In which Jim Prentice and Danielle Smith invite democracy to a bush party, put a bullet in the back of its head and bury it in a shallow unmarked grave.
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Cowboys for Social Responsibility: Shoot, shovel, shut up
In which Jim Prentice and Danielle Smith invite democracy to a bush party, put a bullet in the back of its head and bury it in a shallow unmarked grave.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Shoot, shovel, shut up
In which Jim Prentice and Danielle Smith invite democracy to a bush party, put a bullet in the back of its head and bury it in a shallow unmarked grave.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Dear people of #topoli
It’s not the Argos jersey that turns the mayor into an asshole.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Trailing in disapproval is not losing
As Tories gather in their Potemkin village in Calgary this weekend, the recent EKOS poll on the Harper Tory Senate shenanigans has numbers that should depress even the most ardent Tory partisan. Welcome to Alberta In Alberta, Justin Trudeau has a higher approval rate (43.2%) than Stephen Harper (40.7%). Harper can take
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: UN Security Council wants Canada to adopt important UN gun crime treaty
At least that’s how we interpret paragraph 17 of the small arms resolution introduced by Australia’s new conservative government and passed without a single no vote.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: tax·pay·er [taks-pey-er] noun 1. a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.
UPDATE: Turns out that Minister Blaney’s spokesthingy wanted Canadians to know that spending an extra $1 million to destroy long gun registry records “involved no additional costs to the taxpayers.” Yup. Magic elves. ____________________________________________ After months of stonewalling, today we learned that the Harper government spent $1 million to destroy
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: tax·pay·er [taks-pey-er] noun 1. a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.
UPDATE: Turns out that Minister Blaney’s spokesthingy wanted Canadians to know that spending an extra $1 million to destroy long gun registry records "involved no additional costs to the taxpayers." Yup. Magic elves.
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After months of stonewalling, today we learned that the Harper government spent $1 million to destroy long gun registry data.
But
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: tax·pay·er [taks-pey-er] noun 1. a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.
UPDATE: Turns out that Minister Blaney’s spokesthingy wanted Canadians to know that spending an extra $1 million to destroy long gun registry records “involved no additional costs to the taxpayers.” Yup. Magic elves. ____________________________________________ After months of stonewalling, today we learned that the Harper government spent $1 million to destroy
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Memo to a career backbencher
Memo
To: Conservative Party backbench MPs
From: Someone from a media shop wearing short pants
Subject: Cabinet Shuffle Q&As
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Many of your constituents will be contacting your office to discuss Prime Minister Harper’s New Faces and Experienced Hands cabinet shuffle. Use these approved talking points to respond to all questions.
Q1) Why
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Memo to a career backbencher
Memo To: Conservative Party backbench MPs From: Someone from a media shop wearing short pants Subject: Cabinet Shuffle Q&As _____________________________________________________ Many of your constituents will be contacting your office to discuss Prime Minister Harper’s New Faces and Experienced Hands cabinet shuffle. Use these approved talking points to respond to all
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Memo to a career backbencher
Memo To: Conservative Party backbench MPs From: Someone from a media shop wearing short pants Subject: Cabinet Shuffle Q&As _____________________________________________________ Many of your constituents will be contacting your office to discuss Prime Minister Harper’s New Faces and Experienced Hands cabinet shuffle. Use these approved talking points to respond to all
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Canada’s registered firearms lobby
This came to our attention earlier this week. It has not received the attention it deserves.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Canada’s registered firearms lobby
This came to our attention earlier this week. It has not received the attention it deserves.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Canada’s registered firearms lobby
This came to our attention earlier this week.
It has not received the attention it deserves.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Beware. Monty Python reference to follow.
Here is Le Droit’s fantastic cartoonist Guy Badeaux’s take on recent Tory scandals.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Two simple measures to reduce gun violence in Canada
Much has been written since the Danzig Street shooting about the proliferation of firearms in the hands of Canadian criminals. Everybody agrees that one gun in the wrong hands is one to many. But no one really agrees on how to disarm criminals. It’s more complicated than whining about how
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Two simple measures to reduce gun violence in Canada
Much has been written since the Danzig Street shooting about the proliferation of firearms in the hands of Canadian criminals.
Everybody agrees that one gun in the wrong hands is one to many. But no one really agrees on how to disarm criminals.
It’s…
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Two simple measures to reduce gun violence in Canada
Much has been written since the Danzig Street shooting about the proliferation of firearms in the hands of Canadian criminals. Everybody agrees that one gun in the wrong hands is one to many. But no one really agrees on how to disarm criminals. It’s more complicated than whining about how
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Too stupid not to acknowledge
As usual, Big City Lib is right. Now back to retirement.
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