Voting for The Canadian Blog Awards closes tomorrow. Bene Diction Blogs On wound up fourth out of fifth place in the first round in Best Religion and Philosophy Blog category. Best Religion and Philosophy Blog Whatever He Says – WhateverHeSays.blogspot.com (39 Votes) Taste and see… – momjeans80.blogspot.com (32 Votes) Canadian
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Tories who tout Internet lawbreaker must remember: what’s good for the goose…
Your blogger with Minister of State of Making Canada Way More Democratic, Really, Tim Uppal. Pssst! Tim! Dump that election reporting law, would ya? Below: Paul Bryan, Victoria Times Colonist picture snatched off the Internet. What should you do when good legislation is introduced by bad political parties? It’s hard
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: kevin taft goes rogue with new book: follow the money.
“If Alberta increased its tax rates by $11 billion our province would still have the lowest tax rate in Canada.” This was only one of the notable figures presented by Kevin Taft at the launch of his new book, Follow the Money, held last night at the Garneau Theatre in
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Toronto NDP Federal Leadership Debate Reactions
I attended the Toronto Area Council NDP Federal Leadership Debate. What follows is a range of reactions about the candidates, policies, and themes in this debate. Crowd: The crowd packed the 850 seat theater at the Bloor Collegiate Institute leaving 150 outside and unable to enter; an excellent showing, especially given that this is
Continue readingWhat I learned during the blackout.
Hey there. We are now back on the air. Today’s blackout has been very successful in many ways. First off, 4 senators have backed off of the odious PIPA legislation and 2 Congressmen have abandoned SOPA. They are running away so fast that it looks like they are being chased
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: The NDP Leadership Debate in Toronto
I came. I saw. I listened. And what I listened to was a lot of what MP Nathan Cullen characterized as “violent agreement”. The packed crowd (people had to be turned away) listened to candidates who agree, violently, on what government should do. Grow the economy sustainably, help the downtrodden,
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Conservatives Don’t Hate Democracy, They Just Don’t Need It
In Canada our representatives are elected, our churches, charities, and businesses are not. Conservatives by their ideology believe that less power should be given to our democratically elected government and more power given to groups that do not answer to voters, whether they be private hospitals, unaccountable church organizations, or
Continue readingcmkl: Wolf Lake Wednesday
It’s late but here’s my week’s contribution to Wolf Lake Wednesday. Friends of Temagami, Earthroots and no doubt a bunch of other organizations and individuals are trying to pressure the Ontario government to take Wolf Lake in the Chiniguchi waterway off the table for mining and logging.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Alberta supports Quebec long gun registry
Last week while we were busy doing other things, Alberta Premier Alison Redford visited Quebec. Over the course of the visit, the Premier was asked about her views on the life saving long gun registry. Redford told reporters that she respects Quebec’s decision to establish its own long gun registry
Continue readingThey Still Don’t Call It The ‘Music Music’
MakingItOnTheirOwn UkeKidsGoneWildVille And try as they might to put the toothpaste back in their monopoly monger tube station at midnight with all their lobbyist-assisted assaults on intenets freedoms, the Multinationals that used to own the music business still can’t stop the kids from doing it on their own. Which is
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Boneheads in Trouble: Reitmeier and Erstikaitis
Not much of a story to start out, but we thought our readers would like to see a recent photo of Robert Reitmeier who, along with Tyler Sturrup, is accused of murdering a disabled man (Reitmeier is also dealing with forcible confinement and sexual assault charges as well): Hey, that's
Continue readingthe woodshed: Trash talking us into war
I think most reasonable people, at least in hindsight, would agree that one of the things the Liberals’ got right under Chretien and Martin was keeping Canada out of the gigantic deadly goat rodeo known as the Iraq War. Remember how in the months that lead up to the invasion
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Showing off WordPress
I’m showing the President of the South Zone Community Gardens a quick demonstration of the power of WordPress Content Management System.
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats
Ralph W. Sockman (October 1, 1889 – August 29, 1970)
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Unless people take action, Harper’s scheme will mean ‘Goin’ Down the Road’ for Maritimers
By dramatically changing the health care funding formula, is Prime Minister Stephen Harper showing little concern for the future of the Maritime provinces? The Health Accord “deal” that Harper practically threw in the face of the provinces and territories this week, not only cuts health funding for all the provinces
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Three Happy Lessons for Progressives
In Toronto, Mayor Rob Ford sees his reckless budget derailed. Who says you can’t fight City Hall? Torontonians who successfully pushed back against Mayor Rob Ford’s reckless cuts are the real winners in this year’s budget process. By the hundreds, they came to all-night public meetings; they inundated city councillors
Continue readingThe Enlightened Savage: JoeyO on… Hard Spending Decisions
(As posted at JoeyO.ca) On June 24th, 2010, the provincial government released a fiscal update. The long and short of it was, “the 2010 budget said the deficit would be $4.7 Billion, but in reality it’s $1 Billion”. Which is GOOD. I would MUCH rather be spending $1 Billion more
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Effect of restrictive bail conditions on sentencing
An accused is released on bail — but under very restrictive conditions. In the event of a conviction and sentencing how does the restrictive bail impact on sentence? R. v. Downes [2006] 79 O.R. (3d) 321 states, "…that time spent under stringent bail conditions, especially under house arrest, must be
Continue readingLeftist Jab: Conservatives Unveil New Jobs Plan For Quebec
You too could embark on a new lucrative career in the Canadian civil service! With little fanfare, the Conservatives announced that they are back in the race in Quebec provincial politics yet again! That’s right! Despite not having had a MNA sitting in the Quebec National Assembly since 1935, the
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: Rick Perry’s misguided ‘Islamic terrorist’ spin re Turkey
As though we need any more proof that American politics on the right risks a descent into unhinged nuttiness, up steps Rick Perry with his wisdom on Turkey. Perry, who isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, has screwed up time and again in the course of the Republican race.
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