During and since the Ottawa convention, there has been a lot of soul searching about what it means to be a Liberal. I realise I keep returning to this question. What is the soul of the Liberal Party? And how will the Party fulfill the goals of its soul? It’s
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Nokha Dakroub: Women in Politics and the Politics of being a Woman
I’ll start this one by stating that this is definitely coming from my subjective experience. And for once, that actually counts for something. I’m a woman who is involved in politics. I’m a young woman who is involved in politics. And I’m a minority. As many may have learned I’m
Continue readingOn domestic assault, misogyny and xenophobia
The first-degree murder conviction of three members of the Shafia family brings the number of so-called “honour killings” in Canada to 16 since 2002. It would seem that most of Canada’s million or so Muslims don’t kill their spouses or daughters. Not that “honour killing” is restricted to Muslims—not by
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Publicly Funded Oil R&D
If there is one monolithic industry that could afford to do its own Research & Development (R&D) into cleaning up its significant “associated byproducts” (AKA toxic waste). But they don’t have to, because our super helpful provincial and federal governments are paying the UofR to do it for Shell, Syncrude,
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Second verse, same as the first!
*begin rant* I’m the Prime Minister I am, The Prime Minister I am, I am, I have a strong, stable, national Conservative majority government; Do as I say and not as I do. You voted for me and not a platform, And Canadian values are conservative values. I’m the Prime
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Muskrat Falls: more pesky details #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Tom Adams’ blog post is attracting much attention in Newfoundland and Labrador on Monday. No surprise in that, given that Adams’ did some calculations of water flows and came to the conclusion that for at least part of the year, Muskrat Falls wouldn’t be able to meet its commitments to
Continue readingRedBedHead: Did NATO’s Libyan "Liberation" Blow-Up In Their Faces
During NATO’s bombing campaign to dominate and destroy the Libyan revolution liberate Libya last year, I wrote that their real interests lie with intervening into the Arab Spring in such a way as to bend it towards European and American ends. The other driving motivation behind the intervention was to
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Mending the Past
I was taken, by a Roman Catholic priest, in broad daylight, right in front of my parents! We were at our summer camp near Naujaat, a tiny settlement on the west coast of Hudson’s Bay, getting ready to walk inland for our annual caribou hunt. It was 1958. I was
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Low Income and the Age of Eligibility for OAS
To reprise a now topical earlier blog, hiking the age of eligibility for OAS will have the biggest impact by far on future seniors who are in low income. Many if not most of this group are unable to work due to disability or ill health. If the age of
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: I am my own grandpa, legal version #nlpoli
This one seems tailor-made for the legal geniuses who came up with the ;aw in this province that allows you to vote in an election that doesn’t exist to fill a vacancy the legislature that doesn’t exist either at the time you vote. An inmate in a state prison in
Continue reading@NickKouvalis tweets about transit, politics and @TTCchair @KarenStintz | #TOpoli
You remember him, don’t you? Ran a successful campaign for Rob Ford, now the principal at Campaign Research. [View the story “@NickKouvalis on subways vs. everything else, unions, and @KarenStintz | #TTC” on Storify] Related posts: @dmrider cuts through the #TeamFord spin | #TOpoli #TObudget In defence of the
Continue readingSpin Doctors – MP pension reform
Happy Monday! This week in The Hill Times, the Spin Doctors were asked to opine on whether MP pensions are in need of reform. Here’s what I have to say. Do you think MPs’ pensions should be reviewed and cut back? It’s definitely time for Parliament to start examining options
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: The Assault on the OAS is the Beginning of an Attempt to Strengthen Neoliberal Principles
Yesterday on CTV Question Period, Dan Gardner’s argued that it a was good thing to raise the entry level for the OAS by at least two years because everybody else has done it Well, Dan, just because everyone else has done it doesn’t make it right, especially when the reasons for doing
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Harper and Old Age Security: Lessons from Mulroney and Chrétien Majorities When Public Opinion Was Heard
It’s always a bit indelicate for somebody of my age to start complaining about changes in the old age security system since I’m hardly a disinterested party. But Stephen Harper’s little speech in Davos last week when he mentioned raising the age of eligibility to 67 from 65 has prompted
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Excited Delirium Chapter 67: Aftershocks: China Scene of Devastation
Excited Delirium Chapter 67, where China experiences a massive quake created by our villians.
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Data mining and politics
An interesting read about US Political Parties and data mining — despite some legal issues here (PIPEDA for one) I am sure we'll see this here too: The Co-op and the Data Trust: The DNC and RNC get into the data mining business. – Slate Magazine: http://slate.me/ziudYv
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: In Which Climate “Skeptics” Drop the Lysenko Bomb. No, I’m Not Kidding….
Lysenko_in_field_with_wheat.jpg There has been a much justified uproar over last week’s Wall Street Journal op-ed, in which a group of scientific “skeptics” reiterate the old line that we don’t have to worry about global warming, and that those who do so are engaging in climate “alarmism.” Ample refutations have been
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: What the Amanda Trujillo Case Tells Me About Nurses Behaving Badly
Amanda Trujillo can take cold comfort that her situation is not unique. In the two years and odd months I have posted on this blog, I have written about six other cases where nurses (or nursing students) have been bullied and hounded: the nurse whose hospital fired her for mouthing off
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4165…1800 Dollars For A Parking Spot
That is the high number for a spot a Super Bowl XLVI in Indy according to parkhub.com. Of course it is for three days and includes in and out privileges sooooooooo. WFDS
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