Failed-conservative-politician turned radical-right-wing-radio-host used his regular column space in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix a few days ago to (surprise, surprise!) regurgitate Stephen Harper’s ‘coalition with separatists’ rhetoric. The problem with cynically exploiting ignorance over Canadian parliamentary governance is that it becomes less successful over time. People brush up on their
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Enormous Thriving Plants: The real-life impact of Brad Trost’s position on womens’ health.
If Mr. Trost had his bronze-age way, Canadians might face similar nightmares.How many more extremists like Mr. Trost does Harper have sitting in the benches behind him, quietly waiting for the opportunity that a majority government would create for them?
Continue readingEnormous Thriving Plants: The real-life impact of Brad Trost’s position on womens’ health.
If Mr. Trost had his bronze-age way, Canadians might face similar nightmares. How many more extremists like Mr. Trost does Harper have sitting in the benches behind him, quietly waiting for the opportunity that a majority government would create for them?
Continue readingEnormous Thriving Plants: The real-life impact of Brad Trost’s position on womens’ health.
If Mr. Trost had his bronze-age way, Canadians might face similar nightmares. How many more extremists like Mr. Trost does Harper have sitting in the benches behind him, quietly waiting for the opportunity that a majority government would create for them?
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: How I Expect Journalists to Behave During #Elxn41
The short answer is: just as they are. I think they’re doing a great job, especially with the kind of contempt Harper has shown them for years. By the way, #Elxn41 is the Twitter hashtag for Canada’s 41st general election. It is an exciting time as Twitter is redefining the relationships between estates. Candidates, citizens […]
Continue readingEnormous Thriving Plants: "Tories play politics with womens’ health"
Elizabeth Payne of the Ottawa Citizen had an great piece up the other day that, if anything, constituents in Brad Trost’s riding really ought to read.
Continue readingEnormous Thriving Plants: Applauding contempt for a question?
Harper & his Conservative Party seem 2 continue to give Canadians a glimpse of what lies beneath the mask.
Continue readingNDP Surge
The NDP vote is surging, especially in Quebec where all the other parties are losing support to the NDP, particularly the Bloc. The NDP is clearly ahead of both of the other federalist parties in Quebec and depending on what poll you look at they are either just behind or
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Video: Federal election forum on the Environment
April 20, 2011: Dennis Lewycky (NDP), Ilona Niemczyk (Liberal) and Jacqueline Romanow (Green) at a Federal Election Forum on the Environment at the First Universalist Unitarian Church in Winnipeg. Photo: Paul S. Graham If the state of our environment is a defining issue for you in this Canadian federal election, you must be disappointed at […]
The Equivocator: Grant Humes: The Best Side Of Politics
Grant Humes, the Liberal candidate in the riding of Durham, is the exact opposite of his opponent Bev Oda: he is honest, intelligent and truly decent. Grant got into politics after thirty years in business. He was Vice-President and Chief … Continue reading →
Paul S. Graham: Canada’s 2011 Federal Election: ’tis better to have loved and lost . . .
With the annual retreat of snow and ice blessedly underway, the crap and crud that mysteriously didn’t make it into my back lane dumpster is revealed in all of its putrescence. I call this a mystery because I don’t know how apparently sentient, reasonably healthy, bipedally-capable adults with opposable thumbs could miss the dumpster’s gaping […]
MadLibMadLib: Democracy Debated? Or Democracy Debased?
So the boys have thrown down. The Conservative Leader, Mr. Harper, issued the challenge this morning to Mr. Ignatieff, the Liberal Leader, that they should have a one-on-one debate between the two candidates who, at least in the words of John Baird, are the only men running to become Prime
Continue readingDemocratic Progress: Contrasts in Leadership
Doug Saunders tweets that the new UK budget says: “UK will cut corporate tax by 1% a year for 3 years, to 23%… and the bank-profit levy will be raised each year to offset the loss of corporate taxes.”
This is really good, and a solid contrast with t…
Continue readingRandom Pondering
With a federal election likely happening in the next few weeks, as well as the Alberta PCs and Liberals having holding leadership contests I figured now would be an interesting time to get back into blogging. I thought I would start with a few random thoughts and ponderings I’ve had
Continue readingDemocratic Progress: On Majorities
I was just reading 308.com’s “Best and Worse Cases” for February, and had a brief thought.
If the Cons win a majority (and I don’t believe they can) it’s not going to be a big one. If that happens, I think it’s going to be incredibly difficult to keep…
Continue readingA Sustainable Now: Canada’s Economic [Distr]Action Plan
Canada’s Economic [Distr]Action Plan
Continue readingDemocratic Progress: CPC Pork and You
Big day in federal politics today, as Con MPs fan out across the country to hand out taxpayer dollars in an attempt to purchase re-election. I have a rather lengthy response.
It’s Our Money
Here’s the first thing that the Liberals should be reminding…
Continue readingDemocratic Progress: No Conservatives Here
This post reminded me of something I’d been meaning to write for a while. In it, Joseph Uranowski argues that we shouldn’t call the Conservative Party of Canada “Tories”, because the “term bestows a level of historical/romantic legitimacy on the modern…
Continue readingDemocratic Progress: Salt (No, not the Movie)
Well, great news from the Globe and Mail today, as the government is getting rid of people advocating getting salt out of our diets so they can be replaced with industry shills. This, by the way, is exactly the kind of thing government needs to be doin…
Continue readingPolitic-O-Pinion: Dept. of Fin.: Corporate Tax Cuts Least Effective
Yesterday I wrote about my wish that the government would make moves to reduce the personal tax rate rather than continue to lower and already low corporate tax rate. Today I’m at it again. It seems that overnight, a bunch of people have jumped on the bandwagon in agreement that corporate tax rates aren’t the […]
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