Alistair MacGregor will represent the Cowichan-Malahat-Langford NDP in the Upcoming Federal Election Four hundred and fifty-five New Democrats filled up the Cowichan Secondary Gymnasium this afternoon, while another 30 or so gathered at the Langford Legion to nominate Alistair MacGregor to represent the NDP in the upcoming Federal Election. More
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Cowichan Conversations: Paul Manly Now Seeking Green Party Nomination in Nanaimo-Ladysmith
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Federal NDP has turned their backs on many NDP values and shifted to the centre under the leadership of Thomas Mulcair. A disturbing number of NDP member activists have been blocked from even seeking nominations. What has happened to today’s NDP federally and provincially was once
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Prime Minister Harper’s Ugly Evangelical Capitalism
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The transformation of our country that Steve Harper foreshadowed has been underway for sometime and the results have been devastating. The war on science, scientists, the environment and environmentalists has been ruthless and unrelenting. Canada, once an internationally respected nation that excelled at peace keeping and demonstrated
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Socialist Stephen Lewis Roars Once More in Takedown of the Stephen Harper Government
By: Tim Harper National Affairs, Published on Sun Nov 23 2014 At the age of 77, Stephen Lewis describes himself as being “happily in his dotage,” a man free to bare his soul and dispense with diplomatic niceties. He did just that in Charlottetown last Friday. The one-time lion of
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Kinder Morgan Slaps Burnaby Residents With A Multi-Million-Dollar Lawsuit
Richard Hughes-We are being occupied! Whoever thought that in Canada our Prime Minister and the Premier of BC would sell us out as is being done by Harper and Christy Clark? They have made a deal with the devil eager to play in the LNG game and we are all
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Politics, Hockey, Fall Sitting at the BC Legislature and Local Elections-Game on!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We are moving into autumn, our glorious climate change driven summer is wrapping up even though our confused tomato plants refuse to stop providing even more ripe tomatoes. Last night our beloved Vancouver Canucks warmed our hockey deprived souls with a win in the season opener against
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Canadians deserve more honesty than Prime Minister Harper is willing to give them.
Canadians deserve more honesty than Prime Minister Harper is willing to give them. He’s too busy defending Big Oil to tackle climate change, or even tell the truth about it. And that’s what has Dr. Jaccard — and many other Canadian scientists — so upset. Read his whole essay
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Former Enbridge Lobbyist Named New Head of B.C. Government Communications Branch
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger During the Dog Days of Summer few are paying attention to the political scene, but that is often when they sneak through programs, reports and in this case a shocking appointment that will not be glossed over no matter how hot it is. Ms Premier Christy Clark
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Forum Research PollTrudeau’s Liberals Open Up Wide Lead Over Conservatives-NDP Trail
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This is encouraging news for Justin Trudeau and his Liberals. They have stretched their lead over the Conservatives and the trailing NDP. It is still a long time until the scheduled October 19th, 2015 Federal Election but the trend continues to show Trudeau pulling away from the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: iPolitics–Is Mulcair Just Another Harper With a Beard?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In the quest for power Federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has abandoned previously held NDP principles and beliefs and that is causing heartburn on the left, and centre-left. The shift to the right that has taken place has left many NDP supporters wondering if the NDP is
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: NDP Continue Blocking Members Seeking Nominations
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Long time New Democrat Laurie Gourlay, MLA Doug Routley’s-Nanaimo-North Cowichan’s Constituency Assistant, was blocked from competing for the nomination in Nanaimo-Ladysmith. He was the second and one of 14 across Canada. Here is his opinion piece that ruffled the somewhat jumpy and trigger happy NDP National Director
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Elizabeth May backs Green Party motion condemning ‘illegal’ Israeli settlements
Convention motion could attract support from disgruntled New Democrats, author suggests By Kady O’Malley, CBC News Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has co-sponsored a policy resolution condemning Israeli settlements that is expected to come up for debate during the party’s policy convention in Fredericton this weekend. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Thomas Mulcair-Anne McGrath Stop Interfering In Local NDP Nominations
Richard Hughes-It is time the NDP risked democracy The Federal NDP often tries to favourably compare themselves as being more democratic and grass roots driven than the Liberals or Conservatives. It may well have been that way in the past but they certainly cannot claim that high ground today. The
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Another Court Loss For the Miserable Mean Spirited Harper Government
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Another beautiful day in the neighbourhood, brightened by this Federal Court decision that slaps down the ‘cruel and unusual’ treatment of refugees at the hands of our out of sync PM Steve Harper. Judged harshly and sharply the Harper crew are going to appeal this decision. When
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Prime Minister Harper’s Traitorous Attack On the CBC
Richard Hughes-CBC Is Under Attack! PM Steve Harper’s hatred for anything of benefit in the public domain has manifested itself through an intended assault on the CBC and its’ programming is unprecedented in our history. Here from Press Progress is a sobering history of the CBC and an ananlysis
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Tsilhqot’in Nation Gives Canada a New Chance to Do It Right
Step by step the Canada’s Supreme Court is humanizing Canada in spite of our mean spirited Prime Minister and our chequered past treatment of First Nations peoples, culture and values. This Mitchell Anderson Opinion piece ran in the Tyee recently and is well worth your attention. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Mulcair Denies Paul Manly the Right To Seek Nomination In Nanaimo Ladysmith
Dear Friends and Supporters I would like to thank you all for your support and encouragement for my bid for the nomination to be the NDP candidate for the new federal riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith. It is with regret that I write to tell you that the federal NDP has refused
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rafe Mair: Why I’m for Massive Civil Disobedience
We are indeed in for the struggle of our lives.The Enbridge pipeline proposal is just one arm of the current energy frenzy that has gripped Alberta and British Columbia, but even alone it could cause irreperable harm on an unimaginale scale. Rafe Mair is as knowledgable as any in BC
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Here is Dan Murphy’s ‘Enbridge Video’ that the Province yanked
Many of you will remember Dan Murphy’s brilliant video satires that ran in the Vancouver Province. Well that is until Enbridge, who buy a zillion dollars worth of misinformation advertising, demanded that the pretend newspaper yank this video and they did. Vancouver Province editors recognize that balance is a good
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