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Continue readingMorton's Musings: Liberal Victory in Labrador
MONTRÉAL– Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau made the following statement today on the by-election results in Labrador: “I am immensely proud of Yvonne Jones and want to offer her my heartfelt congratulations on this victory. I was thrilled to campaign with Yvonne in Labrador, and am equally looking forward
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: When Patient Choices Are Harmful
Sometimes, my son makes bad choices. So does my mother. Nicholas almost always decides what he wants (and what he doesn’t!) based on short term pleasure (and pain avoidance). This means, he will NEVER choose to have an injectable medication, an enema, or go the ER, even if his life
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: What? How Did This Get Past the G&M Editors?
This is incredible coming from the pipeline promoting, bitumen boosting Globe & Mail. An urgent appeal to our next provincial government to deal with our environmental challenges. That includes saving our remaining stocks of old growth trees like this giant from the Upper Walbran valley on Vancouver Island. Is
Continue readingLeftist Jab: We won’t see another Commander Hadfield for years due to Harper Government budget cuts
Stephen Harper plans to eliminate joy by 2015. Did Commander Hadfield’s trip in orbit spark your enthusiasm for space travel and science? Well Stephen Harper and Canada’s Economic Action Plan has been implementing its jobs, growth and prosperity agenda on the Canadian Space Agency by cutting jobs, freezing wages and
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: NDP hold best chance for wild salmon, says Alexa Morton
Alexandra Morton-Marine Biologist Alexa Morton, Marine Biologist, has been our voice protecting salmon for years. She has led the way exposing the excesses of the commercial open pen farmed salmon operations. She has today come out with a very important message of support for the BC NDP. The Common Sense
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Elizabeth Warren – Calm, Collected, Logical And Reasonable – A Rare Politician
Earlier today, Owen at Northern Reflections, commenting on a piece by Joseph Stiglitz, wrote a post on student debt, a scourge on both sides of the border. Here is a video of Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, for whom I have a great deal of respect, on her proposal for dealing
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Verbal threats may amount to self-defence
R v Surette, [2009] Y.J. No. 149: 20 As to the argument by Crown counsel that words cannot constitute a use of force within the definition of self-defence, I find that accepting this position could lead to illogical or absurd results. As an extreme example, if an individual is threatened by the
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 5987…Tim Hudak Is A Bruins Fan
Warren Kinsella revealed that sordid news on WarrenKinsella.com. This comes as no surprise. The-man-who-would-be-Premier-except-he-totally-choked-last-election is from Fort Erie which is Buffalo Sabres territory. Previous to the expansion into Buff Niagara was big on the Chicago Black Hawks and the Boston Bruins coz of the OHA teams in NFO and St. Kitts that
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Could NAFTA Force Keystone XL On United States?
As the public anxiously awaits the U.S. State Department’s final decision on the fate of the Keystone XL Pipeline, the discussion has largely ignored the elephant in the room: the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA.) Thanks to NAFTA, signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1994, the State
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Let’em Eat Grubs
Think we don’t have a global population problem? Think we’re not exhausting our environment? Well has the U.N. got a grub for you. A new report from the U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization says if the world wants to achieve food security, a lot of people are going to have
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Bankrupting BC with $171 Billion Debt Legacy
From The Common Sense Canadian.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: $170 billion: Canadian money in foreign tax havens, an all-time high
By: Canadians for Tax Fairness May 10, 2013: Canadian money stashed in the top 12 global tax havens has topped $170 Billion, according to data on foreign direct investment released yesterday by Statistics Canada. This amounts to a quarter of all Canadian money going abroad. This figure is also equivalent
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Choose the coast you want for British Columbia
Tuesday’s vote provides a rare opportunity for citizens to choose a course for our province and our children and the children of our children. Do we want this: Or, this:
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Choose the coast you want for British Columbia
Tuesday’s vote provides a rare opportunity for citizens to choose a course for our province and our children and the children of our children. Do we want this: Or, this:
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Hey BC! Here Comes The ParameDIX To The Rescue
John Horgan MLA Juan de Fuca with Rick Atkinson from the Ambulance Paramedics of BC… Emergency ParameDIX Changing Ambulance Service for the Better, One Precious Life at a Time! When there is an emergency call the ParameDix
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Is the government trying to bring back the online spying bill?
This week, comments from Stephen Harper about police powers for investigating online crimes have privacy advocates worried that the government might exploit Canadians’ fears around cyberbullying to reboot its failed online spying program. Using language pulled directly from bill C-30 talking points, Harper noted that law enforcement encounters difficulties because
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Crap That Comes Out of Peter Kent’s Mouth
Harper EnviroShill, Peter Kent, is one of the sleaziest actors in Ottawa. His latest pitch – we have to get out from under the U.S. dilbit discount – i.e. get those pipelines up and running from the B.C. coast – so that the Athabasca oil barons will be able to
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Peter Penashue: Harper’s “strong voice” rarely heard in the House
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: A new analysis by democracy advocacy group, Samara, suggests that the Conservatives’ characterization of Peter Penashue as a “strong voice” for Labrador in the House of Commons is a grotesque political exaggeration. In fact, the Conservatives insulted our collective intelligence when they warned that “if Newfoundland and Labrador want
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