In The Twilight War, historian David Crist unravels “the secret history of America’s 30-year conflict with Iran.” A secret conflict that’s looks certain to become a real war soon. Led by Israel. A war Canada’s Chief of Defence Staff General Walter Natynczyk seems to have been itching for since the announcement of the
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Canadian Progressive World: WTF? Justin Bieber says Aboriginal peoples get free gas in Canada
That’s what the 18-year-old Canadian pop star has told Rolling Stone magazine. The trouble is: our over-produced, over-exposed, man-made spoiled brat claims to have Aboriginal roots. But you know who’s to blame for Bieber’s ignorance? Girls. That’s right. Rolling Stone believes Bieber is “ready to be a grown-up superstar, if
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: London Olympics 2012: Connect with Canada’s athletes
So, you want to send a congratulatory or an inspirational message to Canada’s gallant sporting troops at the London Olympic Games? Here’s the full list of our women and men in athletic uniform, most with clickable Twitter handles, published by the CBC News in June. ARCHERY Crispin Duenas @crispin_duenas Marie-Pier Beaudet BADMINTON
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Private Employers Access Police Database
Here’s the really strange part… the employers didn’t hack the system to gain illegal access. The police give sometimes false positive criminal record checks to B.C. citizens seeking jobs. “The best thing about PRIME, from my perspective, is the sharing of knowledge across North America,” says Insp. Bruce Imrie, who
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: High profile ex-Mountie joins hundreds of Canadian women in RCMP lawsuit
Earlier this week, I blogged that hundreds of current and former female Mounties from across Canada had launched a class-action lawsuit alleging harassment within the ranks of the RCMP. Yesterday, Valerie MacLean, a well-known British Columbian and former head of the Better Business Bureau, joined the lawsuit, according to the CBC News. MacLaren’s story echoes that of Corporal Catherine
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Thatcher to Trudeau: No desire to deal with “queues of Indians”
This year marks the 30th anniversary of patriation of the Canadian Constitution. And guess what? It took us 30 years to learn that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wasn’t exactly welcoming to Canada’s Aboriginal chiefs and elders seeking participation in the sensitive constitutional talks that resulted in our legal independence
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Senator Kenny: “The RCMP was a white man’s club for a long time”
That was part of Ottawa Senator Colin Kenny‘s take on the ongoing harassment and reputational issues bedeviling the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). In an opinion piece published by the Ottawa Citizen today, the Senator posited that: “When it comes to harassment at the RCMP, sex is only the tip
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Harper Determined to Erase Pierre Trudeau From Public Consciousness
No doubt, Stephen Harper and the Conservatives are determined to create a Canadian nationalism that is both socially conservative and loyal to the British Empire. Their key strategy is to radically revise history and suppress certain moments that do not identify with past Conservative leaders. This penchant for naked revisionism
Continue readingIs Omar Khadr an untermensch?
I have thought long and hard on why so many Canadians hold such a callous attitude toward Omar Khadr. Here is a young man who has spent his whole life as a pawn of others. Indoctrinated in an extremist philosophy throughout his childhood; sent to serve jihadists in Afghanistan when
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Canadians: Farewell, Bev Oda!
Disgraced ex-Durham MP, Bev Oda, begins her private life today, after a scandalous public life defined by profligacy, scandal, inefficiency and controversy. Canadians offer their final word on the former minister of International Co-operation and MP for Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party of Canada. [View the story “Canadians: Farewell, Bev Oda!”
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Hundreds of Canadian women join RCMP harassment lawsuit
In March, Janet Merlo, a 19-year with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), filed a lawsuit against Canada’s national police force. In May, Corporal Catherine Galliford filed a claim of being sexually harassed by her male superiors during her 16 year career with the RCMP. Now hundreds of current and former female Mounties
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Enbridge Shut Out Again
Ottawa, Alberta and the rest of Canada want to ram Enbridge down British Columbia’s throat as operator of the environmental calamity they call the Northern Gateway pipeline but the Americans aren’t so indifferent. Following Enbridge’s latest pipeline failure, in Wisconsin, the U.S. transportation secretary has ruled Enbridge won’t be allowed
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: So Long, Bev Oda! Please Stay Away From The Canadian Senate
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s minister of international co-operation, Bev Oda, officially retires today. A sigh of relief! What a financial burden to the Canadian taxpayer the Conservative MP for the Ontario riding of Durham has been. Oda earned the dubious honor of poster girl for misspending by Tory ministers: $1,000
Continue readingTrashy's World: Great article about the demise…
… of Katimavik, by my old friend and fellow PSHS alumnus, Michael Johansen. (6) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: London Olympics: 12 Athletes With Very Interesting Names
Names have always facinated me. What do they really mean? Or subtly suggest? If anything. Consider these 12 names carrying the hopes of hundreds of thousands of people around the world at the 2012 London Olympics: Kelsey Titmarsh, Canada, Gymnastics Karen Cockburn, Canada, Trampoline Hope Solo, USA, Soccer Sarah Hammer,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Hey Canada, Do You Really Want to Talk?
Having a conversation with a bitumen booster is like talking to a climate change denier. It’s impossible to have a broad-reaching discussion, covering all the bases. That’s because the Tar Sanders have some bases they want to bypass. They want to narrow the conversation to play into their greatest strengths
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Queen Elizabeth II, Canada’s “Bond Girl” Shines At The 2012 London Olympics
That’s right, our absentee head of state is the newest Bond girl. The Queen made her acting debut in the spectacular and humorous Bond sequence during the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games. I think the Queen should take up acting. Here are my three reasons: First, the 86-year old
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: And We’re Fueling China for What Exactly?
Stevie Boy Harper is dead keen on exporting Athabasca bitumen to China, just as much and as fast as he can. But why is Steve suddenly so fond of China, except perhaps for the way it might let Canada game the U.S. on bitumen prices? It wasn’t long ago that
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Did a Conservative Riding Association take Kick Back Money?
The Facts: The Prime Ministers fundraising rules for ministers and parliamentary secretaries (called Accountable Government) state: “There should be no singling out, or appearance of singling out, of individuals or organizations as targets of political fundraising because they have official… ..
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Did a Conservative Riding Association take Kick Back Money?
The Facts: The Prime Ministers fundraising rules for ministers and parliamentary secretaries (called Accountable Government) state: “There should be no singling out, or appearance of singling out, of individuals or organizations as targets of political fundraising because they have official… ..
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