Posted as is from Thetyee.ca. All publications are the right of the poster, Murray Dobbin, Greg Perry (cartoonist) and The Tyee. We’re Seeing How Badly Harper Misread Canadians Occupy Wall Street — and now Bay Street? The 99 per cent? Conse…
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October Is Women’s History Month
Reposted from rabble.ca. All credit for this publication goes to National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) Women continue to raise our social conscience, give voice to issues of inequality and work to build a future free of discrimination…
Continue readingCleavage-gate: Interview with David Schreck
Several days ago pundit and former NDP MLA David Schreck made an innocuous comment regarding the appearance of an uninvited guest to the British Columbia legislature: The Premiers Cleavage. His tweet set off a firestorm across every media outlet from c…
Continue readingInsite Victory, Tar Sands and the Conservative Attack on IPPF
The newest episode of the Ryan Painter Show podcast is up. Click here to listen. If you want to go to the main podcast page, please click here. As usual, please feel free to comment, leave a question or an activist call to action and I will read it on …
Continue readingB.C. New Democrats pull to a decisive lead, poll finds
B.C. New Democrats pull to a decisive lead, poll finds. Filed under: Progressives
Continue readingAs Memory Serves, This Happened Before
Imagine my surprise when I read in today’s Globe and Mail that Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said he was “relatively confident” that we would see modest economic growth in Canada. What is modest economic growth, I wonder? Is it 0.3%, …
Continue readingConservatives Clueless On Environmental Monitoring
Greenhouse gas, oilsands monitoring ineffective: auditor – CTV News. Canada’s environment auditor called on the Harper government today to better understand the environmental impacts of their decisions before moving on with oilsands project…
Continue readingHarper: The Private Members Bill Puppet Master
Doesn’t it seem too much of a coincidence that upon the resumption of the new session of parliament all these new private members bills are coming from his back benches? Certainly there have been private members bills before but usually they are …
Continue readingLet’s Get Dewar Some Support. Use Hashtag #PD4NDPL
I don’t know if one has been created yet, but I want to get a Twitter hashtag going for a “Draft Paul” campaign, as also called for from Dawg’s Blog. I think it’s imperative that we get Paul Dewar into the NDP leadership R…
Continue readingWe Are Repeating Our Historic Mistakes
The Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana once said Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it I majored in history in University. It was startling to see how often we repeat the mistakes of the past, thinking that we are sm…
Continue readingThe Ryan Painter Show Podcast Episode 3
The latest episode of the Ryan Painter Show, The Omnibus (Unreported) Crime Bill and Adler-cution, is now up. Please feel free to visit the site, listen, and comment on my most recent podcast. I hope you enjoy it! In solidarity, Ryan Painter Filed unde…
Continue readingSun News Has Gone Spy-Happy
On a week when Sun News has claimed that Chinese spies and intelligence officers are in every dark corner in Canada and are even being fronted by the Xinhua News Agency, the Network has once again gone spy-happy. Now the Network claims that 175 North K…
Continue readingRyan Painter Show Podcast Episode 2
The Ryan Painter Show Podcast Episode 2 has been released. It is titled Fall Session, Dechert and Income Inequality. Head on over to the podcast page to check it out, or click here. Thanks for listening. Filed under: Progressives
Continue readingThe Globe and Mail: What’s Their Game?
Entering a leadership race, at least for the first few days, should be a relatively simple affair. You come before the cameras with your best smile on, supporters in toe ( in this particular story…
Continue readingThe Right Is Scared, and They Should Be!
So I’ve had a lot of time over the past few weeks to really take in the mood of the political landscape in Canada. It’s interesting to see how both sides have reacted to the death of NDP leader Jack Layton. You have those on the left, like …
Continue readingIf only they had listened . . .
Michael Smyth from The Province has an interesting piece on how the Liberals had plenty of opportunities to scrap the unfair tax. Enjoy If only they had listened . . .. Filed under: Progressives
Continue readingTouched Down In China/Jack and Me
Hey all. Just a quick update to let you eager beavers know what’s happening. I’ve been in China for the last few days, hence the lack of communication thanks to the Great Firewall. I now have the appropriate system to access all my blog and…
Continue readingThe Ryan Painter Show Takes Flight
This is the first installment of the Ryan Painter Show Episode 1 Please feel free to leave a question or comment. I will respond….promise! Filed under: Uncategorized
Continue readingEnglish Canada and MSM Blind to Turmel Affair
thestar.com iPhone : English-speaking Canada blind to Turmel affair Filed under: NDP, Nycole Turmel, Sovereignty
Continue readingDefend Nycole Turmel as well as Quebec’s right to self-determination | rabble.ca
Defend Nycole Turmel as well as Quebec’s right to self-determination | rabble.ca Filed under: Uncategorized
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