Author: gritchik

It’s sure starting to look like she does. Out of all the parties, only Wildrose’s Danielle Smith refused to support the majority of the measures that would keep cigarettes out of the hands of young Albertans, including kids. The Wildrose Party wouldn’t even agree to take action to “consider taking

Today Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith held a press conference where, much to everyone’s surprise, she didn’t repudiate her anti-gay candidate, Allan Hunsperger’s bigoted, hateful rant about gays and lesbians.  Instead, Smith proclaimed herself a champion of free speech and announced that her party was the “true party of tolerance” because of

John Carpay is Wildrose’s Calgary Lougheed candidate. Anti-choice, anti-gay marriage and advocate for privatized healthcare. Health Minister John Carpay? Within the first five minutes of meeting Carpay at a Fraser Institute event a few years ago, he was selling me on the merits of private health care. The candidate for

A new poll puts the Ontario Liberals ahead of both the Tories and the NDP, which means the opposition parties are playing a very dangerous game. Hudak’s strategy of refusing to support the budget even before he knew what was in it has been a disaster for his party –

I am an Apple victim. Without a doubt. In my home, right now, are four iPhones, a MacBook, a MacAir, a Mac desk top, two iPads and a variety of iPods. Excessive? Yes. I’m a loyal customer, which is why the service I received yesterday was so surprising. You see,

Here. I wonder if his leader, Danielle Smith, will defend Ron Leech like she did Allan Hunsperger.

With the Alberta vote just days away, more and more is being revealed about the Wildrose candidates and their spectacularly ignorant, bigoted views. Today we meet Calgary Greenway candidate, Ron Leech, who has some very interesting views on homosexuals and their right to marry. From an column he wrote in

Despite WRP leader Danielle Smith’s flip flopping on abortion: pro-choice? Pro-life? Will she defund abortion? No, wait, she expects you to defund abortion, Smith still wants you to believe that her party is not like those scary Reformer types. Don’t believe it. Former Alberta Liberal leader, David Swann, had the

Those of you who’ve been following the progressiveblogger.ca battle are probably confused right now, not sure really what the issue is. You aren’t alone on that point. Some people have worked really hard to reframe this issue. I originally waded in to support my friend, a friend in real life,

Here is Alberta’s Wildrose leader Danielle Smith: “…abortions are a horrific practice… Any politician who challenges the status quo gets pilloried by the media, abortion-rights groups and opposing politicians…the taxpayer should not be on the hook to pay for it.” Windsor Star, December 4, 2000 This is the same Danielle

Well said.

Here’s Tory MP John Williamson – one of the whitest guys ever – doing his best Martin Luther King impersonation.  The day following the anniversary of MLK’s death, no less. And that he would use it to celebrate the killing of the gun registry is beyond tasteless – given Dr.

With interest this afternoon I watched an exchange between several progressive bloggers that devolved into a boycott of an aggregator site because a couple of bloggers took issue with two posts, made by men, on the subject of abortion.  Other than offering encouraging words to the site’s administrator, I stayed

Trayvon Martin’s brutal, and senseless, death shook me to my very core. I didn’t know him. But, oddly, I feel like Trayvon Martin lives with me. I say good night to him each evening, tell him I love him excessively, hug him and feed him home made French Toast –

The Ontario Federation of Labour had a poll done which revealed that “Ontarians from every riding in the province are solidly opposed to the unfairness of (Premier Dalton) McGuinty’s budget and they are ready to go back to the polls to demand fair taxation.” Their interpretation of the results, however,

Recently, I was seated next to an acquaintance at a fundraising dinner, and somehow the conversation turned to feminism. His point: Men, not women, are the gender discriminated against in modern culture. Lively debate ensued. Obviously. The statement below represents my personal feminist beliefs. Click on the link for just

You know, the one Andrea Horwath set up to hear from the people before her party decides whether or not to support the McGuinty budget. It’s now being reported that Ontarians are urging Horwath and her caucus to vote with the government and support this budget. But, between you and

Seems unlikely, right? You’d think so yet just months after the last election Tim Hudak was on CBC radio this morning huffing and puffing about the McGuinty budget. I’d call it a liberal budget but it wasn’t. Not really.  It was probably the most conservative budget since the Harris era.

A recent survey revealed that nearly one in ten men believe it’s okay to hit a woman. One in ten!. Not only that, but also 48 per cent of men agree that “if a woman wears provocative clothing, she’s putting herself at risk for rape.” Alberta’s female premier, Alison Redford,

Not surprising.