With Remembrance Day (and Veteran’s Day) coming up tomorrow, I find myself drawn back to a book I picked up a couple of years ago. It is a book of poetry called Tales from a Child of the Enemyby Ursula Duba. Ursula Duba was born in Germany at the outbreak of World
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Cowichan Conversations: Rick Mercer Outs PM Harper Over Treatment of our Vets!
Why is it that it is our comediens who tell it like it is while PM Stephen Harper’s performance is so sadly laughable?
Continue readingearthgauge: Earthgauge Radio November 9, 2012: Elizabeth May, Obama re-election and Hurricane Sandy
On Earthgauge Radio this week, we take a look back at the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, consider the environmental implications of President Obama’s re-election in the U.S. and catch up with the leader of the Green Party of Canada, Elizabeth May. Click the audio player above or right click here to download. We’ve been trying […]
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Yes, the Manning Centre is a Registered Charity … Still
A Mennonite magazine, ‘Canadian Mennonite’, has received a warning from the Canadian Revenue Agency, about what articles and editorials it can publish, citing their pieces “appear to promote opposition to a political party, or to candidates for public office”. That’s a no-no under the rules for maintaining registered charity status. Meanwhile,
Continue readingCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: Canada and U.S. news headlines on November 9 2012
These are the Canadian Progressive’s Canada and U.S. news headlines November 9, 2012. CANADA: The ugly truth about Stephen Harper’s foreign policy – Rabble.ca Disabled vets, ‘struggling’ widows line up to vent frustrations…
Continue readingTerahertz: California Rejects GMO Labeling, and why I approve
You may have missed it, but Barack Obama won re-election Tuesday in what the media wrongly called a very close race. While Mitt Romney was able to score over 70% of the vote in Utah, he failed to achieve either the popular vote nationwide or the only one that matters
Continue readingcmkl: Social impact bonds: totally whack
Human resources minister Diane Finley announced this new thing this week – social impact bonds wherein the federal government contracts with a charity or NGO to provide some sort of service and floats a bond tied to the project. Socially minded investo…
Continue reading264MHz: The significance of the US election result
The result of the US election, which didn’t really end up changing anything, has lead to deep and profound questioning in the Republican Party. People are analyzing the mistakes made and arguing that if only the party had been listening to what they where saying all a long they would
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: I’m not a soldier, but I am in a war
I’m always amazed by how heartfelt Remembrance day presentations are from secondary school students who have never personally experienced war. They feel more honest somehow, even though they are just as routine as the municipal ceremonies. But Remembrance Day ceremonies are too much about soldiers’ deaths and individual veterans. There is no question that we […]
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: America, Canada’s Monarchy
The Queen is unelected by Canadians, is ultimately responsible for Canada’s well-being, and exerts no influence over Canadian affairs. The President of the United States is unelected by Canadians, has no responsibility for Canada’s well-being, and exer…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Threat of Hiring 201 Chinese Workers Reveals Deep Problems
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger
The problems of so called labour shortages reflects both Federal and Provincial Government’s failed policies caused by cutting training programs at home. Labour unions understandably are ringing the bell.
The Canadian Press reports:
Controversial plans to hire 201 Chinese workers at a proposed mine in northern British Columbia have prompted Ottawa to announce a review of its entire foreign worker program, with the government suggesting the case has revealed deeper problems with a system designed to fill short-term labour shortages.
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Continue readingCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: U.S. election 2012: Rachel Maddow unloads on delusional Republicans
Rachel Maddow is my favorite American television host, political commentator and progressive. She’s the best. In this video, she unloads on Republicans and conservatives for their delusional reaction to the re-election of Barack Obama as the pre…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Van Dongen Goes After Christy Clark Over BC Rail Sale!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger
The long awaited charge levelled against Premier Christy Clark over her role, as then Deputy Premier, in the BCR scandal has finally materialized.
