What? You expect me to be Premier EVERYDAY? Thanks to the Vancouver Sun for linking this telling video where newly minted Director of Communications Sara MacIntyre tells reporters essentially that having answered questions yesterday, questions today were off limits. This brings back memories of an election not so long ago when
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For Stephane Dion, a Quick Math Lesson/Thoughts on Separation
I only like democracy when the numbers are in my favor. Stephane Dion penned an op-ed for the National Post. (there’s an odd combination) detailing how the NDP’s position on Quebec separation, detailed in the Sherbrooke Declaration, threatens national unity. There is one quote I want to draw specific attention to,
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Many of you will remember yesterdays post about John Fryer, the UVic professor who wrote a letter to the editor of the Globe and Mail about the two day Manning Center intensive campaign course he attended where-in he allegidly had heard about Robocalls and voter suppression. Turns out the group that Fryer
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Orwell had never been Robocalled Emma Pullman, Director of Research at Leadnow.ca, has published an article in the Vancouver Observer that promises to blow the deflections of the Conservative Party of Canada (RE Robocalls) completely out of the water. In her article she writes about John Fryer, Professor of Labour Economics at
Continue readingBC Liberals Need To Stretch the Truth, They Already Know We Don’t Believe Them
There is a lot of rhetoric going around in the current BCTF/BC Liberal Government battle over teachers contracts. To set a context; BC teachers have been without a contract since last January and have, since September, been working using limited job action (filling out report cards and supervising recess) but
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Cartoon Representation May Not Be 100% Accurate, Much Like Adler's Own Musings After reading a recent post by resident cranky old man of Sun News Network Charles Adler I decided to take Adler’s advice; write a letter to the PM. I’ve of course done this before, but never in this vein. I
Continue readingThe Year That Was: Canadians Politics in 2011
What a year 2011 was. Who would have thought in January that the Conservatives would, by May, have a majority government? That the Bloc, so long a dominant force in Quebec, would be reduced to numbers not seen since the early 1990′s? That the Liberals would be reduced to third
Continue readingTalking ‘Bout That Gggg-Ghettoization
Huffington Post Canada has carried a joint paper published by Queens University, The University of Toronto and Statistics Canada that shows Canadians are increasingly becoming ghettoized by income. The paper represent the difference that the income gap has grown between the richest and poorest neighbourhoods in Canada’s largest metropolitan areas. The
Continue readingDo We Need More Proof That Harper Doubts Global Warming?
First we had the cuts to ozone monitoring that saw the shuttering of 17 ozone monitoring stations across Canada. The reason? Ozone apparently wasn’t a concern anymore (see Canada’s newest Ozone hole here). Then we had the sudden (and somewhat expected) cut of 700 jobs from environment Canada (which included Meteorologists, scientists, chemists and engineers). Now we have
Continue readingNo Grassroots Support…No Problem
If it's not on a cup, it's not true. Guess what folks, you can buy your official Made In The USA Obama merch now. Have a birther friend who you just cannot find a gift for. The Made In USA mug is your best choice. You can also get it
Continue readingIt’s Not About Freedom, It’s About Power
Winston Blackmore, a religious leader in the polygamous community of Bountiful near Creston, B.C., laughs with six of his daughters and some of his grandchildren in 2008. On Wednesday the B.C. Supreme Court upheld Canada's laws that make his polygamous relationships illegal. I applaud the decision of the BC Supreme Court to
Continue readingOdd Happenings in Mont-Royal
So imagine this. You are an MP of a riding in the middle of Montreal. You’re not any MP, though, you are a Liberal MP. Your party has held this riding since 1940 and not only that, the first time you ran for this riding, you won it with 91%.
Continue readingNathan Cullen Interview #ndpldr
I will be interviewing NDP Leadership candidate Nathan Cullen this Friday. If you have any questions you would like me to ask, feel free to post them on the blog or email me at rpntr1812@gmail.com. Cross posted at The Ryan Painter Show
Continue readingDave.ca’s Dave Teixeira Interview
I connected with Dave.ca’s Dave Teixeira today to talk about the Occupy Vancouver encampment, civic politics, premier Christy Clark and also got Dave’s opinion on what the coming months would look like in Ottawa. Please feel free to leave …
Continue readingAndrew Coyne A Little Testy
Andrew Coyne got a little testy with me today on twitter over, what I can only assume, was an innocent question. Let me start off by saying I’m not an economist and as one who is more fiscally Conservative I’ve always appreciated what Andr…
Continue readingThe Logical Fallacy of Ethical Oil
Cross posted from The Ryan Painter Show On the eve of the (hopeful) cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline I feel it’s important to look back and examine the Ethical Oil argument with some depth. It’s important because this argument has snaked i…
Continue readingWith The Right Pressure, We Can Turn The Tide
I read this morning that Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has sided with Quebec Premier Jean Charest against Bill C-10, the Omnibus Crime Bill. Both Premiers have committed to not paying for a single cent of the new bill. If you are reading this in B…
Continue readingThat’s It @PnP_CBC, I’ve Put You On Notice!!!
I nearly fell over the other day listening to the CBC’s Power and Politics (yes I know I said I would stop listening to this show but lord knows it’s better then listening to Ezra Levant call mentally disabled people disturbed or Charles Adler take a crap all over the social safety net) . . . → Read More: That’s It @PnP_CBC, I’ve Put You On Notice!!!
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