A thank you to the Liberal Party of Canada for their hospitality in inviting bloggers to cover their Biennial Convention. The treatment of bloggers was second to none, and we all hope it continues for future events the Liberal Party holds. The Flickr Stream of photos from the Biennial will
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The LPC Biennial Convention: We (& affiliates) will be there with full coverage!
We’ve received in email our “Bloggers Welcome Note” for the LPC Biennial Convention (#Lib14 on Twitter, as well as on here, we will be trying to use/encourage our bloggers to use #Lib14 in their tags on their blogs, so people can search for them easier at our main site) that
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Please welcome Political Eh-conomy and Desmog Canada (sister site of affiliate DesmogBlog) to Progressive Bloggers as new affiliates.
Continue readingWinter Olympics: Ultimate Couples Ice Dance
In our continuing efforts to suggest more exciting and exploitative Winter Olympic Sports, we want to tackle ice dance next. Sure, there can be moments of pure artistic bliss in the current Ice Dance competition, but it has been marred … Continue reading →
Continue readingAnnouncement: Bloggers will be accredited at the LPC Biennial Convention
The Liberal Party of Canada has made it known that bloggers will be accredited to the Convention, which is being held in Montreal from Thursday Feb 20 to Sunday Feb 23. This will be primarily a convention where passing policy will be the main purpose; there will also be constitutional
Continue readingYour choices for the best of Diablogue in 2013
It’s time for us to take a break for the season. We hope you’ll be back with us in 2014. There’s certainly much to talk about as the Ontario government continues with its “transformation.” Recently HealthyDebate featured a post discussing … Continue reading →
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Please welcome to Progressive Bloggers: Melissa Fong (self-named blog)
Continue readingEvil Scientist: Jon Lord – Absentee Candidate – Absentee Mayor?
So on my drive to work this morning I was listening to CBC’s Calgary Eyeopener when they interviewed Calgary Mayoral candidate Jon Lord. Now Jon’s a former alderman and MLA and has the dubious honour of being a Conservative candidate who’s lost an election to a Liberal in Alberta. Now
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Please welcome to Progressive Bloggers – The Cracked Crystal Ball II
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Please welcome to Progressive Bloggers via the UK, Parchment In The Fire, written by Dr. Geoff Kennedy, a Canadian expatriate who teaches political theory at Durham University in the UK.
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Please welcome as a new blog affiliate to Progressive Bloggers: Democratic Voting Canada
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Please welcome to Progressive Bloggers: The HB-Log
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Musings On Canadian Politics as a Progressive Blogger affiliate.
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I love the name – Babel-on-the-Bay
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It’s the name of our newest blog affiliate to Progressive Bloggers.
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…the newest affiliate – Disstemper
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Please welcome back to Progressive Bloggers: Let Freedom Rain II (obviously a re-incarnation of the original)
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Democracy, Alberta-style: Voters can have any policy they want, as long as it’s Conservative
The Alberta government bargaining team on their way to talks with the Alberta Teachers Association in their Model-T, coloured black. Actual Alberta labour relations specialists may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Education Minister Jeff Johnson and industrialist Henry Ford. In Alberta, it appears you now have more power as
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Christy Clark Loses & So Does Gender Equality
Christy Clark had as much chance of winning BC’s election today as Canadian politics has gender equality, and that’s close to zero. With six female premiers, soon to be five, Canada looks like a pretty equitable place, but just as with Christy Clark’s chances on election day, looks can be
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Tories tighten their grip over powerless school boards.
TweetProvincial politicians like school boards. When popular decisions are made, like opening new schools or announcing new funding, the provincial government takes the credit. When unpopular decisions need to be made, like closing schools or cancelling programs, then the provincial politicians are more than happy to let the school board
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