Unless you’ve been away this weekend, you already know Justin Trudeau was overwhelmingly selected to be the next leader of the Liberal Party of Canada on Sunday. My congratulations to him, as well as the other candidates who ran for the post. What might be next for him and the
Continue readingLeftist Jab: The Hater’s Guide to Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau has the courage to refer to himself in the 3rd person. So the name of “Justin Trudeau” is being repeated over and over again on the news and it’s really difficult to avoid it. In fact, some people you know have mentioned his name as well and you
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: NDP Convention 2013: New Democrats’ constitution gets a new preamble
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Perhaps the biggest take-home thing from the New Democrats’ biennial policy convention in Montreal was the adoption of a new preamble to the party’s constitution. With a vote of 960 to 188, delegates approved the preamble, described by leader Thomas Mulcair, as “the way to connect and reach out
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: The Crazy Day After
Today is going to be kind of a busy day for Liberals across the country, as there are several relatively big events going on at the same time. I’ll be covering at least a couple of them in at least some capacity. First off, of course, is figuring out what
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Oblivious Neutron Bomb #nlpoli
Even at the worst of their leadership feuding Jean Chretien and Paul Martin never frigged each other over the way Kathy Dunderdale and Jerome Kennedy did last week. While Kennedy was trying to tell everyone that the justice reversal wasn’t going to happen to all the cuts, Dunderdale (right, poppy
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Canadian Catholic Church, Then And Now
From Dennis Gruending on the 30th anniversary of the Canada’s Catholic bishops’ report Ethical Reflections on the Economic Crisis:“We are losing the tension between the church and the state in Canada. The government has seduced the hierarchy to provide a blessing for their policies. The leadership has been silenced and refuses to
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Advice for Tom Mulcair and Justin Trudeau: Hammer Stephen Harper on the economy
The neoliberal Harper economy at work: a Toronto street scene, last week. Below: Thomas Mulcair, Justin Trudeau, Stephen Harper and Margaret Thatcher. Here’s some free advice for a couple of would-be Canadian prime ministers who are both in the news these days, the NDP’s Tom Mulcair and the Liberals’ Justin
Continue readingNorthern Insight: More "CRAP!" from the blogosphere
Contrary to the claims of retired newsguy Bill Good, blogs are not invariable distributors of CRAP! Instead, the good ones are sources of information and commentary that Bill Good and others in commercial news operations dare not discuss. Creekside, by Alison, is one of the very good blogs; the sort
Continue readingBryan Crockett: Vancouver Island Needs Island Transit
Most areas on Vancouver Island already have regional transit, some areas having much more effective transit than others. Transit is environmentally-friendly, as it takes more vehicles off the road, and can be an effective way of getting around. It can also be funded in a variety of ways: through income
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: In BC, Dix and NDP will ban union and corporate donations if elected
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: A big announcement from the Adrian Dix and the BC New Democrats today. If elected, an NDP government will institute several measures to reduce the corroding influence of big money on our democracy. First of such progressive measures will be a ban on union and corporate donations.
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Paul Fromm, the London March, and the Fine Art of Turd Polishing
First, let us begin by stating if the boneheads in London, ON wish to hold another march and rally in the same manner that they did yesterday, we unreservedly support their efforts. No, really. We will explain, but first we should note that Paulie provides his account of the march
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Break, entry and theft may be established by recent possession of goods obtained by break and enter
R. v. Pitcher, 2013 NLCA 22 allows the doctrine of recent possession to be used to prove break, entry and theft. Some might suggest that holding places a great deal of weight on what is a permissible presumption of fact; nevertheless the Court’s holding is clear: [29] The doctrine of
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Justin’s not so positive acceptance speech
The full text of Justin Trudeau’s speech can be found here. I wanted to highlight the section talking about the Conservatives and Stephen Harper. It is the first major section after thank you’s, and while there are many positive things that come after this lengthy section, the gloves sure came
Continue readingLeftist Jab: Here’s Why Removing "Socialism" From the NDP’s Constitution Preamble is Superb
Modernizing the terminology is a good step forward. While there were grumblings with some of the delegates regarding this change, allow me to put forward the thoughts of British historian and essayist Tony Judt on the appellation of socialism (25:25 mark to 28:45) regarding the term “socialism” as the NDP removes
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Only art can save us now
The world needs creative interpretations of global issues, not better descriptions of things people are accustomed to. by Santiago Zabala Perhaps rather than God, as Martin Heidegger once said, it is art that can save us. After all, artistic creations have always had political, religious and social meanings that
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Justin Trudeau crowned leader of the Liberal Party of Canada!
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: As expected, Justin Trudeau has been crowned leader of the 3rd-placed Liberal Party of Canada. But the eldest son of former prime minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, won convincingly: with 80% support. Trudeau says the era of the hyphenated Liberal is over. “It doesn’t matter to me if you
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: Quick #LPCLdr, By the Numbers
Very quickly I’m going to cover some of the numbers that have come out of the race tonight, including regional breakdown and some interesting ridings. This is all in the “points” method, not raw votes, but I’ll get to those… eventually. So, lets start off with the national numbers. Justin
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