Dr. Death. Prime Mordial of Canada. It’s rumoured he drinks formeldehyde on ice. What else would a guy who has sounded the death nell for Canada sip back after a long day of whining, CONvincing and CONniving? Don’t vote for Stephen Harper. Why? It’s all right here: Shit Harper Did. I need not say more. […]
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“Firewall Steve” is now “Captain Canada?” Who’s buying it?
By John Deverell
Nobody plays divide-and-conquer more relentlessly than Stephen Harper. The PM this week is selling himself as “Captain Canada,” the only guy to squelch a Quebec separatist revival.
This is the same Stephen Harper who, not long ago, was urging Albertans to build a firewall between Tar Sands Central and the rest of Canada. Then he was…
Continue readingDr. Harper’s New and Improved Medicare
Catch 22 note: Western Canadian journalist and columnist Murray Dobbin recognized many years ago that Stephen Harper promoted a political ideology that went against the Canadian national interest. Dobbin has tracked Harper’s career from his early days at the right-wing National Citizens Coalition some 30 years ago. Dobbin is a member of Catch 22’s campaign team.
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Continue readingLES SUPER-ÉLECTEURS DE CATCH 22 PEUVENT APPORTER UN PEU D’HUMILITÉ À HARPER
Pour diffusion immédiate – 8 avril 2011
PVI : Pour les médias d’information en général et pour…
Continue reading"What if they called an election and nobody cared?" – Gerald Caplan
“What if they called an election and nobody cared?”
by Gerald Caplan for The Globe and Mail
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Here’s a couple of curious facts from our last federal election three years ago:
First: Compared to the 2006…
"The Great Disconnect: Stephen Harper’s Platform and What Canadians Really Want"
James Laxer is regularly asked to comment on current national and global issues by the Canadian media and frequently writes columns in major newspapers and periodicals.
“The Great Disconnect: Stephen Harper’s Platform and What Canadians Really Want“
by James Laxer
Excerpts:
Continue readingIf the Conservatives get their majority, the first two years of untrammeled Harper power, will be very…
openalex: Cities Running Huge Risks by Ignoring Climate Change II: UN Habitat Report PDFs
I’ve been amazed at how little attention UN Habitat’s Report on Cities and Climate Change has garnered since its release at the end of March.
The report (which I contributed to) makes some important points, summarized in an earlier entry, both about …
Continue readingTerahertz: Canada.com-It’s time to talk about abolishing the monarchy
I got another piece published on the front page of Canada.com in the “Real Agenda.” This time I argue that it’s time to due away with the monarchy. It’s time to talk about abolishing the monarchy The power of our Prime Minister’s Office has been growing in leaps and bounds since Trudeau sought to centralize […]
Continue readingTerahertz: Election debate live-blog
Follow here for my live-blogged thoughts on the English leader’s debate that I’m watching from the SFU Highland Pub.
English Leader’s Debate
Progressive Proselytizing: Strategic voting depends on your ridings poll numbers.
The majority of ridings are essentially a lock before the election even happens. A minority have a good competition and a small number end up being too close for poll aggregates to predict the day before the election. There is thus a reasonab…
Continue readingArt Threat: Dialogue in bite sized pieces – Speak in Images embarks on a national participatory photo project
This is you receiving an invitation. An invitation to participate in a project just recently born in Vancouver called Speak in Images / Parler en Images. An invitation to speak up in a tiny but effective way about what issues matter to you in the Canadian federal election in a time when we are being […]
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Catch 22 note: Western Canadian journalist and columnist Murray Dobbin recognized many years ago that Stephen Harper promoted a political ideology that went against the Canadian national interest. Dobbin has tracked Harper’s career from his early days at the right-wing National Citizens Coalition some 30 years ago. Dobbin is a member of Catch 22’s campaign team.
by Murray…
Continue readingopenalex: Canada’s Crumbling Intrastructure – The Big Non-Issue of this Election
It’s no secret that Canada is running a massive infrastructure deficit. Four years ago the Canadian Federation of Municipalities pegged the price tag for renewing aging bridges, roadways, transportation and sewage systems at $123 billion.
Writing …
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: Akaash Maharaj – Global News: Analysis of the NDP Platform
My analysis of the NDP’s platform for Global Television News. It has proven to be a politically shrewd, but fiscally improbable document. Ultimately, could Layton deliver on his his five key areas during his first 100 days, as he promises? Not unless t…
Continue readingCons push for majority must be stopped: Harper would dismantle Canada as we know it
Catch 22 note: Western Canadian journalist and columnist Murray Dobbin recognized many years ago that Stephen Harper promoted a political ideology that went against the Canadian national interest. Dobbin has tracked Harper’s career from his early days at the right-wing National Citizens Coalition some 30 years ago. In this column, Dobbin, a member of Catch 22’s campaign team, explains how Harper would change the face of Canada if elected with a…
Continue readingThe Global Express: To Green Party: Don’t Blame Democracy, Use It!
There has been a lot of talk lately about the exclusion of Elizabeth May in the leaders debate. May is the leader of the Green Party and was included last election, but left on the outside this time around. May has gone as far as taking the decision by the
Continue readingPop The Stack: This month of May don’t just stand there with your arms folded tight
I just looked into these vote mobs that LeadNow is encouraging young people at campuses around the country to create. I noticed Guelph and a few others already had some videos up. The UVic video is a lip-dubbing extravaganza. This prompted me to suggest that UBC has got to do one of these. But really, students […]
Catch 22 candidate recommendations to date…
Earlier this week, Catch 22 launched the candidate discussion and recommendation process in 25 online riding groups for ridings that are all held by Conservatives. There were varying levels of participation in the discussions.
The central team recommendations have been accepted by our local groups and we’ve added them to the six recommendations finalized last week. You can see the up to date list below.
These ridings are part of the more than 50 ridings where Catch 22 is…
Continue readingHarper Valley: Tales From The Shelter – 54
We sit around and talk about things we need but Gordie Campbell took away from us. “Shirley” is elderly and needs orthotics as her arches are collapsing and her feet become very painful. That need was ripped from the books of the Ghost of Gordy Campbell Present and it will cost her $800 (with the […]
Catch 22 ‘Super-Voters’ Can Keep Harper Humble
For Immediate Release April 8, 2011
FYI: For interest of the news media or publication as an op-ed
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