Author: Kev

Given the ongoing dust up between the great folks over at DAMMIT JANET and the administrators of Progressive Bloggers, I have been giving considerable thought as to how to define a progressive, this has proved to be a difficult exercise. Those on the right of the political and social spectrum

“We could continue with this incremental approach to backlog reduction and eventually by about 2018 we would get to a working inventory. By returning these applications now we’ll get to the working inventory in about 18 months’ time,” Jason Kenney  That was Kenney’s explanation from a Globe article for arbitrarily

Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth is trying his darnedest these days to see womens right to choose curtailed, even entirely overturned if he had his way. While the Cons would like us to see Woodworth as a rouge MP with no party support, the reality is there is no such thing

McGuinty likes to play the compassionate leader role unfortunately for those most in need of compassion ans assistance that’s all it is a role to be played. I’m often taken to task for saying that when it comes to looking after those in need very little separates McGuinty from Mike

There is a saying “Tell me how you’ll measure me and I’ll tell you how I’ll behave” If so then we shouldn’t be surprised when political operatives working out of an office called the “War Room” engage in warlike tactics I much prefer this type of terminology

The military digs up dirt against an opposition MP to help provide cover for the government A spokesman for MacKay said in a statement that finding out information about Simms’ Cormorant flight was “relevant” because the debate in the Commons was focused on parliamentarians use of military aircraft. h/t @AntoniaZ

We all suspected that poverty isn’t very high on Harper’s agenda perhaps even not on it at all, but it appears that he does indeed have a plan to reduce poverty after all. As an article penned by Michael Goldberg, Steve Kerstetter and Seth Klein informs us Harper has merely

In 2003 Clayton Willey was arrested by RCMP officers in Prince George for causing a disturbance a few hours later he lay dead. A coroners inquest in 2004 ruled his death was the result of a heart attack brought on by a cocaine overdose. This despite the fact that Clayton

In a move they surely hope will force their workers to walk off the job the Fordites have delivered an ultimatum in the form of a totally unacceptable (cough) offer that must be accepted by 12:01 Sunday or see it imposed on them by the city. Clearly this is an