Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Tabatha Southey rightly turns Brad Trost into a poster boy for the Harper Cons’ deliberate aversion to critical self-evaluation: We shouldn’t be too quick to judge. Let’s instead take a cue from Conservative MP Brad Trost, who, when questioned regarding the calls, said,
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Canadian Soapbox: Brad Trost says Harper is not Pro-Life and chastises the PMO
I just finished reading a Macleans interview with Conservative backbench MP Brad Trost. For those, like me, who’ve seen his name in the press about the issue of abortion, and formed the opinion that he is a one string banjo plucking the Pro-Life chord over and over…I strongly suggest giving it a read. I
Continue readingBrad Trost equates limiting women’s choice with US civil rights movement. Really.
The newest attack on progressives in the US has been to preempt liberal heroes like Martin Luther King for their own devices, to skew their point of view into attacks on women, the poor and the infirmed. It’s a brilliant if somewhat limited strategy. The ridiculousness of this form of
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: First Abortion Then Contraception or is it the Other Way Around?
Remember the Lil Rascals and their He-man Women Haters Club? Well they grew up and helped to launch the conservative movement. In the United States, in the 21st century, GOP presidential hopefuls, are now arguing over the legality of contraception. Can you imagine? Contraception? It’s being labelled a womens issue, but
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Abortion Debate
This Interim piece proceeds upon the wrong assumption. Progressives want to have a “respectful” debate with the government side on Abortion. We do! So please keep those petitions and private Members bills coming. And, Prime Minister Harper, I beseech you, let your back-benchers speak!
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Paul Wells points out that despite the Cons’ best efforts to get Canadians to panic over the state of our retirement system, the truth is that we’re actually better positioned now than was projected 20 years ago. (And for those looking inexplicably for
Continue readingHow’s That Finger in the Eye Taste, Harper
I expect I’m likely going to be eaten alive by this post. I’ll pass you the dipping sauce for ease of consumption Brad Trost, the Conservatiave MP from Saskatchewan, has made himself out to be a martyr for democracy. His leader and Prime Minister Stephen Harper has stated repeatedly that he will
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Trost Drops Hints?
Inertia and piecemeal solutions are the order of the day, unfortunately. Something major needs to be done. Getting rid of the Indian Act would be a good start. If legislation was passed sun setting the Indian Act and forcing a major overhaul of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, we might
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Shorter Brad Trost
Money spent in my riding is not wasteful. Other spending is.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Trost Trashes Oda
Some additional detail around the Tory Gov’s recent decision to re-fund Planned Parenthood International that I don’t think has appeared elsewhere:
Trost said he understands that six staffers in the office of International Cooperation Minister Be…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Brad Trost and the Zombie Threat
Holy jumpin’ Joan of Saskatchewan !!! I gotta give the Con wingnut Brad Trost some credit eh? Not only does he look FABULOUS in a dress. I hear he’s declared a holy redneck jihad against Great Ugly Leader.“The battle over the IPPF continues…
Continue readingHarper’s Trost Trouble No Trouble
And what are we to think of mouthy little Brad Trost, the CPC backbencher from Saskatchewan who’s gotten into the habit of losing control of his yap and going rogue on the topic of abortion lately, even on nationwide TV? Speaking to CBC’s Evan Solomon, host of Power & Politics, Trost said the government should […]
Surprised Stevie Hasn’t Scolded Bratty Brad For His Tantrum? I’m Not
Harpercon MP for Saskatoon-Humboldt and Fetus Fetishist extraordinaire, Brad Trost is having a temper tantrum as of late:
Late in the afternoon of Thursday, September 22nd, I received a phone call from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) about a news story on the CBC that had run earlier in the day. The . . . → Read More: Surprised Stevie Hasn’t Scolded Bratty Brad For His Tantrum? I’m Not
Continue readingthe reeves report: Conservative MP warns abortion debate has been reopened in Canada
Conservative backbencher for Saskatoon-Humboldt Brad Trost has indicated that the abortion debate in Canada has been reopened after Prime Minister Stephen Harper declared in May that the issue would remain closed. Trost’s statement comes on the heels of an announcement made last week that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has approved an application to … Continue reading »
Enormous Thriving Plants: Small silver-lining for Election 41.
Sure, Saskatoon-Humbolt was willing to re-elect a radical fundie whose social views are even too extreme for PM Harper to endorse, but at least it said “No Thank you, Pankiw”!
Continue readingEnormous Thriving Plants: Small silver-lining for Election 41.
Sure, Saskatoon-Humbolt was willing to re-elect a radical fundie whose social views are even too extreme for PM Harper to endorse, but at least it said “No Thank you, Pankiw”!
Continue readingEnormous Thriving Plants: Small silver-lining for Election 41.
Sure, Saskatoon-Humbolt was willing to re-elect a radical fundie whose social views are even too extreme for PM Harper to endorse, but at least it said “No Thank you, Pankiw”!
Continue readingEnormous Thriving Plants: The real-life impact of Brad Trost’s position on womens’ health.
If Mr. Trost had his bronze-age way, Canadians might face similar nightmares. How many more extremists like Mr. Trost does Harper have sitting in the benches behind him, quietly waiting for the opportunity that a majority government would create for them?
Continue readingEnormous Thriving Plants: The real-life impact of Brad Trost’s position on womens’ health.
If Mr. Trost had his bronze-age way, Canadians might face similar nightmares.How many more extremists like Mr. Trost does Harper have sitting in the benches behind him, quietly waiting for the opportunity that a majority government would create for them?
Continue readingEnormous Thriving Plants: The real-life impact of Brad Trost’s position on womens’ health.
If Mr. Trost had his bronze-age way, Canadians might face similar nightmares. How many more extremists like Mr. Trost does Harper have sitting in the benches behind him, quietly waiting for the opportunity that a majority government would create for them?
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