OK… LPC 157 : CPC 121 : BQ 32 : NDP 24 : GPC 3 : IND 1 : PPC 0 A Liberal minority government it is, eh Canada. A Liberal minority government is NOT the worst thing ever. In fact, w/ the seat count, either the NDP, or the
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somecanuckchick dot com: The NDP never did explain…
THE NDP NEVER DID EXPLAIN… WHAT IS WRONG W/ RANKED BALLOT?! In case you forgot, the House of Commons Special Committee on Electoral Reform, AKA ERRE, was an all-party Parliamentary committee convened and empowered to “conduct a study of viable alternate voting systems to replace the first-past-the-post system”, as well
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: YOU. BOUGHT. A. PIPELINE. — THREAD ALERT!
THREAD ALERT! Anyone remember FIPA? The Canada-China trade agreement that Stephen Harper signed w/o ever tabling it in Parliament? #cdnpoli #elxn43 1/10 FIPA has given China UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS to Canada’s natural resources, specifically the #tarsands. PetroChina, for instance, bought a 60% interest in two undeveloped tarsands projects. #cdnpoli #elxn43 2/10
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Washington Post – Could the Green Party Spell Trouble for Justin Trudeau in October?
Justin Trudeau must be so pleased that he reneged on his promise to rid Canada of first-past-the-post elections and the consequent false majorities it has inflicted on the Canadian people. That broken promise, among the litany of his broken promises and outright lies, may be the one that matters most
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: TVO’s The Agenda: A Culture of Corruption?
Is corruption endemic in the political and economic classes? I joined TVOntario’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, to discuss the extent and potential remedies to corruption in Canada’s public institutions.
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: Huffington Post: An Open Letter from the World’s MPs to David Cameron
The Panama Papers starkly revealed that Britain’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have become the venues of choice for the anonymous corporations that facilitate tax evasion, organised crime, and terrorist financing. Indeed, more than half …
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: An Open Letter from the World’s MPs to David Cameron
The Panama Papers starkly revealed that Britain’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have become the venues of choice for the anonymous corporations that facilitate tax evasion, organised crime, and terrorist financing. Indeed, more than ha…
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Benefits and risks
Everyone wants a more inclusive, open democratic political party. I’ve no argument with that in this article about Prime Minister Trudeau, Party President Anna Gainey and also National Membership Secretary Leanne Bourassa, (who wasn’t quote…
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: National Post: NATO and the Judgement of Paris
The lessons of Afghanistan were purchased at a bitter cost: the war claimed more lives, more years, and more money than any other campaign in NATO’s history. Unless the alliance takes those lessons to heart, a war in Syria and Iraq to extinguish D…
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: Fellowship of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
My high school geography teachers would be baffled, but I am deeply honoured to have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The Fellowship includes many of Canada’s most intrepid explorers, who have sledded across arctic t…
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: The Liberal Party and the Public Service: A History Lesson
Today Justin Trudeau published an open letter to public servants attempting to convince them what a friend they have in the Liberal Party. I can only assume that Mr. Trudeau is hoping that public servants have forgotten or are ignorant of the Liberals track record. In the not so distant
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: The Liberal Party and the Public Service: A History Lesson
Today Justin Trudeau published an open letter to public servants attempting to convince them what a friend they have in the Liberal Party. I can only assume that Mr. Trudeau is hoping that public servants have forgotten or are ignorant of the Liberals track record. In the not so distant
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: The Liberal Party and the Public Service: A History Lesson
Today Justin Trudeau published an open letter to public servants attempting to convince them what a friend they have in the Liberal Party. I can only assume that Mr. Trudeau is hoping that public servants have forgotten or are ignorant of the Lib…
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: John McCallum visits #Brantford #Brant again, Danielle Takacs Community Office officially open!
There was a lot of activity happening this past Friday and Saturday in Brantford-Brant where my friend Danielle Takacs is running. On Friday, the Honourable John McCallum came down to the riding to spend a half day with Danielle greeting people and talking to
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Well, That’s a Relief!
Israel has officially absolved itself of any wrongdoing in the murder of four Palestinian kids killed on a Gaza beach last summer. The kids – they were children – had a soccer ball in play when an Israeli patrol boat opened fire on them with explosive shells. Unfortunately, for the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Shoot to Kill – Anyone, Everyone
Israeli soldiers willfully targeted civilians in last year’s war on Gaza. Testimonies provided by more than 60 Israeli soldiers who fought in last summer’s war in Gaza have raised serious questions over whether Israel’s tactics breached its obligations under international law to distinguish and protect civilians. The claims – collected
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Are You Supporting Politics of Nihilism?
2030. You do realize that’s just 15-years away. Do you realize that 15-years is a heartbeat when it comes to making fundamental change? So, what’s so important about 2030? Plenty. By then we’ll be experiencing climate change impacts that are disruptive and difficult to bear. Take your head out of
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: New Contest. Spot the Progressive!
I’ll bet you’ve got inside yourself some sense of progress, progressive, progressivism. Even bad people have a little. The question today is whether progressivism remains a real construct in Canadian politics. Have our political parties become so neoliberal as to eradicate progressivism? Let’s take a look at some of the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Gamble – High Stakes for Harper, Trudeau and Mulcair
The collapse of world oil prices is reverberating through Canada’s petro-provinces; Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador; and the fallout should yet might not be a major issue when Canadians go to the polls for a dominant fragment of eligible voters to decide who will govern our flagging petro-state, Canada. Watch
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Really Justin, Eve Adams?
She was a perfect fit for the Harper caucus. She even hooked up with former Harpo mouthpiece Dimitri Soudas. Then her political career went to hell and she couldn’t even score a Conservative nomination anywhere. And, to prove that politics is a linear process, Eve Adams has now hopped aboard
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