The NDP’s final leadership debate wrapped up today in Vancouver in advance of the March 24th leadership convention. It has been a long road since the first debate back in Ottawa, and every candidate has managed to both improve their debating skills as well as set out key policy and
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wmtc: today in dundas square: rally for democracy!
If you’re in the GTA, here are the details. Rallies are being held across Canada. Check this Facebook page or do the Google to find an event near you. Demand a full public investigation. Demand a new election!
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Rob Anders should resign from the Veterans Affairs Committee
Who is Rob Anders? He was elected MP for the riding of Calgary-West in 1997. Before the 2011 election he was known as the MP who spoke the fewest words in the House of Commons and for being the only member of parliament to vote against making Nelson Mandela a
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CANADIAN POLITICS TORONTO: KEEP THE SCHOOL HOUSE SHELTER OPEN: Here’s another callout from down Ontario way and the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). This is an appeal and petition to keep a downtown homeless shelter open. Here’s the story: &&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Hello everyone, The fight for the School House Shelter and
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CANADIAN POLITICS TORONTO: PRE-BUDGET RALLY AGAINST ONTARIO AUSTERITY: The following call-out is from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). ()()()()()()()()()()() On March 16 FIGHT POVERTY AND DEMAND: A LIVING INCOME! HOUSING!QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES FOR ALL!Solidarity Against Austerity Friday, March 16, 2012Rally and March12noonMeet at College St and Bay St, Toronto
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Bread and Butter Canadians
The Manning Centre for Building Democracy (bit grandiose there Preston) is having their annual conference in Ottawa. This Conservative think tank apparently has a conference every year and for only $349 dollars you too can go and listen to how Conservatives view themselves and… ..
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Bread and Butter Canadians
The Manning Centre for Building Democracy (bit grandiose there Preston) is having their annual conference in Ottawa. This Conservative think tank apparently has a conference every year and for only $349 dollars you too can go and listen…
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Bread and Butter Canadians
The Manning Centre for Building Democracy (bit grandiose there Preston) is having their annual conference in Ottawa. This Conservative think tank apparently has a conference every year and for only $349 dollars you too can go and listen to how Conservatives view themselves and… ..
Continue reading350 or bust: The Harper Government’s Approach To Scientists: Control The Pests
* Although Rick Mercer treats the current situation regarding control of scientists and their tax-payer funded research in Canada with humour, unfortunately it is no laughing matter when the government of a democracy goes to great lengths to suppress information that doesn’t line up with its agenda. In fact, it
Continue readingJoseph Stiglitz: not a gliberal economist
Stiglitz prefaced his 2001 Memorial Prize Lecture with a clear explanation of what motivated his study in economics: When I began the study of economics some forty one years ago, I was struck by the incongruity between the models that … Continue reading →
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Canadian trans rights bill C-279 to be debated in April.
From the pen of Randall Garrison comes the following: NDP-Quebec LGBTT Commission, Canada Message from Randall Garrison: Gender identity bill to be debated in April Posted on March 3, 2012 by npdqclgbtt Dear friends, Spring is upon us and so is the fight to protect the rights of transsexual, transgender
Continue readingGliberalism: Keynes and the new classics
At one point I believed this: The ontology of capitalism which animated the multifarious reform projects was quite distinct from that which underwrites the neoliberal vision. In Keynes’ classic formulation, as set out in the General Theory, capitalist economic systems … Continue reading →
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Tories to social conservatives…thanks for the votes, now bugger off!!!
Members of Canada’s socially conservative religious right fraternity must be looking on Harper government like the insurance salesman who attends church to drum up business. I mean sure he’s on the membership role and tosses his cheque in the plate every week. But is he a true believer or just there to network? From where I sit
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Coming out for reproductive justice.
Today is International Womens’ Day. It’s a day to stand together, to call for rights when they’re lacking, and to defend rights when they’re in danger. And there is some danger at the door, with a declaration yesterday that the “perfect storm” makes the perfect moment for the U.S. crusade
Continue readingTalking about public debt: dumb, dumber and dumbest
As austerity is all the rage among policy making elites I thought it would be a good time to talk about ways of measuring public debt. Here I will deal with the dumb way, the dumber way and dumbest way … Continue reading →
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Are Canada’s conservatives a house divided?
Here’s a question dear reader. Are you conservative or liberal? It might seem a straight forward question, but I imagine responses would vary widely based on the context of the question. Are we talking about political parties, money, human rights…all three? In terms of party politics, the Conservatives are hot.
Continue readingShould Ontario Become an Independent Country?
Ok just forget how crazy the questions sounds. The recent wrangling between Ontario and Alberta over the value of the Canadian dollar, oil output and the decline of manufacturing in Ontario (and other provinces east of Ontario) raises some reasonable … Continue reading →
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Conservative RoboCalls – Set The Bar Any Lower, and We’ll Drown.
I’m with Rick on this one. Voter turnout it at an all time low in Canada, let’s not increase that number anymore okay Steve? Filed under: Canada, Humour, Politics Tagged: Canadian Politics, Conservative Tom-Foolery, Rick Mercer Rant, RoboCall
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: One does not equal the other
Certain columnists in certain media are trying to downplay the Robocalls/Robocon controversy by claiming that certain ridings where robo-calls were alleged to have been showed increased voter turnout; ergo, voter suppression didn’t happen or robo-calls didn’t work. The latter argument – where it’s claimed the alleged vote suppression robocalls didn’t
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Brad Trost says Harper is not Pro-Life and chastises the PMO
I just finished reading a Macleans interview with Conservative backbench MP Brad Trost. For those, like me, who’ve seen his name in the press about the issue of abortion, and formed the opinion that he is a one string banjo plucking the Pro-Life chord over and over…I strongly suggest giving it a read. I
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