetings.

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