Author: Ricky Barnes

Check out this posting from Stephen Lautens.  It’s another not so fine point to investigate in the robocon scandal.  I found it very interesting and I suspect you will too. Stephen Lautens’ Parking Space: It’s In The Fine Print: Toronto’s Globe and Mail published a story March 23rd full of

balloting has been extended by 30 minutes. the system for voting is getting a work out. It only took me less than 5 minutes in line to vote. it is noisy in the convention hall. Peggy Nash team seems to be showing the most excitement. Cullen’s team is doing a

the first ballot is out. dewar has dropped out. now we wait. mulcair has the most votes, 30%. that is no where near where he needed to be to end this day early. its round two coming. where will dewar go? i suspect he will go to nash if anyone

Judging by the hospitality suites last night Peggy Nash drew the most attention. That is not a big surprise, it is however an indication of her support growing. She has a great deal of second and third ballot support. Peggy also has a huge phone bank in Toronto and in

The media are watching a different leadership than the one many delegates are watching. There are obvious tensions between some of the leadership camps, especially those between Brian Topp and Tom Mulcair. We hear the comments being made by former leaders, people like Ed Broadbent. Broadbent has said some pretty

i am going to the NDP convention to elect the person who could well be the next Prime Minister of Canada. it feels good. We have fielded a great group of candidates for leader. As Jefferry Simpson of the globe said, I doubt the Liberals or Conservatives could field such

It seems to be Conservative in The USA or Canada, your goals include controlling women. It is obscene the pieces of legislation these morality bullies are proposing.  Here in Canada, many federal Conservatives are opposed to abortion.  They are made up of almost all men.   MP Stephen Woodworth Tory

Can you trust the Conservatives?  As we learn more about Robocalls, election fraud, the guilty plea in the IN and Out Scandal, and now the Fantino by-election fiasco and 2700 strange voters in a GTA riding, it seems its not possible, How can you trust a party that was built

Robo calls, robocon, election fraud.  These things are on the minds of many due the alleged fraudulent phone calls from the Conservatives or their friends.  Yesterday we learned from CBC that Elections Canada was visiting the offices of RMG.  RMG is likely the largest supplier of robo calls and voter contact in the

I received this from my good friends at Community Based Research in Vancouver  — Community Based Research Centre (CBRC), home of the Sex Now Survey and the BC Gay Men’s Health Summit, has been asked by Canadian Blood Services (CBS) to circulate a short survey about blood donations and gay men. Here is an opportunity

Here is a great list of the Harper Conservatives trickery and actual breaking of the law activity over the last few years.   Trouble in Toryland: their Dirty Tricks catalogue This is an excellent article. It points to many of the issues that have surfaced on the Conservatives and Harper’s

Something to keep in mind as we discover more about this voter suppression effort in at least 29 ridings during the last election is that robo calls were a tool used to commit fraud and obstructing people fron voting. The use of the tool is legal. We need to be

I had forgotten about this. During the 2008 election, there was an outcry in Saanich-Gulf Islands when a call went to residents the evening before the election encouraging them to vote for an NDP candidate who had dropped out of the race but whose name remained on the ballot.  The Tyee: Ontario

The Harper Conservative government has likely the most serious threat to their government since elected in 2006. Not the prorogued house in 2008, not the guilty pleas to election fraud, not bill C-30, its the robo calls or RoboCon as many on twitter are referring to the scandal. Andrew Acoyne wrote a good opinion

The Dalton, Duncan and Don report has some big cuts and changes in-store for Ontario.  The report commissioned by Dalton McGuinty’s major minority Liberal government to provide political cover for planned cuts.  Cuts that McGuinty and his party must have known were in the cards before the election, after all they were

Billy Graham warned evangelicals AGAINST the formation of a Religious Right! “I don’t want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it.”— Rev. Billy Graham,

In 2004, Conservative were ready to stand up for seniors. On Friday, Stephen Harper was asked about the possibility of raising the eligibility age by two years and replied “Absolutely, it’s being considered.” In 2004 prior to the election, the Conservatives accused Paul Martin of having a secret agenda.  They

The Prime Minister’s Office seems upset with NDP MP Pat Martin.  The Conservatives are crying a river over an incident in which Conservative Senator  Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu suggested, “Each assassin should have the right to a rope in his cell to make a decision about his or her life,”.  While the public and

A Canadian country singer Drake Jensen has come out. His latest video is in memory of Jamie Huberly and all the young people that have taken their lives as a result of bullying and homophobia.  “As a child I always knew there was something different about me above and beyond