The complete film by the SuperPAC supporting Newt Gingrich called “When Mitt Romney Came to Town.” It’s quite an artful hatchet job. As expected, the Republican establishment and most of the corporate media is pushing back strenuously against what it chooses to regard as an outrageous attack on Capitalism. Here,
Continue readingSame-sex marriage blows up in Harper’s face | #cdnpoli #lgbt
Sweet, sweet irony. Or is it poetic justice? Don’t care, really. Either way, there’s a week’s worth of schadenfreude watching Harper squirming on this. Here’s a guy who redefines the words “control freak.” In fact, I believe I read somewhere on the intertoobz that his picture comes up when you
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Rebuilding
Trying out the Blogger app for my phone. A picture from the registration floor highlighting the theme.
Continue readingYappa Ding Ding: Reflections on Activism
People keep saying that 2012 will be the year of protest in North America – the year when ordinary people rise up and demand better treatment from government elites. I’m all for that. I think it’s crazy that Canada doesn’t have stronger employment laws to protect employees, that we don’t
Continue readingStaffroom Confidential: BC public sector enters 2012 bargaining
This week saw the beginning of a new round of public sector bargaining, with most public sector unions entering negotiations for 2012 agreements. The government has already stated their intention to continue the “net zero” mandate through Mandate 2012. The government will only agree to gains if they are “off-set”
Continue readingfirst word, tree.: Pink Herrings: Ethical (Sp)Oil and Pride (in Pipelines)
“Make a hard Right-turn at the Town of Wedgepolitics and keep going Straight until you’ve reached the City of Bigotry and Political Strategy.” Directions for Harper’s recent wedge-issue of choice, driven to distract, that questions the validity of marriage licences granted to non-resident couples in Canada. This issue is too risky
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Burning question
In re: the credibility of Stephen Harper in declaring that his government’s legal stance that Canadian gay marriage can be retroactively nullified by government fiat shouldn’t be taken as an indication of any greater hostility toward the gay community in “further reopening” the issue: when exactly was it that the
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: More Figures Illustrating Harper Regime’s Economic Mismanagement
Okay, here are some new revelations adding to what I’ve enumerated before. This is probably no surprise given the misguided law and order agenda and the Harperites’ fondness for locking people up whenever they can, but capital spending by the Correctional Services of Canada is up by 146% in the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Brutal Assault on Gay People
He can try to hide behind big legal words. He can claim he didn’t know. But nobody can deny that this is a brutal assault on gay people. The Harper government is being accused of taking away same-sex rights by “stealth” in light of a surprise government stand that non-resident
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: EthicalOil.org and the Harper Government
The various spokespeople for supposed “grassroots” pro-Tar Sands and pipeline organization EthicalOil.org have steadfastly maintained their campaign has no connection to the oil and gas industry or the Harper Government. But as the links between these groups continue to pile up, that contention becomes harder and harder to swallow. From
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Cheaper Muskrat Alternative: Part Whatever Gigantic Number we are at now #nlpoli
Hydro-Quebec just signed a deal to purchase 150 megawatts of electricity produced by biomass. “The price for the power, in 2012 dollars, will be 10.6 cents per kilowatt hour, the average price for power awarded in 2009 to successful bidders on a biomass power program set to supply the hydro
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: former culture minister lindsay blackett not seeking re-election.
Lindsay Blackett First-term Calgary-North West Progressive Conservative MLA and former cabinet minister Lindsay Blackett has announced on his website that he will not be seeking re-election. Mr. Blackett served as Minister of Culture & Community Spirit from 2008 until 2010, when Premier Alison Redford appointed her first cabinet. During his time
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Privacy Commissioner Denham to join panelists at (un)Lawful Access screening
SOSVanScreening_120112.jpeg Event to bring attention to bills that would allow warrantless online spying January 12, 2011—In response to the government’s proposed online spying bills OpenMedia.ca will host the Vancouver premiere of the mini-documentary (Un)Lawful Access: Canadian Experts on the State of Cyber-Surveillance on Thursday, January 12, at the W2 Media
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: ‘Theoretically, Super Fracking Would Be Super Bad’: Gas Industry Touts Even More Extreme Drilling
Picture 1.png According to Halliburton, one of North America’s largest hydraulic fracturing operators and suppliers, the “frack of the future” has arrived. Hoping to both increase well production and lower production costs, Halliburton is one among a crowd of energy companies looking to overhaul their fracking operations with new –
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Liberal Live/En Direct!
FYI: The Liberal Party of Canada will be streaming its Biennial Convention… live/en direct from Ottawa, January 13 – 15, 2012.
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Live from Ottawa, it’s the Liberal Party Convention (#Ott12)
I’m blogging to you from Ottawa, Ontario – site of the 2012 Liberal Party convention. It’s a blistery -5 degrees outside and there’s a gentle breeze coming down from the north at about a thousand miles per hour*. I’m about to go register and begin the delegate’s tour of the
Continue readingTrashy's World: Hurdman Station
Gross. Disgusting. Horrific. And off-putting too. That is all. Carry on. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Canadian government seeks to nullify non-Canadian same-sex marriages
During the March 2011 federal election, Prime Minister Stephen Harper had vowed not to reopen the abortion and same-sex marriage debates. That was good enough for some Canadians, who elected the neo-liberal Conservatives to their first full majority government last year. While Harper reiterated his pledge not to reopen the
Continue readingConfessions of a Liberal Mind: Live Blogging from Biennial
As of tomorrow morning, I will be liveblogging sessions from Biennial. I will only be live blogging the sessions that are available to the media. I don’t feel like exposing any party secrets to everyone.
Continue readingConfessions of a Liberal Mind: Live Blogging from Biennial
As of tomorrow morning, I will be liveblogging sessions from Biennial. I will only be live blogging the sessions that are available to the media. I don’t feel like exposing any party secrets to everyone.
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