…but I do hope that constituents will remember the names of all of those MPs who voted YEA. You can find out how your MP voted here. (6) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
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Dead Wild Roses: Voting Fruad – More Republican Shenanigans
A substantial portion of the view DWR gets is from the United States. Consider this a NSFW PSA from your friendly Canadian neighbours. Filed under: Politics Tagged: Disempowering People, Humour-ish, PSA, Republican “strategy”, Republican Fail, US Election
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: What’s That? You Want to Argue About Abortion?
Even this baby is surprised by the actions of Rona Ambrose tonight! So, you’ve probably heard that there was a vote tonight (last night if you’re reading this Thursday morning) to strike a special committee that would look at the question of when a child actually becomes a human being.
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: M-312 Aborted, Questions Live On
If a pregnant woman with a 38 week old fetus is violently attacked and survives but the fetus dies there is no charge of murder. Is that just? Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth proposed Motion 312 ostensibly to update the archaic definition of when life begins in the Canadian legal code,
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… is happily dead. 203-91. Happily. Wait till the next one. It’ll happen. Defenders of a woman’s right to choose. Be vigilant. (6) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingTrashy's World: New use for the House of Commons…
… considering that, thanks to Stevo, it’s pretty much useless as a place of debate these days… There ya go Mayor Watson! Centrally located. Great access to transit! h/t to @ugottabekiddin for the inspiration! (4) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingLeft Over: Son of a Son of a……….
Justin Trudeau to run for Liberal leadership Son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau was coy all summer about leadership intentions CBC News Sounds like a bunch of ex-Libs posting at CBC online today..most acting as if the NDP doesn’t exist as a force in Fed politics..just not true,
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Harper’s Hypocrisy Knows no Bounds
So, there are moments when I look at what’s happening with the Conservative reign of undemocratic terror in Ottawa and feel like it must be some kind of joke, some kind of bad dream. I think about old time-y Steven Harper who was for more transparency of government, against too
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Canada’s Poverty of Poverty Measurement
It isn’t just astounding to the average Canadian that their country doesn’t have an official poverty line, it’s astounding that no one, including the major political parties, is doing anything about it. Below are excerpts from governments, organizations, and charities that highlight the need for Canada to finally create an
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Green Party endorses Internet freedom
As a post-partisan organization, we celebrate when any of our political parties take action to stand up for Internet freedom. The Green Parties of Canada, New Zealand and Australia are uniting in speaking out against the restricting Internet provisions within the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. It’s a statement that we
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: It Is Time To Overhaul And Restructure Canada’s Democracy
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes Our First Past The Post system (FPTP) for determining political representation is an archaic and unworkable model absent from most modern democracies today. The voices beating the drum for the status quo are ignoring many important developments that underline the failure and inappropriatness of our present system.
Continue readingPop The Stack: Yes David, the Conservative movement has two sides, but it also has two parties.
True words written by David Brooks. But the next step is for him to realize that the Democrats are not actually socialists at all but are the Traditional Conservatives he is talking about and pining for. In Canada we used to call them Progressive Conservatives and they’re all but dead
Continue readingPop The Stack: Yes David, the Conservative movement has two sides, but it also has two parties.
True words written by David Brooks. But the next step is for him to realize that the Democrats are not actually socialists at all but are the Traditional Conservatives he is talking about and pining for. In Canada we used to call them Progressive Conservatives and they’re all but dead
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Motion 312 – The Handmaid’s Tale
A pregnant women has always been considered legally one person. Bill C-484, introduced in Parliament on December 13th, 2007, attempted to change that by seeking TWO murder charges against a person that killed a pregnant woman. W…
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Motion 312 – The Handmaid’s Tale
A pregnant women has always been considered legally one person. Bill C-484, introduced in Parliament on December 13th, 2007, attempted to change that by seeking TWO murder charges against a person that killed a pregnant woman. Women are not stupid. It was clear that… ..
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Motion 312 – The Handmaid’s Tale
A pregnant women has always been considered legally one person. Bill C-484, introduced in Parliament on December 13th, 2007, attempted to change that by seeking TWO murder charges against a person that killed a pregnant woman. Women are not stupid. It was clear that… ..
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Oh Mittens! – There you go again.
Liberal Viewer (and everyone else) has decided that Romney should show a little more love to the moochers and freeloaders of American society. Just sayn’. Filed under: Politics Tagged: Fail, Liberal Viewer, Oh Mittens!, Republican “strategy”, Romney, The Rich hate you, US Politics
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Rant On
Rant on, while you still can. The right to rant is not won through timidity and withdrawing from struggles. There will always be something that you disagree with, it’s just important to rant now and then for what’s important to you because nothing gets better without the effort made by
Continue readingMuscat eyeing Gozo
Muscat eyeing Gozo as PN positions Simon Busuttil to take on PL leader – maltatoday.com.mt. It’s a strange concept indeed for those of us used to the (near) sanctity of geographic representation to understand the way candidates are chosen in other countries. Now from Malta Today, the suggestion that Muscat,
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