Today’s Winnipeg Free Press continued to follow the latest insanity rising from the Bloc Quebecois. Sidenote: Someone should pass a memo to Gilles reminding him that he represents the majority of Quebecois about as much as Harper represents the rest of Canada (38.1% and 37.6% respectively). My favourite part of
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JimBobby Sez: Were NDP MPs Listening to Ol’ JimBobby?
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, a coupla days ago, I posted up a blog story on how I’d written to a buncha NDP MPs an’ to Jack Layton, too, tellin’ ’em they need to vote to keep the gun registry if they want a hope in hell of fixin’ it. The comments se…
Continue readingLayton Exercises Proper Politics
Jack Layton has his own views on politics like anyone else, and sure perhaps his opinion is regarded a little more than the average person, but he is the leader of the NDP so it makes sense. As the leader of one of the major political parties in Canada…
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Dear NDP Member of Parliament,
Whooee! Well, friend an’ foes, I just sent an email to a few NDP MPs via an online thingamajig that lets you send it automagically. The online tool has a pre-written letter that you can sign but you can change it or write yer own letter in the space pr…
Continue readingbastard.logic: (Long) Guns and Butter, Meet Fox News North
by matttbastard Over at his humble pad, Progressive Bloggers head honcho Scott Tribe warns NDP leader Jack Layton that his party may face electoral consequences if his maddeningly milquetoast stance on Canada’s Long Gun Registry leads to its repeal: Rather then … Continue reading →
Continue readingThus Prate the Pundit » Social Critique: Time to Establish a Green Social Democratic Party (GSDP)
Why is there both a New Democratic Party (NDP) and a Green Party? Examine them, really read their positions and philosophies. The two parties are essentially the same and where they’re not, they’re frequently complementary. In the following, I’ll present why I think the two parties must merge and what
Continue readingTattered Sleeve: Greens, NDP to merge; Layton and May step aside, with support of key Liberal defectors
Could you just imagine a headline like that? Only if you accept the fact that the federal Liberal party is finished as a viable political entity. It was this particular realization, coupled with Warren Kinsella’s post earlier today, that got me thinkin…
Continue readingThe Wheatsheaf: An Open Letter to Taliban Steve
Dear Steve (you jerk), It is with dismay and disgust that I write these words. I thought you were a leader cut from a different clothe. Your cold steel blue gaze that suggests a disregard for humanity, your tight-scripted signature on the letter promoting Albertan separatism, your campaigning on accountability
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