I see that Vijay Sappani is getting upset with Lizzy May For demanding hearings into Bill C-2. He seems to think that all “due diligence” has already been completed by the various parties. It has not been. The predecessor to C-2 was Bill C-53, in…
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Accidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- I’ll agree with Barbara Yaffe that one of the most important tasks for the Cons as a majority government will be to avoid having their heads inflated to dangerous levels. But I’m not sure how Yaffe could possibl…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Go Lizzy May!
Elizabeth May is the only MP in the HOC, and The Green Party the only party (by definition!) in favour of due diligence when it comes to legislatin’ crime laws. Also clever on the part of the Dippers, politically, but do they really want to stand for …
Continue readingNDP’s Joe Comartin Falling For Typical Harpercon Strawman Politics: Hook, Line and Sinker
And if what Mr. Joe Comartin says about you is true, Mr. Irwin Cotler, you’re really no better. However, Mr. Comartin, did you have to ask him to accelerate it without debate or further examination? Do you really know what you’re doing? Apparently, even with a Harpercon majority, this is one of those . . . → Read More: NDP’s Joe Comartin Falling For Typical Harpercon Strawman Politics: Hook, Line and Sinker
Continue readingJack Layton, Just Like the Rest of ‘em
Jack Layton just finished telling Craig Oliver that he thought what young Brigitte DePape did was wrong. He basically said that while he and the rest of ‘em are striving for that all polite decorum, she was disrespectful. Like Carolynn Bennett and Dizzy Miss Lizzy, ol’ Jack basically said that while he is . . . → Read More: Jack Layton, Just Like the Rest of ‘em
Continue readingthe reeves report: No one can deny DePape the courage of her convictions
That was one way to start a conversation! In a country with an electorate difficult to fire up (livid over raccoon abuse in Toronto, indifferent to Canada’s involvement in Libya, according to the National Post), Senate page Brigette DePape has certainly got people talking, and not only to condemn her actions, or at least the … Continue reading »
Dizzy Miss Lizzy Now Just Part of The Establishment Woodwork, Along With Senator Porky Puffy Duffy
Various reactions to the highlights of the throne speech show in the form of ex-senate page’s Brigitte Depape’s protest in the middle of the floor, flashing her “Stop Harper” sign (see more details from Jymn’s post) yesterday had the usual reactions and yielded a few surprises.
First from Senator Porky Puffy Duffy, who . . . → Read More: Dizzy Miss Lizzy Now Just Part of The Establishment Woodwork, Along With Senator Porky Puffy Duffy
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: After an election about personalities, not policies, we can and must do better
We have just witness an election which while historic in many ways was not one of any significance in terms of a discussion of actual issues or policies. The political choices of all four major leaders – and we the audience who responds to them – focus…
Continue readingThe Quantum Buddha's Blog: May Wins! : ) Greens Lose! : ,
WTF? The unthinkable happened. After over 1600 straight loses, the Greens have won a seat! Green Party Leader Elizabeth May took Saanich Gulf Islands from Gary Lunn. It’s a breakthrough! …or is it? Elizabeth May’s plan to focus the entire Green Party on serving–electing her has led to the loss
Continue readingliberal catnip: Election – Post-Game Thoughts
So, there we have it: the Cons have a majority government. The NDP is the official opposition. Iggy led the Liberal party to a historic low in the house. The BQ is all but decimated and, at this point, Elizabeth May of the Greens might have won a seat for
Continue readingliberal catnip: Election – Post-Game Thoughts
So, there we have it: the Cons have a majority government. The NDP is the official opposition. Iggy led the Liberal party to a historic low in the house. The BQ is all but decimated and, at this point, Elizabeth May of the Greens might have won a seat …
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So, there we have it: the Cons have a majority government. The NDP is the official opposition. Iggy led the Liberal party to a historic low in the house. The BQ is all but decimated and, at this point, Elizabeth May of the Greens might have won a seat for
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Its going to be a Harper Majority
The polls open in less than 24 hours, so its time for a prediction…and sorry to say it looks to me like a Harper majority. Based on the polls, especially those relating to the province of Ontario, I see Harper’s Conservatives garnering somewhere…
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: Green Party Canada: Advance Polls and the Youth Vote.
The Green Party of Canada has been surprisingly effective in this election, in some respects anyway. I have been a vocal critic of the Leadership of the Party, but given the bad choices made, they are doing the right things to win Elizabeth her Seat in SGI 
Not an Official Green Party Canada Site: Green Party Canada: Week 2 of the 2011 Election
Not a terribly impressive week for the Green Party of Canada. The debate about the debate has mostly run it’s course, is there anything there to replace it?
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 […]
The Quantum Buddha's Blog: Last Election For Green Party, May
Latest polling numbers indicate that the Green Party is a failed experiment in Canadian politics. Support for the Green Party has been rapidly collapsing in recent months. A Simon Fraser University sourced five poll average over the last two years showed a steady increase in support for Greens in
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: DAY TWELVE: Quick Hitters (#3 in a series)
A bunch of links from around the Canadian web all related to the upcoming democratic exercise that is so pissing Stephen Harper off!
The Conservative Leader refuses to comment on reports of campaign rally attendees being kicked out or barred entr…
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: DAY TEN: Still TheTeflon Tories… but for how much longer?
As the parties enter their second full week Harper’s strategy of attacks based on a fictional premise, taking credit for the recovery, avoiding answering inconvenient questions and pretending he has nothing to do with the sketchy cast of characters su…
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