Richard Hughes-Political Blogger McDonalds, and several other Canadian firms are being investigated following reports of exploitation and abuse from victimized foreign workers. I have often wondered about the staff at many different fast food outlets who might have been brought in on the foreign worker program, but did not know
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Cowichan Conversations: Six pieces of ID and still not allowed to vote-Elizabeth May
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The controversy swirling around the democratic right to vote has been increasing in its velocity. Canadians are recognizing that this plan targets voters who are unlikely to vote for the Conservatives. This abomination is right out of US Republican Karl Rove’s playbook and has no place in
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The so-called “Fair Elections Act” is so bad for democracy in so many ways it’s hard to wrap your head around it all.
All Canadians concerned with democratic elections and all political parties must cooperate in the next election. Canada’s future trumps short term political ambitions. Thomas Mulcair, Justin Trudeau and Elizabeth May must structure a cooperative model to defeat Steve Harper in the public interest. It can be done. There is too
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: It Is Time To Risk Democracy
Kevin Logan-Cowichan Conversations Contributor “Politics is the pursuit of power; a politician who says he won’t consider seizing it in the circumstances available is either lying (to you or himself) or derelict of duty.” The reality of the vote split that Harper’s Minority supported Majority relies on is the only
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: First CBC’s Rex Murphy, Now Peter Mansbridge Making Big Bucks From Oil And Gas Corporations
The CBC Should Fire Peter Mansbridge And Rex Murphy CBC’s Peter Manbridge and Rex Murphy-The Money Is Good! Check out this Huffington Post Canada report by Michael BolenCBC anchor Peter Mansbridge was paid by a top oil and gas industry group to give a speech on energy,
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Nebraska Court Decision Bad News For Keystone Pipeline
Keystone XL access shut down by Lancaster County Judge Oil pipeline faces prospect of more delays because of staunch opposition.Now, unless the law is reinstated by a higher court, Calgary-based pipeline builder TransCanada Corp. might be forced to seek permission from every last landowner on the route. Read the full CBC story
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Canada’s Most Disgusting Rex Murphy Fearless Defender of the Overdogs
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger- We have all come across Rex Murphy on the CBC and although he can sometimes be entertaining he is a shameless bought and paid for buffoon and frontman for PM Steve and the Oil and Gas corporations. His bullying style on Cross Canada Checkup towards those not
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: An Open Letter to NDP-MP Murray Rankin
Dorothy Field Dear Murray, I watched your speech on the Unfair Elections Act. Well done. Thank you. And I didn’t know about Rose Henry’s court case. She’s really something. I am going to make another appeal to you. As I see it and I think you see it, Harper is
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Is A Flawed Tool
Rob Douglas A couple of weeks ago, it was reported that Canada’s economy had grown by a modest 0.2 per cent during the last month on record, the fifth consecutive month of growth. This was greeted as good news, as we define a healthy economy as a growing economy, and
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Flaherty cites terrorism when asked why CRA is auditing environmental charities
Harper’s enforcer Jim Flaherty The heavy hand of oppression being directed towards effective environmental organizations smacks of extremism once unthinkable in Canada. When advocating for the protection of our rivers, lakes, oceans, fisheries, air, farmland, wildlife and aquifers earns the attention of the Canadian Revenue Agencies ‘A’ team then we
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Exploding BC LNG Myths
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The politics and manipulation at the hands of the oil and gas industry has seen them accelerate control of both our natural resources and our politicians of all stripes, federally and of course right here in BC. The Common Sense Canadian ran this latest post from Kevin
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Why “Own the Podium” Sets Canada Up for Failure
Brett Wilson a former competitive swimmer and now a successful entrepreneur philanthropist has outed the stupid, insensitive and counterproductive media driven “Own the Podium’ mantra that soils what is or can be a wonderful international series of events. I could not agree more Brett. These athletes struggle to reach the heights
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Peak Harper-Steve Oversees Dropping Prices and a Glut of US Oil and Gas
Here is an excellent report from Desmogblog’s Kai Nagata By Kai Nagata It turns out we have yet to reach peak oil, after all. And in this topsy-turvy world where the U.S. now produces more oil than it needs to import, it may be Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s power
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Vancouver Island vs Texas Frackers
Don Maroc Cowichan Conversations Contributor The frackers are moving closer. We may have a front row seat to learning what the Peace River farmers and Alberta ranchers have been living through. Last year Quicksilver Resources Canada purchased the former Elk Falls pulp mill site on the north side of Campbell
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