When the economy is down, and the money is tight, and a recession looms in the near future what would be the best course of action for the government of Alberta? Apparently, firing 6000 people from their jobs is the correct answer according to Jason Kenny and his merry band
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Things Are Good: It’s Time to Topple the Voting System
Modern democracy is under a lot of scrutiny this century as we’ve seen increased corruption by established political parties and a manipulation of bureaucratic processes to benefit the elite. The rise populism is a reaction to a perception that the electoral system isn’t reflecting the people, the system isn’t actually
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: DWR PSA – The Bread & Roses Women’s Centre in Nelson Needs Your Help
A quick click at Canadahelps.org gets you to the donation page for a 15 dollar membership, follow the instructions so you can get a proxy and a vote to ensure that the Bread & Roses Women’s Centre remains a safe female only space. Holly will guide you through the rest
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: We Spend More Than Enough on Our Military
Once again the Americans are leaning on us to spend more on our military. The new U.S. national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, insists it is an “urgent priority” that American allies set their military budgets at two percent of their GDP. They spend 3.2 percent, we spend 1.3 percent, and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Urban Problems – Being Lonely Together
I think it is uncontroversial to say that we are hardwired to be social animals. Yet, why do we design our cities and spaces to make interaction and social contact less affable and easy to access? “Urban loneliness is a virtual pandemic. Even though there have never been
Continue readingPostArctica: Hockey Should Not Be A Racist Sport
Apparently the idea of racism in hockey is now a hot topic in Canada. All I can say is what took everyone so long? Hockey is a white man’s sport. It is very expensive to have your kid properly equipped to play the game at any age. You do not
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Alberta—the Old South in the Cold North
Reading the book All God’s Children, I encountered a section about the relationship of the American South to the Union just prior to the Civil War. As I read on, I realized it was remarkably similar to the relationship of Alberta to our federation today. Prior to the Civil War,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Alberta Government Fires Electoral Commissioner Investigating Government
You would think that our dear UCP government wouldn’t be so brazen in their attempt scuttle the investigation into their dark little web of political hackery. Apparently not. Their solution to being investigated by the Electoral commissioner is well… fire the electoral commissioner. *blinks* “The Office of the Election Commissioner
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: The Conscience Chronicles
UPDATE: As this was being readied for posting, the Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Public Bills voted to recommend that Bill 207 not move forward in its current form, meaning that the bill will not be proceeding to the floor. I have elected to post this anyway,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Superb Meghan Murphy Interview on New Zealand’s News Hub Broadcast – Dismantles Gender Self-ID Arguments
Please go and watch the video that is attached to this article as Meghan Murphy eloquently expresses the concerns of Women about the transgender/gender self id movement. The rest of the article reprinted here with the exception of the hyperbolic response from the trans groups in NZ that who
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Totalitarian Left’s Bastardization of Intersectionality
Intersectionality is one of the positive additions that heralds from Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw. Her concept of intersectionality is as follows – “The main argument of this black feminist paper is that the experience of being a black woman cannot be understood in terms of being black and of being
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Would It Help To Dump Alberta?
The G20’s Climate Transparency group issued its annual report this week grading all member countries on their climate performance and found them all wanting. The report said only about half the countries are on track to meet their targets for cutting emissions by 2030 and those targets are much too
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Religious Certainty of the Regressive Left
I’m fairly new on Twitter but have already had the displeasure of witnessing the fury of faux-progressive backlash against feminism and feminists attempting to speak their mind in public places… in Canada. Canada?? The easy going, live and let live notions we like to believe in the more sensible regions
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Meghan Murphy Speech They Don’t Want You To Hear
This is the talk that the transactivists don’t want you hear. They protested, they shouted, they tried to intimidate the Library and women organizing the event. Share this widely folks, do not let the woke totalitarians win.
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Behind Chile’s political crisis
More than one million people marched in Santiago on October 26 to protest the Government’s security response to Chile’s current political crisis and to demand structural economic reforms to reduce inequality and increase social services. In this post I analyze these grievances from a quantitative perspective and explore what it
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Meghan Murphy Speaks at the Toronto Public Library – Q&A
Click the link to see the Q&A. This is what transactivists are trying to shut down. Do you see the hate? I most certainly do not. #meghanmurphytalks https://t.co/NhnUcHHs2K — Peta (@peta_jolene) October 29, 2019 Contact your MP, get bill C-16 revoked.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Writers opposing free expression is a new low for Canadian ‘progressives’ – Meghan Murphy Speaks, full Repost
Internet Life Media The crusade to cancel my talk at Toronto Public Library Meghan Murphy Meghan Murphy Meghan Murphy October 18, 2019 4:50 PM This week, three Canadian writers launched a petition demanding the Toronto Public Library cancel a room rental for a sold-out event, ‘Gender Identity: What Does It
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: RFU statement on Meghan Murphy event at Toronto Public Library
Radical Feminists Unite is a Toronto-based organization of diverse women who work toward the preservation and advancement of the rights of women and girls. We have organized a lecture at a Toronto Public Library branch by Canadian feminist journalist Meghan Murphy, taking place on October 29th. We are not a
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: The Case for Electoral Reform – AGAIN!
Once again, the results of yesterday’s federal election demonstrate the unrepresentative nature of our Parliament. It also illustrates why the Liberals, who came second in votes but first in seats, were so willing to backtrack on their 2015 promise to bring in a system of proportional representation. The chart further
Continue readingThings Are Good: Canadians: Go Vote!
vote! People in Hong Kong are currently in the streets fighting for a small amount of democracy, and similar struggles exist around the world. In too many places the concept of democracy is under attack and if you live in a country in which democracy is strong it still requires
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