This year, the Organization for Security and Economic Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), will be sending a delegation to Canada to monitor our upcoming election. This is primarily in response to sweeping changes to our electoral system, as a result of the Conservative’s so-called Fair Elections Act. Those concerns include: whether the
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Pushed to the Left and Loving It: Why Mulcair Could Be in Trouble Over Bill C-51
I think by now most people realize that the NDP stance on Bill C-51 was crafted to make Justin Trudeau look bad. Before their vocal opposition, Mulcair had not yet decided how to handle the bill. In fact, he told Tom Clark that he would not necessarily repeal Bill C-51
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: The New National Dilemma After Our Sharp Right Turn
I dug out a little book that I’d bought a while ago at a book fair: The National Dilemma and the Way OutIt was published in 1975, and co-written by Winnett Boyd, chief designer of the Chinook jet engine and the nuclear reactor at Chalk River. He was also a
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: The Most Powerful Symbol You Will See This Election
I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: What a Relief. C.R.U.S.H. is Alive and Well. C.R.U.S.H.E.T Deranged Copycat
I mentioned in a blog posting yesterday, my experience with a Facebook group I had received a notification from. Canadians Rallying to Unseat Stephen Harper and Expose Trudeau (CRUSHET) I thought that my old group of friends, Canadians Rallying to Unseat Stephen Harper (CRUSH) had been hijacked by a bunch
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: How Bill C-51 Has Taken Away My Freedom of Speech
In February of this year, Thomas Walkom wrote of the NDP and Bill C-51. The party hadn’t yet decided on what position they should take, as the best route to a political advantage. By all indications, they will vote against Bill C-51. Mulcair signaled that again this week when he
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Thomas Mulcair is wrong to Invoke Tommy Douglas and the War Measures Act.
On October 12, 1970, Pierre LaPorte’s wife received a letter from her husband: (1) The day before Quebec premier Robert Bourassa had also received a letter from his labour minister: (1) How could Mr. Bourassa not be moved by such a letter? How could anyone not in that situation? “You
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Dancing Around the Polls Will Only Make You Dizzy
The news this week was of two recently published polls. One was conducted by Forum Research and the other by Mainstreet Research; with completely different results. Forum shows some drop in support for the NDP but has them forming a minority government. Mainstreet, on the other hand, shows a huge
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Why I Am Not Promoting ABC or Strategic Voting This Election. I Will Not Get Fooled Again
So as you know I took some time off from my blog. I was tired and needed a break, but knew that I’d start up again, when the election was near. I didn’t blog about any of the leadership races, but did have an opinion. I think the Liberals got
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Excuse Me Mr. Mulcair. Kyoto, Really? Is That Your Final Answer?
The story of how Thomas Mulcair was going to run for Harper’s Conservatives has resurfaced, leaving the NDP leader with no choice but to answer for his actions. Instead of simply admitting that it was over money, he has decided to soften the impact, with images of himself on a
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Excuse Me Mr. Mulcair, But What in the Hell are Middle Class Values?
I grew up in a family of the working poor, spending a good portion of my childhood in public housing. My dad did his best to provide for his seven children, but money was tight, and we lived from payday to payday. He supplemented his income by doing a bit
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Unearthed Job Application Stephen Harper 2005
The latest Conservative attack ad to discredit Justin Trudeau is childish at best with a strong scent of desperation. It’s a mock meeting discussing Trudeau’s resume as he applies for the job of Prime Minister. However, going back to 2005, when Stephen Harper himself was applying for the job, what
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Could Someone Possibly Guilty of War Crimes Really Win a Nobel Peace Prize?
Social media has been buzzing recently over the announcement that the B’Nai Brith has put forward Stephen Harper’s name as a possible recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. This prestigious award is presented to an individual or group of individuals who have “done the most or the best work for
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Don’t Blame Stephen Harper, Blame Edmund Burke
“If a sociology professor applies a day before a medical doctor, the professor’s application gets processed first … I mean, we don’t really need a sociology professor. “. Jason Kenney Stephen Harper’s recent refusal to call a public inquiry into missing and exploited Aboriginal women, should not come as a
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Are the New Conservative Election Fraud Plans Going up in Smoke?
In April of this year, an ambulance was called to 24 Sussex Drive, after a teenage girl had consumed too much alcohol. No charges were laid, despite the fact that she was underage. The occasion was a birthday party for Stephen Harper’s son Ben, and the official response was that
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Justin Trudeau, Al Qaeda, and Looking for ‘To Do About Something’
Recently, the Harper government attacked Justin Trudeau for visiting a mosque, where allegedly, recruitment for members of Al Qaeda had once taken place. Harper’s Reformers are coming out in droves to plant the seed that Trudeau belongs to this terrorist group. Soon they’ll be suggesting that it was he who
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Jesus Was Not a Real Estate Agent Nor Did he Invent the Bomb
There was a very interesting segment on the documentary program Vice recently, called Armageddon Now. In it they discussed Evangelical Christians and their strange devotion to Israel. Vice’s Thomas Morton travelled with a group of Born Again Christian tourists, as they visited the “Holy Land”; and spoke with End Times
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: One of the most Powerful Countries in the World Can no Longer be Trusted
There is a Public Relations firm operating in both the United States and Canada, Ketchum Inc., that has for the past several years, been working with Vladimir Putin, to sell Russian influence in the United States. They run an English language website, ThinkRussia.com and when tensions first began to rise
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: More Government Propaganda While Canada Once Again Stands Alone
A very strange Oped piece appeared in the Globe and Mail on the weekend, written by none other than Stephen Harper. It was a follow up to a government announcement that we would be giving the Ukrainian military another 220 million dollars, on top of the 300 million already provided,
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Prime Minister Said he Created a Million Jobs … Oh! You Thought I Meant Our Prime Minister
I try to keep up with politics everywhere so follow political junkies from several different countries. What I’ve discovered, in this mostly conservative sphere, is that the top news stories, no matter where they originate, are eerily similar. In fact, I often have to rely on the media source to
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