From: Caelen Cook <caelencook@gmail.com> Date: September 21, 2020 at 12:10:40 PM PDT To: richard_hughes@shaw.ca Subject: Michelle Bell Information and Headshot Hi Richard, I am the Cowichan Valley NDP Youth Rep. and a volunteer for Read more… The post Michelle Bell-Candidate For BCNDP Nomination-Cowichan Valley first appeared on richardhughes.ca.
Continue readingIn-Sights: Platforms are for campaigning, not for governing
I remember reading Gordon Campbell’s platform in 2001. Based on the promises, I concluded Liberals were the logical choice for government. The trouble was, Gordon Campbell and the BC Liberals barely meant a word contained in the document A New Era for British Columbia. Despite Liberals not living up to
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Premier John Horgan Calls For A BC Election October 24th
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Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Mueller Bunted. He Was Never Swinging For the Stands.
You probably already suspected that the Mueller report fell far short of what had been expected. Among Mueller’s team of lawyers there was one who terrified Trump’s legal team – Andrew Weissmann. His book, “Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation” is scheduled for release next Tuesday. Weissmann says Mueller’s
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Off to the Polls on the West Coast
There have been lots of rumours around potential elections milling around the media. That was the case in New Brunswick and in that case, it brought an early election. There have been weeks of rumours that we could have a federal election this Fall too. Those rumours have run hot
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – David MacDonald examines how millions of Canadians could suffer from being pushed off of the CERB onto EI – both in lost or reduced supports, or more onerous requirements to receive any relief. Kathleen Harris reports on the continuing lack of sufficient programs
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Eat the Rich – Episode 3
As if the rich need to give us another reason to despise them. This just in. The richest one per cent are responsible for greenhouse gas emissions double that of the bottom 50 per cent. The report, compiled by Oxfam and the Stockholm Environment Institute, warned that rampant overconsumption and the rich
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Reconciliation Failing in Nova Scotia
Being an Indigenous person living in Canada can be a very frustrating experience at times. It can be hard enough when you have to deal with the history of this country, how it affects you and your family, the general lack of knowledge of what Canada’s history is when it
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of September 21, 2020
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of September 21, 2020. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Sep 21, 2020 at 6:12am PDT – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Throne Speech
This week, the Trudeau government will unveil its throne speech. Robin Sears writes that the event will provide all our political parties with an opportunity to press the reset button: Let us hope that the pain we have been through together, the power of ritual and ceremony, which is always
Continue readingThings Are Good: This Billionaire Will Thankfully Die Poor
Chuck Feeney became a billionaire by founding and running Duty Free Shoppers, and since he collected his unimaginable wealth he made it a point to give it all away. This month it has been revealed that Feeney successfully gave away billions of dollars to charitable causes and will die an
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of September 21, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 21, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Biden Creates Legal War Room, Preparing for a Big Fight Over Voting Bid to dismiss Flynn charges appears to be a ‘corrupt and politically motivated favor,’ report says This Windsor law student has
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: The ‘Right’ advice for Freeland.
It seems guaranteed that the liberals will introduce an extensive plan for child care on Wednesday. There are two factors pushing Chrystia Freeland in this direction. The first is the growing concern about a second wave of the pandemic and then the right-wing advice that she has been getting from
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: "YOU CAN NOW WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT "
Technology, Torture, Voices in the Head … Speaker : DARPA’S NEURO WEAPONRY PROGRAM – James Giordana DARPA’s weapons being tested in non consentual terminal experiments (AMERICAN DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects) “you can work for the government”..in nonconsentual dehumanizing terminal experiments, beyond MKULTRA AND NAZI Doctors experiments
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Rumpole and The Old Bull #nlpoli
Mr. Justice Don Burridge(Not exactly as illustrated) Supporters of the travel ban won a victory last week as Supreme Court Justice Don Burridge said it was okay to ban travel into the province during an emergency even though it violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. They might want to hold
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Big Financial Enforcement Failure Leak
BREAKING: The BBC has documents showing that big banks have knowingly laundered $2 TRILLION for organized criminals & dirty billionaires. Ordinary citizens & democratic institutions don’t stand a chance in a world that allows this kind of crap. #cdnpoli https://t.co/mYAvudFWSJ — Gil McGowan (@gilmcgowan) September 20, 2020 If you wondered
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Thoughts on the Death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday Sept 18, 2020 at the age of 87. She was appointed to the court by President Bill Clinton in 1993 and had been battling cancer in one form or another since 1999. She vowed to remain on the bench as
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Alex Hemingway and Michal Rozworski both study both how Canada’s wealthiest few have enriched themselves through the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, and discuss how more fair taxes would ensure they don’t exploit a public health emergency to even further entrench their
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Exposing War Crimes Should Always Be Legal. Committing And Hiding Them Should Not.
Richard Hughes 18 September at 19:51 Originally published by https://caitlinjohnstone.com CAITLINJOHNSTONE.COM The Kafkaesque extradition trial of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continues, with each frustrating daymaking it clearer than the day before that Read more… The post Exposing War Crimes Should Always Be Legal. Committing And Hiding Them Should Not.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Playing Dominoes With the Earth
“Everyone who studies tipping point cascades agrees on two key points. The first is that it is crucial not to become disheartened by the magnitude of the risks; it is still possible to avoid knocking over the dominoes. Second, we should not wait for precise knowledge of exactly where the
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