We’re at a dangerous crossroads. Andrew Nikiforuk writes: It is clear now that a highly organized group of militants — some with military and counter insurgency experience — have mobilized incoherent popular frustrations created by the pandemic to shield their goal of undermining a democracy and overthrowing a government they
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Alberta Politics: Occupation of Canada’s national capital by a lawless mob must end forthwith
Am I the only Canadian outside Ottawa who thinks this bullshit in our national capital has gone on long enough? Am I the only Canadian who recognizes that the mob now occupying the area around Parliament Hill does not have the interests of Canadians or Canadian democracy at heart? “Just
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Rediscovering Democracy
Since I became eligible to vote many years ago, I have participated in every federal, provincial and municipal election that has been called. Even though it has become something of a cliché, the assertion that voting is a sacred duty has never been far from my mind. And yet, for
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Tale Of Two Canadas
That is the title of a very interesting piece by Michael Valpy in today’s Star that is well-worth reading. His thesis offers something of a challenge to a post I put up the other day talking about the fact that our core values as Canadians managed to s…
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki: Environmentalists expect a renewed relationship with Trudeau government
Persecuted during Harper’s divisive politics, Canada’s environmentalists look forward to a renewed relationship with the Justin Trudeau federal government, says David Suzuki. The post David Suzuki: Environmentalists expect a renewed relationship with Trudeau government appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Fragile Flower
The majority of Canadians are currently basking in the promise the new government holds, the promise of openness, transparency, accountability and progressivity, all notably absent from the enshrouded regime of the outgoing dictator. But while we all deserve to feel deep relief from the collective burden the country has borne
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper to blame for Elections Canada’s awful voter registration mess
Elections Canada has made an awful mess of voter registration for the 2015 federal election. It’s a mess that recalls bad memories of the 2011 robocall scandal. Stephen Harper is partly to blame. The post Harper to blame for Elections Canada’s awful voter registration mess appeared first on The Canadian
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Voter justice denied as Fair Elections Act legal challenge is delayed
Canadians’ legal challenge to the Harper government’s “anti-democratic” Fair Elections Act won’t be heard until after the 2015 federal elections. Voter justice denied. The post Voter justice denied as Fair Elections Act legal challenge is delayed appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: RCMP officer to Bill C-51 protester: “You could be branded a terrorist” [VIDEO]
During the May 30 protest against Harper’s Bill C-51 in Ottawa, a candid camera caught an RCMP officer saying a Canadian protester “could be branded a terrorist”. The post RCMP officer to Bill C-51 protester: “You could be branded a terrorist” [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper’s the muzzling of Canada’s federal scientists assailed
This week, Canada’s three major public sector unions protested the Harper government’s continuing muzzling of the country’s federal scientists. The post Harper’s the muzzling of Canada’s federal scientists assailed appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Rights groups demand unconditional dismissal of Bill C-51
More than 100 rights organizations and prominent individuals have signed a letter demanding the immediate and unconditional dismissal of Harper’s police state Bill C-51. The post Rights groups demand unconditional dismissal of Bill C-51 appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Brigette DePape and the youth insurgency against Harper
Why game-changing activist Brigette DePape’s Get Out the Youth Vote tour is a much-needed youth democratic insurgency against Stephen Harper. The post Brigette DePape and the youth insurgency against Harper appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: New Contest. Spot the Progressive!
I’ll bet you’ve got inside yourself some sense of progress, progressive, progressivism. Even bad people have a little. The question today is whether progressivism remains a real construct in Canadian politics. Have our political parties become so neoliberal as to eradicate progressivism? Let’s take a look at some of the
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Ralph Nader: What’s Happening to Canada? Open letter to Stephen Harper
Ralph Nader tells Stephen Harper, “You talk like George W. Bush,” warns that the Conservatives’ anti-terror Bill C-51 would harm Canadian democracy. The post Ralph Nader: What’s Happening to Canada? Open letter to Stephen Harper appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Monstrous Legacy of the Con Regime
It will probably be years after Stephen Harper and his monstrous Con regime are finally driven from office, before we will be able to total up the damage they have done to this country.And it will take me a couple of days to go through the more than 400 posts
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the By-election Message Progressives Cannot Ignore
You'd think Stephen Harper would have been cheered by his two by-election victories in Ontario and Alberta.But he wasn't. In the Commons yesterday he was tense and irritable.And with good reason. For when you examine the results closely you can see that hidden in them are the seeds of his
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Assault on Democracy: When Fear is the Enemy
It was for me strangely enough, the most terrifying moment of a nightmarish day. Standing in a crowded subway station, waiting for a train to take me home, watching the fear on people's faces.It was only a few hours after most of them must have heard about, or seen what
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Speaker and the Death of Parliament
For years Stephen Harper and his Cons have been slowly killing our Parliament.They have have debased it, they have rendered it impotent. They have reduced it to a scripted horror show, where every question is answered with an attack on the opposition.But yesterday with their ghastly leader out of the country they practically finished
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Germany to reject Conservatives’ Canada-EU free trade deal
A victory for Canadian democracy as Germany rejects the Harper Conservatives’ reviled multi-billion dollar Canada-EU free trade deal. The post Germany to reject Conservatives’ Canada-EU free trade deal appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Global legal group condemns Harper for attack on Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin
Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists condemns Prime Minister Stephen Harper for his recent dictatorship-style attack on Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. The post Global legal group condemns Harper for attack on Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
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