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Pop The Stack: Democracy for Sale
Democracy week may have come and gone with very little notice in Canada but this turns out to be Election Week. In Alberta, the PC party selected a new leader and thus a new premier; a woman for the first time ever in Alberta . In Manitoba, the NDP returned for the
Continue readingPop The Stack: Democracy for Sale
Democracy week may have come and gone with very little notice in Canada but this turns out to be Election Week. In Alberta, the PC party selected a new leader and thus a new premier; a woman for the first time ever in Alberta . In Manitoba, the NDP returned for the
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Where’s that Firewall?
Toronto needs to give its head a shake and throw out these university-educated, latte-sipping, cultural elitists, and tell them to stay out of Alberta’s politics! Where’s that firewall?[CTV, National Citizens Coalition bashes Redford’s victory]A Toront…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Koch Brothers Dishonest About Keystone XL, Tar Sands Interest
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On the heels of a 21-page investigative article by Bloomberg Magazine, which covered the high crimes and misdemeanors of the Koch Brothers, Koch Industries,…
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Ontario’s Next Premier: Andrea Horwath
The media gave her scant attention. But that didn’t stop Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath from proving that she’s the best person to lead Canada’s economic and social heartbeat after October 6. Ontario Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty…
Continue readingTerahertz: Let’s open all the books
It’s no secret that the Harper Conservatives hate unions. They’ve repeatedly emphasized how the NDP is beholden to Big Labour and tried to force an inquiry into partial union sponsorship of a recent federal conference. They’ve reduced the rights to collective bargaining, forced back to work legislation on Canada Post and threatened it upon Air […]
Continue readingTrashy's World: At least there’s one victory for the Liberals…
….as PEI can welcome another Grit government for 4 more years! Congrats! And, as a sidebar, the Cons kept true to form in using personal attacks during the campaign to try to gain political advantage. The premier used most of his victory speech to condemn the personal attacks he says he suffered at the hands […]
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Encouraging Early Political Engagement: CitizenNext.ca
It is not an accident that I am a political junkie. Even as a toddler, I was fed a steady diet of left-of-centre ideology, pro-union sentiments and anti-monarchist dogma. My mother, who was not overtly political, ensured I could recognize political leaders from around the world by sight before I could read, that I understood […]
Continue readingLetter to federal MP Matthew Kellway (Beaches-East York).
Dear Mr. Kellway,I am writing to you as resident of Beaches-East York to express my concerns regarding the government’s Bill C-32, An Act to Amend the Copyright Act. While this Bill does make for some reasonable reforms, it contains two serious flaws.F…
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Ontario Election Thoughts
Do what you can to ensure that Tim Hudak does not win anything in the upcoming Ontario election.
Continue readingTerahertz: I want science in my milk
While opposition to wi-fi, Smart Meters, and wind turbines annoys me, nothing is more absurd to me than those who oppose milk pasteurization. Schmidt said the danger in unpasteurized milk comes in large industrial production centres, where milk from several farmers is pooled and any one providing bad milk can ruin the whole batch. He […]
Continue readingPop The Stack: Advice to Ontario Leaders about Minority – Stick to the Issues
There is talk now that Ontario may elect a minority government in the upcoming election. My advice: leaders should avoid making promises about what they would or would not do to form government. Once the people have spoken and the seat counts are settled, only then can the parties know what
Continue readingPop The Stack: Advice to Ontario Leaders about Minority – Stick to the Issues
There is talk now that Ontario may elect a minority government in the upcoming election. My advice: leaders should avoid making promises about what they would or would not do to form government. Once the people have spoken and the seat counts are settled, only then can the parties know what
Continue readingTrashy's World: Two stories…
One about an ex-Harris henchman who now toils for a guy who pulls levers behind the curtain at 24 Sussex… And the other about a guy that is so blasted partisan that we will cut the reference to his own country and one of the greatest PM’s who ever lived – because he was from […]
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Qualities of the Next NDP Leader
Here is the benchmark I’ll be using to evaluate who ought to be the next leader of the federal NDP: @PoliticsReSpun Wanted, #NDP leader: integrity, inspiring, engaging personality, intelligent, ability to include French & First Nations, bilingual. #cdnpoli via Twitter / @PoliticsReSpun: Wanted, #NDP leader And let’s add environment and climate change leader, optimistic, and […]
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: And then there were three
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-politics-blog/2011/09/and-then-there-were-three-more-tory-backbenchers-join-brad-trosts-battle-against-the-ippf.html
Continue readingTerahertz: More Conservatives hate women
This morning’s ruling was so promising, I thought we might sneak into the weekend without the need to get angry. Too late: Two more Tory MPs are taking swipes at the International Planned Parenthood Foundation. One claims the group conned the government when it applied for and got a federal grant of $6 million over […]
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Victory for Insite
The Supreme Court’s decision that Insite must remain open is a tremendous victory for reason over ideology. Canada’s Conservative government sought to close a safe-injection site in Vancouver, despite physical evidence that it reduced drug use, re…
Continue readingTerahertz: Can we focus on saving lives now?
InSite works. Despite Conservative tough dumb-on-crime rhetoric, allowing people a clean and safe place to use the drugs they would anyway grants them respect, dignity, and a way out of dangerous cycles. It’s about acting grown-up about our public health issues and taking responsibility for the issue. Now, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously agrees […]
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