How we embraced hate. I was watching the CBC News this morning, Suhana Meharchand was the host. Talking about Attawapiskat, she interviewed NDP/MP Charlie Angus. Hostilely, she asked him, “What would you do if you were Minister? Throw money at the problem?” His reply showed unflappable professionalism, indicating that he
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Tom Flanagan: Time For Climate Change Deniers to Come Out of The Closet
Yep, ol’ Tom is a denier and proud of it, boys ‘n’ girls! He also wants all deniers to ‘come out of the closet’! Er, Tom, hasn’t that ship already sailed a long time ago, and haven’t they been debunked over and over again? Somewhere, Dr Jabba the Roy must
Continue readingTruth in Journalism
On December 2nd, the CBC posted this story, B.C. First Nation backs Northern Gateway pipeline CBC News Posted: Dec 2, 2011 5:12 PM PT Last Updated: Dec 2, 2011 7:30 PM PT A B.C. First Nation has announced it’s backing the Northern Gateway pipeline project to ship oilsands crude to
Continue readingBrit government playing Harper’s poodle on tar sands?
You remember Britain? That once great nation now relegated to some backwater island ruled by Rupert Murdoch and conservative media empires. It has sunk so low the last Prime Minister was diminished to poodle status to idiot preznit Bush, pushing an invasion of a country unrelated to Al Queda after
Continue readingWe want a Provincial Election! Now!
Dear Christy Clark; The people of BC want an election to be held, as soon as is possible. Your Cabinet is operating without a mandate from the people. The people of BC have no confidence in your ability to govern in our best interest. You have continually fudged budget forecasts
Continue readingDo We Need More Proof That Harper Doubts Global Warming?
First we had the cuts to ozone monitoring that saw the shuttering of 17 ozone monitoring stations across Canada. The reason? Ozone apparently wasn’t a concern anymore (see Canada’s newest Ozone hole here). Then we had the sudden (and somewhat expected) cut of 700 jobs from environment Canada (which included Meteorologists, scientists, chemists and engineers). Now we have
Continue readingAnd The Harpercon Hits Just Keep On Coming! Peter Kent: Basically, If I Don’t Know What it Is, It Can’t Be Important
Well, boys ‘n’ girls, we have a science and technology minister in ol’ Gary Goodyear who is a creationist and doesn’t believe in evolution. Ok, not all that surprising, given the gang of Christian evangelicals in our government. Now, it appears that our very own environment minister, Peter Kent, is
Continue readingQuelle Surprise, The House of Commons Voted To Support The Continued Sale of Asbestos
Well, it’s now official. The NDP’s motion brought to the House of Commons to ban the sale of asbestos was struck down today.
By a vote of 152-123 this evening the House defeated the NDP’s motion on asbestos. The New Democrats, Liberals and Elizabeth May voted in favour, the Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois . . . → Read More: Quelle Surprise, The House of Commons Voted To Support The Continued Sale of Asbestos
Continue readingQuebecor And RLQ’s Chou-Chou, Eric Duhaime Has Hit a New Low–Enough With The Canadian Arrogant Complacency!
Yes, that would be the same Eric Duhaime, the one who begged the feds, not once, but twice, to somehow intervene in the construction scandal woes in la Belle province, a problem that dates decades that needs systemic changes that not even the feds can touch. That same scandal that ol’ Chrissie Paradis . . . → Read More: Quebecor And RLQ’s Chou-Chou, Eric Duhaime Has Hit a New Low–Enough With The Canadian Arrogant Complacency!
Continue readingIt’s Climategate II! Except It’s Not.
Kate at Small Dead Animals is virtually peeing herself with excitement: the lyin’ bastards have been caught again! Data manipulation! Climate change is a hoax! Etc.! She quotes from a Mail on Sunday article at length, which in itself quotes an American colleague of Richard Muller (of BEST climate study fame) named Judith . . . → Read More: It’s Climategate II! Except It’s Not.
