Three months ago, I wrote a post warning of coming Senate elections here in British Columbia. Now it seems that the private member’s bill providing for such elections, despite Premier Christy Clark’s support, will not be making it through the … Continue reading →
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Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Black Out Speak Out
I’m speaking out in defence of nature and democracy #BLACKOUTSPEAKOUT Bill C-38 is not democratic; it’s an attempt to hide legislation changes that most Canadians would not agree with. Write your MP, even if they are Conservative and are not allowed to listen to you, and let them know you’re
Continue reading350 or bust: BlackOutSpeakOut
I’m speaking out in defence of nature and democracy #BLACKOUTSPEAKOUT.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Quebec Protesters – Doing Canada Proud
Democracy in Action – Look and Learn my sleeping obedient country. The protests in Quebec are an example to the rest of Canada to what an active citizenry is like and how people can affect change in the political spectrum. At the time of this writing, 39 days of protest
Continue reading350 or bust: Why I’m Speaking Out In Defence Of Two Core Canadian Values, Nature & Democracy
On Monday, I will be joining the BlackOutSpeakOut campaign, and joining a committed group of organizations representing millions of Canadians who are darkening our websites in protest against the efforts of the Harper government to silence our voices. The BlackOutSpeakOut website describes this action this way: Right now, Parliament is
Continue readingCanadian Trends: Dear journalists (Part 2)
I had never intended to make the first part an ongoing “series” and was really just the result of my angry ranting, yet again I feel a need to ask journalists why they are not doing their job. Today’s article of interest: Alison Redford ‘advancing Alberta’s interests’ at elite gathering.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Robo-Out-of-Con-trol Delay #RoboCon
CEO Marc Mayrand tells MPs, who swept to government on a wave of fraudulent phone calls, to police themselves better. How’s that worked out so far? Well, there are now over 1100 credible reports from Canadians that they were illegally told fake/misleading information designed to suppress their vote. 0 charges,
Continue readingPutin’s popularity prevails
It may be beyond rational explanation, but almost three-quarters of the Russian people approve of Vladimir Putin. The man is a corrupt thug with KGB written all over him, but he remains a popular figure. A recent survey showed that 72 per cent of Russians have a favourable view of
Continue readingCanadian Trends: Alison Redford heads to Bilderberg conference on public dime
It seems to be becoming more accepted, that public politicians who are supposed to be representing their constituents and reporting to them can freely attend secretive meetings with foreign dignitaries on the public dime without revealing what was discussed. In 2010 it was Premier Campbell and now this year it is
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Robocon Scandal — UPDATE 2
So, the IP address Pierre Poutine used also accessed Andrew Prescott’s Racknine account. But, there’s no smoking gun? And now, Elections Canada is talking about regulating — not banning — robocalls made during an election. Because regulating them makes it all better… Other posts on the Robocon Scandal: 5 Robocon Facts
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: GroupThink ReSpun: On US Police Forces Operating in Canada
We have decided that “GroupThink ReSpun” will be the name of the process whereby various of the Politics, Re-Spun crew collaborate on editorializing about a current event. Enjoy the poetry of the term! So apparently, the RCMP wants to ease into allowing US agents to operate freely in Canada: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/rcmp-ease-canadians-idea-u-agents-canada-201905380.html
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: The Casseroles Continue
This is a beautiful video: People who read this page, also read: The Right to Seek Refuge in Canada: The Implications of Bill C-31 Quebec’s Minister of Justice on civil disobedience: “it’s synonymous with vandalism” May 22, 2012 — A cacerolazo in Montreal? (0) May 22, 2012 — Quebec: Art,
Continue readingArt Threat: Quebec casseroles illustrated by Ben Tardiff
Montreal illustrator Ben Tardiff depicts the casseroles, the nightly pot-clanging protests that challenge the legitimacy of the Quebec government. The ruling Liberal party’s planned university tuition hike — and the implementation of a repressive “emergency law” designed to stifle dissent — has led to massive street demonstrations and over 2500
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: RCMP – Really Carefully Monitoring People
Originally appeared on BackoftheBook.ca How can I write this without sounding, well, paranoid? I believe the RCMP is watching too many people, and abusing its resources. There are plenty of signs this is taking place, and it worries me. The police should not be monitoring Canadians without having a reasonable
Continue readingFrom Democracy to Imperial Government: The Conservative War on Raw Facts Continues
It is not really a secret that our conservative government feels a certain unease about facts. Be they those facts which relate to the F35 costs or those facts which relate to major military undertakings like Libya. None of this should be surprising given the degree of contempt the government
Continue readingCanadian Trends: Ideas have a habit of spreading like wildfire
Well, it would appear the real battles have begun – this I was anticipating as the obvious response to Charest’s new law. What I didn’t anticipate was an international day of solidarity with them. Wow! That came as a pleasant surprise! Also nationally across Canada several cities joined in. Personally I don’t believe
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Book Review: “The Accumulation of Freedom: Writings on Anarchist Economics”
Now Available from AK Press & your local Infoshop! The touchstone for many of the struggles currently enveloping us—from the Arab Spring to the Occupy Movement to the events in the Quebec—is the question of how far our conception of democracy extends and especially as it relates to the economic
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Quebec: Art, Manifestation, & Protest
Photo via Justin Ling, @justin_ling Watching the Quebec student protests over the past few weeks has been kind of amazing, especially from the Vancouver viewpoint. While the protests have been going on for more than three months – today is the 100th day of protests – they have not really
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Who Defends Us?
Who defends the rights and freedoms of Canadians? A) soldiers B) police C) citizens D) lawyers E) press F) politicians If you came to your own conclusion, and answered “G) All of the above”, then you understand a functioning democracy. Daniel explains: The government is clearly aware that this “law
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