TILMA by Stealth in Saskatchewanby Erin WeirThe Saskatchewan Party had repeatedly promised not to sign TILMA. But it signed the New West Partnership Trade Agreement (NWPTA) last year.At the time, many commentators (including yours truly) noted that the…
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Buckdog: Ottawa Bluesfest Stage Tumbles Down During Wind Storm!!
The Aftermath:”Thousands of people were evacuated from Ottawa’s Bluesfest on Sunday after the stage collapsed during a Cheap Trick concert.Ottawa Fire Services confirmed Sunday evening that no one was trapped underneath the stage.Although there were …
Continue readingBuckdog: For Those Who Still Can’t See That Harper Is Eroding Our Democracy And Personal Security ….
“Hidden deep within the federal government’s comprehensive bundle of crime legislation lies a bill that opponents claim will rob Canadians their right to online privacy as well as their cash.During the last federal election campaign, Prime Minister S…
Continue readingBuckdog: Conrad Black Eviscerates Rupert Murdoch!
“Fallen media baron Conrad Black is taking a swipe at News Corporation chair Rupert Murdoch, describing his former rival as untrustworthy, malicious, and someone who has “difficulty keeping friendships.”In a column published in the Financial Times …
Continue readingBuckdog: Canadians: The New Military ‘Hawks’ Of The Western World (or) How Stephen Harper Militarized The Nation
“Behold the new Canadian militarism. It’s everywhere.Hardly a week goes by without the government gushing about our troops, or bowing to a DND wish. It has become politically incorrect, practically unpatriotic, to question the military. Our governmen…
Continue readingBuckdog: Saskatchewan Can Blame Premier Brad Wall For Allowing Terrible Mosquito Infestation To Get Worse Than It Should Be
2011 has been a wet year on the prairies. As a result, trillions of mosquitoes are breeding in every ditch, slough and creek in the province. You can’t blame Premier Brad Wall for Mother nature’s creations, but you sure as hell can blame him for cuttin…
Continue readingBuckdog: Canada’s Corporations Are HOARDING Half A Trillion Dollars Cash YET Harper Wants To Give Them Even MORE Tax Cuts!
Rationalizing Corporate Canada’s Cash StashStatistics Canada figures indicate that private non-financial corporations held $471 billion of cash in the first quarter of 2011 ($322 billion of Canadian currency plus $149 billion worth of foreign currenc…
Continue readingBuckdog: HAPPY DOMINION DAY – A Retro ‘Canada Day’
We used to call July 1st, ‘Dominion Day’ …. now we call it ‘Canada Day’. Have a happy and safe one!
Continue readingBuckdog: Canada Day Long Weekend …
Hope you all get a chance to kick back and enjoy the first nice long weekend of the summer! Happy Canada Day canuks!
Continue readingBuckdog: Bus Sized Asteroid Will Pass Very Close To Earth Tonight
Later today, an asteroid about the size of a large bus will pass very close to our planet. Although it will not strike us, it will pass very close to earth orbiting satellites. The closest it will come to the surface of Earth will be about 11,000 kms. …
Continue readingBuckdog: At A Time Of Record PROFIT – Stephen Harper And Canada Post Want To Cut Worker Remuneration And Pensions …. go figure??
Canada Post is experiencing record profits. Current moves by the Harper administration to legislate an imposed contract on postal workers is an exercise in ‘corporate branding’. Harper is determined to demonstrate to the corporate sector that he will n…
Continue readingBuckdog: Flooded Saskatchewan Community Looted After Evacuation
It’s hard to imagine anything lower than what has happened in the flooded and evacuated community of Roche Percee, Saskatchewan. The village has been looted!”The mayor of a flood-ravaged Saskatchewan village says he and other residents evacuated from t…
Continue readingBuckdog: Recall of the Saskatchewan Legislature Demonstrates Premier Brad Wall’s Irrational ANGER Towards Organized Labour
Saskatchewan Crop Insurance workers are conducting a rotating strike because after 2 years of bargaining, they have been unable to reach a collective agreement with the Saskatchewan provincial government. It just so happens that a lot of the province’…
Continue readingBuckdog: Exactly What ‘Boom’ Are You Talking About Premier Wall?
Part of Saskatchewan Party mythology is the statement that ‘as soon as Premier Wall became Premier, the population of the province began to increase’. What they don’t tell you are the facts. The facts are that prior to the arrival of Wall’s government,…
Continue readingBuckdog: A Cyber War Is Going On That You May Not Even Be Aware Of ….
“The Internet may be about to get a little more chaotic than usual. Over the weekend, a group of hackers declared that they are initiating cyber warfare with governments and security companies around the world.The group, Lulz Security, has claimed resp…
Continue readingBuckdog: LulzSec ‘Mastermind’ – 19 year old Ryan Cleary Arrested For Hacking CIA , Sony, Nintendo, US Senate Computers
A teenage “recluse” who lives with his mother in Essex was being questioned by police last night on suspicion of masterminding an international computer hacking group. Ryan Cleary, the 19-year-old son of a college lecturer, is accused of being a
Continue readingBuckdog: National Aboriginal Day – June 21, 2011
First Nations singers / drum group – ‘Iron Swing’ from Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan …
Continue readingBuckdog: Summer Solstice 2011 From Stonehenge … First light
(10 minutes later)First light over the horizon at Stonehenge for Summer Solstice 2011 … Top pic taken minutes ago and courtesy of John McLaughlin
Continue readingBuckdog: Canada’s New $50 And $100 Bills
OTTAWA – Get ready to have a little more plastic in your wallet.Starting in November, new polymer bank notes will start to replace paper-cotton bills that wear and tear more easily.The first bills to go plastic will be the $100 notes. The $50 notes wil…
Continue readingBuckdog: Oh Great! Conservatives About To Fire 92 Auditors At Public Works Canada
Just as Public Works Canada is about to make $35 BILLION worth of military purchases, 92 auditors who safeguard our tax money from the fiscally irresponsible Harperites are being let go.The Globe & Mail-More Proof That Stephen Harper Is NOT A Fiscal Co…
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