Silence is golden. A proverbial saying… With respect to the Harper government, specifically the Agriculture minister and the XL Foods recall, saying nothing is preferable to speaking. For those of you keeping track… It has been 1 week and 1 day since Gerry Ritz, the Minister of Agriculture, updated Canadians
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Israeli Ambassador Told Canadian MP to Stay Home
A little strange news linked to the election fraud of last year: The Liberal MP Borys W., who led the case to have Etobicoke Centre’s results overturned successfully, was once told by Israel to not go to Lebanon. It’s presumably not usual for a country’s ambassador to demand an elected
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Most BCers Support Northern Gateway Pipeline
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to British Columbians that they support an oil pipeline that endangers ecologically sensitive terrain, after all they continue to financially support every other pipeline that does the exact same thing. Opinion polls may consistently show that a majority of BCers oppose Enbridge’s Northern Gateway
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: One Term More
This election has produced some amazing videos, enjoy. One Term More – With Subtitles from One Term More on Vimeo.
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Continue readingPop The Stack: Could the Liberal Party Become The Open Party?
Here’s a short survey from the Liberal Party on foreign ownership rules for natural resources. There are two interesting things about this. First, foreign ownership of our natural resources, especially by state corporations of other nations, is an important issue Canadians need to talk about more. I’m not especially knowledgable
Continue readingPop The Stack: Could the Liberal Party Become The Open Party?
Here’s a short survey from the Liberal Party on foreign ownership rules for natural resources. There are two interesting things about this. First, foreign ownership of our natural resources, especially by state corporations of other nations, is an important issue Canadians need to talk about more. I’m not especially knowledgable
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Will (Bill) Abram’s Has Moved Upstairs
Will Abram 1928-2012 R.I.P. When I heard of Bill’s passing I thought of that old folk song, “He was a Friend of Mine.” Will (Bill) Abrams was a friend of literally hundreds if not thousands of people in the Cowichan Valley and beyond. Some he knew well, some casually and
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Harper Conservative’s Were To Ensure Meat Safety After 2008 Maple Leaf Meats Deadly Listeriosis Outbreak!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes – Political Blogger The recent E.coli outbreak at the Brooks Alberta XL Meat Plant happened due to cutting back on CFIA Inspectors and relaxing regulations to allow increased efficiencies and corporate profits. Hold it! Tell me this, what safeguards were put into place during the last deadly
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Conservative Party Continues to Fail Fiscal Conservatives
I’m sure there are Conservative Party apologists out there ready to jump all over these stories, but the fact remains the Conservative Party continues to fail fiscal conservatives in Canada, and they’ll vote Liberal in 2015. Treasury Board boss spars with budget watchdog over mandate, Globe & Mail. Though the Conservatives
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Will the BC Conservatives Last until the May 17th BC Election?
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger BC Conservative Leader John Cummins has struck a new blow for stupidity with his call for loyalty and obedience from his party members. He told the party members that they must declare their loyalty or resign and leave the party. Party President Al Sebring and others
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: MP’s trans predator fearmongering escalates.
On Friday, Sun News commentator Brian Lilley interviewed Rob Anders, the Member of Parliament who has drawn condemnation for conflating transsexual and transgender people with sexual predators in a petition he has been circulating on his website, and to at least one church in his riding. In “Children’s bathroom bill
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rafe Mair Rightfully Hammers BC’s Inept Environment Minister-Terry Lake
Minister of Environment Terry Lake Just when you think the Christy Clark BC Government has run out of stupid the pretend Environment Minister Terry Lake offers this pathetic misguided spin doctor manufactured manure as conditions to allow the Enbridge Pipeline and Super tankers to despoil our beautiful and precious coastline. Now this
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Canada’s Food Safety Out Of Control – E.coli List Keeps Growing.
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes – Political Blogger As many Canadians settle in for a Thanksgiving Dinner the Canadian Food Inspection Agencies list of E.coli tainted foods continues to grow. Give thanks to the fact that Brooks Alberta’s XL foods were not processing turkey! Click here for the latest CFIA reports. The path
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Course is Stayed – Win an Election, lose the Planet.
Political theatre harms us all. Issues that are important to public are marginalized while supposedly “important” issues take the spotlight. (Yes, you women, under the bus with you stat!) Noam Chomsky summarizes what elections have become in the US – “Elections are run by the public relations industry. Its primary
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Check the Latest From the Canadian Food Inspection Agency!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger Here is the latest from CFIA about the addidtions to the foods that are unfit for consumption. Many of these are items “Voluntarily recalled” by XL Foods. Could this mean that they are foods that the reduced CFIA staff inspectors have not got around to yet?
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Don’t worry about what the Harper government is ^not spending…
Tony Clement, the President of Treasury Board, would like Canadians to believe that Kevin Page, the Parliamentary Budget Officer, is operating outside his mandate when he requests details on how $5.2B will be cut from the Harper government’s operating budget over the next 3 years. According to the Member of
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan’s Will Abram Has Passed Away-October 4, 2012
Will Abram 1928-2012 R.I.P. Dear Friends Our dear father and friend to all, Will Abram, passed away Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 10:40 PM. After a pleasing and engaged evening with family, his determined and loving spirit left us. He was in his beautiful home when he took his last breath. We know this news will cause
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Former Vancity Chair Bob Williams speaks at Cowichan Theatre on October 17, 7:00 pm
Bob Williams Bob Williams, one of BC’s most distinguished public citizens, will be speaking at the Cowichan Theatre on Wednesday, October 17 at 7:00 pm, in celebration of International Credit Union Day.Mr. Williams’ talk, titled The Future of BC’s Economy: De-Centralizing Power by Empowering the Regions, will explore the ideas
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