Continue readingIs Alberta Oil Still ‘Ethical’, Ezzy?
It appears that Chinese state-owned companies is investing billions into Alberta tar sands these days.
The Financial Post reported Chinese companies are poised to make even more significant investments in the weeks and months ahead.
Who knew that China was so well known for their human rights record? I would love to see how Ezzy Levant continues to . . . → Read More: Is Alberta Oil Still ‘Ethical’, Ezzy?
Continue readingPeter Kent makes lemons out of lemonade
“Designed to Fail”. That should be the motto of Peter Kent and the Conservatives’ ‘environmental mismanagement’.
NDP Environment Critic Megan Leslie (Halifax, N.S.) accused the government of creating a climate change plan that is “designed to fail.”
“There’s absolutely no reporting mechanism, we know nothing about where this money went,” Ms. Leslie told . . . → Read More: Peter Kent makes lemons out of lemonade
Continue readingOil Illiteracy. University of Calgary paid to deny climate change.
When a university takes money from an oil company to build skepticism for climate change, you not only have a dishonest higher educational body but also one that goes against everything that is sacred about the pursuit of knowledge. It becomes one big Con of a PR firm, you know like the Fraser Institute. Plus, . . . → Read More: Oil Illiteracy. University of Calgary paid to deny climate change.
Continue readingLooks Like Dr. Kellie Leitch of Simcoe-Grey Made Her Choice a Long Time Ago
It appears that hundreds of health professionals are now putting Harpercon MP for Simcoe-Grey, Kellie Leitch on the hot seat in an open letter, basically reminding her of that pesky little hippocratic oath she took when she decided to practise medicine in her previous life, and denounce her own government’s stance on asbestos.
. . . → Read More: Looks Like Dr. Kellie Leitch of Simcoe-Grey Made Her Choice a Long Time Ago
Continue readingIn Solidarity With Michaela Keyserlingk And Jean Charest Also Has Dirty Hands
Ok, for lack of anything original, I’m going to do a variation of what DeBeauxOs did earlier over at Dammit Janet. Boys ‘n’ girls, how do you spell ReformaTory? C-A-N-C-E-R. I do mean cancer in oh so many ways as anything they touch is poison. But today, of course, we’re talking about their . . . → Read More: In Solidarity With Michaela Keyserlingk And Jean Charest Also Has Dirty Hands
Continue readingStevie Harper’s Conservatives Show Just How Spiteful They Are As They Go After a Widow Of an Asbestos Victim
Yep, no holds barred with this gang of miscreants. That asbestos lobby is just so damned important to them that they won’t let a widow of a man who died of asbestos related mesothelioma get in the way of their agenda. They’re going after her for the use of their contempt party logo.
. . . → Read More: Stevie Harper’s Conservatives Show Just How Spiteful They Are As They Go After a Widow Of an Asbestos Victim
Continue readingSmart Meters? Not so fast!
Bill Tieleman posted on his blog this morning about his objections to the SmartMeter Program that BC Hydro is attempting to foist upon us.
BC Hydro claims the completely safe wireless-transmitting smart meters will save you money and the environment by letting you — and them — monitor electricity usage. Then you can . . . → Read More: Smart Meters? Not so fast!
Continue readingGreenpeace uncloaks phony anti-climate change scientist
Dr. Willie Soon has been the go-to scientist favoured by climate change deniers for years. Used by the Fraser Institute and Koch Industries, Soon has proven invaluable in giving ammunition to the right to ‘prove’ global warming doesn’t exist.
Turns out it’s as we expected – nothing more than a scam. It seems . . . → Read More: Greenpeace uncloaks phony anti-climate change scientist
Continue readingNew Resolutions: A Series of Resolutions on the Environment, the Party, Housing & Reproductive Rights
Proposed by Andy Lehrer, TorontoDate: 25/05/11A Resolution Regarding the EnvironmentWhereas climate change is a growing threat to survival on the planet.Whereas capitalism provides no viable or sustainable solutions to the environmental crisis;Be it th…
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