Here is a report from the Vancouver Sun
John van Dongen, the former BC Liberal MLA who now sits as an Independent, has asked B.C.’s Conflict of Interest Commissioner to conduct a formal inquiry to determine whether Premier Christy Clark broke the law in her handling of the BC Rail issue back in 2003.
For the rest of Sun Reporter Johnathan Fowlie’s story click here.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Steve Housser Seeks Cowichan Liberal Nod
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger
Steve Housser says that he was inspired by Premier Christy Clark’s energy and he has decided to throw his hat in the ring to challenge Incumbent MLA-New Democraat Bill Routley.
Here is the story
Eclectic Lip: Mitt’s bad day (wasn’t nearly as bad as the dinosaurs’)
As expected by everyone outside the American right-wing echo chamber, Obama handily defeated Romney in the US election. In the weeks leading up to the election, pollster Nate Silver (who posts at the New York Times) came under such ferocious criticism from Fox News & friends, for purportedly “skewing” his results to inflate predictions in […]
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: How Darin Could Have Succeeded on the Debate #nlpoli
Darin King failed miserably in his first encounter with the opposition parties. He didn’t have to. With the House due to open for its unavoidable fall sitting and with a government commitment to a debate, King needed to produce a result that work…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Politicians Please Ponder Pot Policies Promptly!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger
For decades our politicians have pouted over the question of legalization often throwing their hands in the air pointing to the US War on Drugs as evidence that they could not possibly legalize cannabis here in Canada.
Well the air has just been let out of that balloon.
Washington State and Colorado residents voted for regulated legalization and will now set out to kick the plans into gear.
This has really ruffled the feathers of our BC politicians and their Federal counterparts. What to do now? OMG the pressure is on!
I’m sure glad I have a driver! I can’t stop giggling and I have the munchies!
What are our politicans thinking?
The latest polling shows 75 percent of Canadians want the funny tobacco legalized.
It is really only a minority bolstered by those who profit in the deadly drug trade that want to see legalization blocked.
It is disappointing to see our Liberal and NDP leaders ducking the issue. They have in unison kicked the ball over to the Ottawa crowd.
Christy! What was in those Timbits?
Both Premier Christie Clark and BC NDP leader Adrian Dix conveniently ignore the fact that Premiers and their Attorney Generals can take steps provincially by instructing our police forces and prosecutors to lay off busting people for simple possession of marijuana.
Canada’s Premier’s should be lobbying Ottawa to listen to the strong majority desire for and end to prohibition.
I still don’t feel any different. It doesn’t seem to work for me. Can I have some timbits?
PM Harper embraces the 1930′s ‘Reefer Madness’ attitude to the devil weed and would just as soon jail pot puffers.
NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has balked, flip flopped and spoken against liberalizing present laws that turn otherwise law abiding citizen into criminals.
He has sadly demonstrated that he too is out of touch with Canadian attudes towards the failed ‘War on Drug’s.’
Bob Rae, Federal Liberal Interim leader has said that what we have in place is not working and we really have to look at a different approach.
Federal Liberal Leadership hopeful Justin Trudeau appears to be poised to actually step up, but so far he has been bob and weaving. He may surprise in later rounds of the bout.
Thwer has been a clear call from the Young Liberals to end the prohibition that has failed miserably.
Most Canadian Politicans, not all, are out of touch with the mood of the nation.
It is not too late for our politicians to take a deep breath and seize the moment. It will be most revealing to watch the dance that follows.
Continue readingROAR!: PNP Program in PEI – ‘Free Money’
The list of names who participated in the PEI PNP program is long. The list of questions about who made the most money, longer. As a small business owner, we heard it was a program whereby we could grab some ‘Free money’. And let the story unfold
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: By-Election Update: Tories Flipping to Liberals in Calgary-Centre
There’s a split in Calgary in the conservatives. And it’s about principles. Calgary Herald: Provincial rift spreads to federal realm Calgary Herald: “Pat Moore says she doesn’t like the way the Conservative nomination was controlle…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rick Mercer Weighs In On Canada-China Trade Deal
Rick Mercer Speaks Out! Speaking truth to power on the national scene?
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