All eyes are on the PC and Liberal leadership races this summer in Alberta. Well, all eyes are on the PC leadership race, and a few eyes are glancing over at the Liberal one every now and then.Still, the five Liberal candidates held a lively debate in …
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Jason Kenney Blows Off Bishops
…says lawyer up if you don’t like law. Also, the CPoC is still officially against section 13. Not that the government plans to act.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Deep thought
I know I can’t think of a higher priority for Canada at the moment than to declare war on citizenship.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On innumeracy
Yes, we know that math isn’t Deficit Jim Flaherty’s forte. But could it be that he’s still less numerically challenged than the rest of his cabinet colleagues? Let’s check in with someone who’s supposed to be one of the Cons’ brightest lights…”We don…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On competing classes
Yes, it’s highly problematic that the Cons are slashing the availability of applications for skilled workers to immigrate to Canada:A little-known clause in instructions Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has issued to slash immigration applications fro…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Zombie Youth and the Canadian Property Rights Research Institute
A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE: History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada In November of 2009, the Canadian Press learned that a government program designed to recruit the best and brightest from Canada’s universities, had been politicized for partisan…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: The Conrad Chronicle continues: Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. Then go to Canada and make a nuisance of yourself…
Go directly to jail! Former Canadian press barons convicted of criminal offences in allied democracies may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: The actual Lord Black, mugged.Amid all the courtroom histrionics yesterday when Chicago Judge Amy St. E…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: When the Con Party Animals Go Wild
Lardy. Bean me with a bacon bit…or a Vienna sausage. They don’t call them Con hogs for nothing eh? But who knew they were such party animals?
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s own department has repeatedly broken the government’s toug…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: If Vic Toews Had Lived Then …
I spent several years researching my family history, not only to create a genealogy, but to find the stories that brought my ancestors to Canada.The first arrived in 1632 as an army surgeon. His future wife would join the colony at Port Royal, a few ye…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: We Don’t Want an Apology From Tony Clement. We Want an Investigation.
Embezzlement – To take (money, for example) for one’s own use in violation of a trust.Fraud – deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage. I watched the news coverage l…
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Night One: #cpc11 live blog
6:30 pm: I have my blogger/media pass, I’ve navigated my way through the brand new Ottawa convention centre, I’ve paid $33.90 for WiFi (you’re welcome, dear readers) and I’m settled into the front row of the media section (at the waaaay back of the con…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Minister Jason Kenney In Response to Don Davies Question About Maeng Family Deportation
The Honourable Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney commented generally in reply to Vancouver Kingsway MP Don Davies’ specific concerns about the Maeng family deportation. The Maeng family has lived in NB for several years and have be…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Carry on Up the Privy Council: Lord Black’s saga continues
Lord Black is greeted by fellow inmates at the Coleman Federal Correctional Centre. Note: Officers of the Order of Canada and members of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Mr. Bridger.The latest chapter…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Don Davies, MP Vancouver Kingsway, Stands Up for Moncton’s Maeng Family
Yes a member of Parliament has spoken up in the House of Commons on behalf of the Maeng family, the Korean family, residents of Moncton New Brunswick for several years, and contributing members of that community, who are facing imminent deportation b…
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 »
daveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: a look at the candidates lining up in the race to replace ed stelmach.
The candidates lining up to replace Premier Ed Stelmach as leader of the PC Party have been campaigning for months, yet what should be the hottest political leadership contest of the year has so far been a quiet affair. Will it take the summer months to heat up this contest, or will Albertans wait until […]
Continue readingAwww! Jason Kenney! My Heart Is Breaking! Somebody Get Him a Fainting Couch!
Poor Jason Kenney! By extension, poor, poor Harpercons! My heart bleeds for you! Now we understand why Stevie Spiteful wants to have elected senators. It appears to be all about his dear precious Alberta, a province that sends six senators to the red chamber to represent them. Jason Kenney’s digestive tract is twisted . . . → Read More: Awww! Jason Kenney! My Heart Is Breaking! Somebody Get Him a Fainting Couch!
Continue readingFired Kenney Aide Welcomed Back With Open Arms
It has been reported that the aide who sent a package of information on wooing immigrant Canadians to the wrong MP has been rehired by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney. Weeks after being elected to a majority government the first crack in the “a…
Continue readingJason Kenney re-hires corrupt aide
The majority is but a few weeks old and the corruption in our institutions – from cops to the “Harper Government” – is escalating. Now we find out that Jason Kenney has re-hired the aide who sent out a fundraising letter on government stationary.Mr. Ne…
Continue readingI don’t live in the Annex …
… but I’d be willing to part with some serious coin for a lapel button reading “Flippant Annex Secularist.”
The money quote from Jason Kenney, in a Star piece from Linda Diebel:
I’ll be honest with you about the extent to which the mentality of…
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