“NDP president Brian Topp is running to replace Jack Layton as leader, having already secured the support of Quebec MP Françoise Boivin and former leader Ed Broadbent.The trio appeared together at a news conference in Ottawa ahead of an NDP caucus mee…
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Buckdog: Is Stephen Harper Using The British Monarchy And the Appointment of Angelo Persichilli To Try And Rekindle Separatist Sentiment In Quebec?
Q: Is Stephen Harper using a couple of sly tricks to try and rekindle Separatist sentiment In Quebec?This is a valid question. I’ll tell you why. If you were Stephen Harper, would you rather see the people of Quebec vote for the Bloc Quebecois or conti…
Continue readingBuckdog: Premier Brad Wall Insists Saskatchewan Is BOOMING! But StatsCan Says Something Different ….
“In Saskatchewan, employment declined by 3,000 in August. The unemployment rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 4.5%, as fewer people participated in the labour market. Employment levels in the province were down 0.5% compared with 12 months earlier.”Sta…
Continue readingBuckdog: Canada’s New Democrats Will Choose New Leader On March 24, 2012 In Toronto
The New Democratic Party of Canada will hold a leadership convention to select a replacement for Jack Layton on March 24th, 2012 in Toronto.Consistent with the rules of the last NDP leadership race, each member of the party will be able to vote for the…
Continue readingBuckdog: Two Memorial Services For Former Regina NDP MP Simon de Jong
There will be two separate Memorial Services for former, long time Regina Member of Parliament, Simon de Jong:Celebration of LifeMonday, September 12, 2011 | 06:00p.m.Brock House- Terrace3875 Point Grey Road, Vancouver, British ColumbiaCelebration of L…
Continue readingBuckdog: Harper’s ‘Canada’ Is Not A Real Country Anyway
“The Harper government, a staunch proponent of the monarchy, has ordered all Canadian embassies and missions abroad to display a portrait of the Queen by end of week. It’s the latest campaign by the Conservatives to firm up government support for Can…
Continue readingBuckdog: Saskatchewan Green Party Leader Defects To New Democrats On Eve Of Provincial Election
“With a provincial election around the corner, Larissa Shasko is stepping down as leader of Saskatchewan’s Green Party.”Shasko, 29, who became party leader in April, 2009, said she still supports the party’s principles, but in the upcoming election, sh…
Continue readingBuckdog: Tommy Douglas Predicted That Canada Would Return To A Two Party System
“I think that in time we will get back to a two party system. But it will be a two party system which will have a party right of centre and one left of centre but this will take a process of adjustment,”Tommmy DouglasNDP Leader1968 Election Leader’s De…
Continue readingBuckdog: What Is It With American Politicians And ‘Corndogs’?
There seems to be some unwritten rule that American politicians must be photographed eating a corndog. To a non-American, I have to wonder what this ritual is all about.Perhaps it is a combination of two separate ‘American’ political messages:1) The ‘h…
Continue readingBuckdog: Harper Turns Blind Eye To Gazebogate – That Says More About Harper Than It Does About Tony Clement
Ethical Conservatives? …. simply a myth.”On the Clement case, team Harper’s strategy appears to be to simply ride out the criticism. Stonewall the media and the opposition until fatigue with the issue has set in and everyone moves on. It has worked…
Continue readingBuckdog: A Very Sad Day For One Newfoundland Family – Missing Daughter’s Body Found In Saskatchewan
This is a very sad day for one Newfoundland family and for the entire province of Saskatchewan. Local RCMP have now confirmed that human remains found in a farmers field are indeed those of a missing Nfld woman, Carol King.For the last few weeks, Sask …
Continue readingBuckdog: Michele Bachmann Says God Sent Earthquake And Hurricane Because He Doesn’t Like Gov’t Spending
“I don’t know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We’ve had an earthquake; we’ve had a hurricane. He said, ‘Are you going to start listening to me here?’ Listen to the American people because the American people …
Continue readingBuckdog: Brian Topp – Flashback To My July 28th Buckdog Post
It’s not that I have the gift of prophecy. I don’t. But when it comes to politics in Canada, I have a habit of being correct. With that in mind, here is a post I did on Brian Topp, President of the New Democratic Party of Canada, dated July 28th, 2011 …
Continue readingBuckdog: 77 Year Old Jean Chretien Leaps Fence To Get To Interview
Former Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Chretien, gave observers a fright after the Jack Layton State Funeral, when he easily leaped over a barricade to give a promised interview to the media. I can only hope to be as strong and agile as Jean is when I’m…
Continue readingBuckdog: The VILEST Canadian – Ezra Levant?
There is no person on Canadian airwaves who is more vile than Ezra Levant. The photo above is a screen capture of his show on SunNewsNetwork that attacked Jack Layton and those who are mourning him. I challenge decent respectable members of the Conserv…
Continue readingBuckdog: Hurricane Irene Satellite Imagery
Hurricane Irene Satellite Imagery – (Click on image to enlarge)
Continue readingBuckdog: U.S. Department Of State Official Statement On The Passing Of Canada’s Leader Of the Opposition – Jack Layton
Press StatementWashington, DCAugust 24, 2011We offer our deepest condolences to the people of Canada on the passing of Canada’s official Opposition party leader, Jack Layton.Canada has lost a dedicated political activist committed to promoting a platfo…
Continue readingBuckdog: Sask Premier Brad Wall Uses Heavy Hand Of Government To Keep Wages Low For Working People In Order To Maximise Profits For Big Business
Statistics Canada is verifying what many in Saskatchewan already know – the so called ‘Boom’ is only being experienced by a very few. “Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island saw the slowest wage growth, up one per cent to $854.60 and up 1.7 per cent to …
Continue readingBuckdog: So long old friend!
Since the first time I met you in that empty meeting room in Yorkton, Saskatchewan during the summer of 2002, you have been a good friend. I feel honoured to have called you ‘my Leader’. Thanks for everything! I’ll never forget you.
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