Having already profiled Alexandra Mendes, my tour of LPC presidential candidates turns next to Sheila Copps. Who is Sheila Copps? I suspect everyone going to the convention is familiar with Sheila Copps. If you’re under 30, you probably remember her as the highest profile casualty of the Martin-Chretien wars, when
Continue readingThe Skwib: Charlie Brown: shallow bastard
So Charlie Brown’s troubles are not because he’s a loser, they’re because he’s shallow: He’s in love with a girl because of her looks. He wants to kick a football because his ego won’t let him fail (or learn that Lucy is a sociopathic liar). He is a child, but
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Candidate Profile – Romeo Saganash
Romeo Saganash was the second candidate to enter the NDP’s leadership race, and remains one of the contenders with a plausible path to a strong victory. But how likely is it that Saganash can reach that result? Strengths On paper, there isn’t another candidate in the race with a personal
Continue reading350 or bust: Canadian Government Reminded To Stop Their “Fuelish” Ways
Talented Canadian artist and environmentalist (and friend of 350orbust) Franke James has recently come out with a video about her experience of being blacklisted by the Harper government. In it, Franke examines how she got in a “pickle” for asking Stephen Harper to make polluters pay and pointing out the
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: ‘Taking back the media’, effective campaigning required to empower Progressive Movement
Progressive groups in Canada need to become even more determined, better organized and prepared to develop new effective strategies if they are to stop the Harper Conservatives and their corporate allies from tearing apart what we have built up over the past 50 years. Not a day goes by during which
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Canada At Durban
David Olive writes in today’s Toronto Star that Canada has many “firsts” to its credit: First in North America with universal health care and prudent branch banking. First on this continent to take up arms against the fascist overthrow of Europe, and first with peacekeeping. First to spearhead the Commonwealth
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Monica Townson analyzes the Cons’ private-sector pension scheme and determines that it doesn’t add anything to the privileged treatment already granted to saving by those who can afford it. – pogge points out that as part of Peter MacKay’s desperation in trying
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Cutting legal corners to fit your ideology isn’t correct – Federal Court Judge on CWB
Well now, this is a ruling that should have some Conservative government officials fuming that they can’t always do as they please, even with a majority government: A federal court judge has ruled that Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s tabling of a bill to dismantle the Canadian Wheat Board without holding
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on the need to make sure that any lobbying legislation in Saskatchewan doesn’t merely create new ways for an already-insular government to peddle access and shut out dissent. For further reading, Murray Mandryk has discussed the issue as well in a couple of recent columns. And I’ve posted before
Continue readingBlunt Objects: MacKay’s Obviously Got Nothing to Hide
That’s why he’s threatening to sue any MPs that question his version of events surrounding the use of Armed Forces choppers to shuttle himself to events in his riding, versus the actual facts. That’s a nice lesson to teach kids, isn’t it? If you refuse even question my story, despite
Continue readingTrashy's World: There are freaks…
And then there are peeps like Charles McVetty! OMFG! Just heard that freako Charles McVety on the radio! Listening to As It Happens last night and being reminded how narrow minded some people – e.g., like McVety can be. Why does ANYONE buy into this stuff! The Catholic powers-that-be should
Continue readinggay persons of color: Mr. Gay Namibia assaulted
Wendelinus Hamutenya, the current representative of Namibia for next year’s Mr. Gay World to be held in neighbouring South Africa, was assaulted and injured in a homophobic attack on Tuesday in the capital, Windhoek. According to Informante, the young rights activist is now under police protection with two armed officers
Continue readingBuckdog: Gerry Ritz’s Discount Grain Sale (or) Farmers Dump Wheat In Front Of Saskatchewan Conservative MP’s Offices
Regina Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski’s Riding Office in Regina had a big delivery of wheat recently ….
Continue readingHarper must act legally
The Stephen Harper Conservative government has once again shown us that they believe they can do anything they want to because they have a majority. The Government has been found guilty of breaking the law and what his their response? Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said the government will appeal the decision and
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Climbing
“Yes, I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole.” To friends, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield to friends, on being made Prime Minister (1868).
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: LPOC Approaches The Singularity
Or something. PS. It just came in the mail yesterday. I am of course sooo proud.
Continue readingImpolitical: Trackable you
Tell the kids to become experts in data management, more news in the form of yesterday’s Canada-U.S. deal that says there’s going to be a lot of use for the skill in the Canada of the near future. The tracking of exits from the country is a brand new feature
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The problem with the Liberal Party #nlpoli
Guest post by Craig Westcott, from his editorial in this week’s Business Post. If, as its president Judy Morrow has proposed, the Liberal Party puts off holding a leadership convention for two years, it will be making a serious, possibly ruinous mistake. Like that one lonely turbot once described by
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Oh, not to be in England
British Columbia pays senior public servants among the highest salaries in the world. For comparison the British pound (£) is worth $1.60 CAN as of December 12, 2011. Britain’s Top Earning Civil Servants (function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”; var s
Continue readingUndoing years of reforms
A recently retired senior justice department advisor – and former Progressive Conservative MP – is warning that the omnibus crime bill will undo years of justice system reform in this country. Not that the government cares, seeing as they don’t govern on the basis of facts or evidence, but rather what is
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