The Politics, Respun crew is at Media Democracy Days today – we’ll provide some ongoing updates through our liveblog below. 11.55 Hello all – we’re setting up at MDD, and we’ll send more updates as the event goes on. Already a huge amount of people and awesome groups at the
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calgaryliberal.com: Supporting Community — Young Liberals for Harvey Locke collect cans and non-perishables for Sunalta’s halfway house
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Continue readingmike watkins dot ca: B.C. School Seismic Safety
See article in The Georgia Straight: B.C. schools are still waiting for seismic upgrades According to the B.C. Ministry of Education, 121 seismic projects had been completed as of August 2012. Construction work is happening at 14 schools, including Sir James Douglas Elementary School in Vancouver, which Watkins’s two sons
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: It’s Global Warming Stupid! That Is The Word From Bloomberg Businessweek
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes – Political Blogger It is Climate change! No it is not it is Global Warming, I tell you! Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Change, Global Warming- make up your minds people. OK, it is Global Warming that has caused Climate Change, how is that? Well let’s see. The polar
Continue readingAnother Step to Take: Reasons to NOT Support Operation Christmas Child
It is that time of year, where people are talking about getting together shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. While I think it is great to try to give extra joy to others, I want to write to urge people not to support this program. Why? Let me count the reasons.
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: Harvey Locke (Calgary-Centre Liberal candidate) on CTV
Harvey Locke was on Don Martin’s Power Play last night talking about his campaign in Calgary-Centre. Click here to watch the clip!
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Passion
Why is there such passionate debate over climate change? It’s not like many global problems tend to inflame heated debate all too often at a local level, but climate change is different because it’s such an old and unresolved serious problem. When acid rain was destroying forests, swifter action was
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Harper Calls Mulcair an Extremist! This is a Great Complement to The NDP!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger PM Harper is appearing ill at ease and showing signs of discomfort as the opposition expands to the secret trade deal with China. NDP Leader Mulcair and for the most part Liberal Leader Bob Rae have been critical Harper’s assault on democratic processes and the sell out of
Continue readingearthgauge: Earthgauge Radio November 1, 2012: PowerShift 2012 featuring Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben
Download: earthgauge-podcast-nov-1-2012.mp3 On Earthgauge Radio this week, we’ll be featuring a wrap-up of the recent PowerShift 2012 conference, which took place over the past weekend in Ottawa and Gatineau. I have two special features on today’s show from PowerShift 2012: Bill McKibben‘s keynote address Media panel Q&A with Naomi Klein Click
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cohen Report Embraces ‘The Precautionary Principle’ For Sockeye Salmon
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes – Political Blogger- I never met a Sockeye that I didn’t like. When I heard the news of the Cohen Report I immediately thought of the majestic sockeye and all the campaigner’s who fought valiantly for the salmon who have suffered losses, disease and death often due
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CEO Harper is about to kick in a Trade Deal with thugs.
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger-Beware of CEO’s bearing gifts!’ They say that is always darkest before the storm, but we already have had one, earthquakes as well. Never before have we been sold down the river by a Prime Minister, or CEO as is the case in Canada today. Here is another
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CEO Harper Ushers Canada Into A New Dark Age
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes – Political Blogger Sometimes we can and should be discouraged and alarmed but inspite of the lurch to the extreme corporate right engineered by the worst prime minister that Canada has ever had the push back continues. Standing up is a Canadian response when pushed far enough.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: This is Just the Beginning of the Hurricane Season!
This is not the end of the hurricane season, just the beginning. The Corporate agenda has dominated worldwide for longer than the earth and all inhabitants and species can tolerate. Fossil fuels and their subsequent pollution drive the attack on the planet. The degree to which the multi-national energy corps
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: Three Things I Like About the New Alberta Liberal Party Website
A lot of things about politics is what you say, the policies you stand for, and what you vote on in the legislature. One thing that is rarely talked about, and is even more important, is how you go about being involved in politics. One of the ways to look how
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: GOP and Rape – Devaluing Women Since the 90′s
If you are a woman how do you vote Republican with stuff like this going on in the party? Just sayn’. Found this on The Dancing Professor, go there for a fantastic read/rant as well. Filed under: Politics Tagged: American Politics, Feminism, Rape, Republican War on Women
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: Final Round of Voting for Best Canadian Political Blog
Alright. Look, guys, I’ve been good this year. I’ve blogged regularly, I’ve been keen on the recent debates, I’ve gotten on Don Martin’s Power Play, landed myself on CBC, and pulled in tonnes of people into provincial and federal politics. I’m a talented blogger and an increasingly capable political type. I
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Moving #RoboCon Along
It’s a national disgrace that 18 months after the criminal phonecalls that ruined the 2011 election, there have been 0 people charged with the fraud of misdirecting voters to fake polling locations. The urgency to solve this just isn’t there in Elections Canada or the RCMP, even though we know
Continue readingROAR!: A Scar on the land and the people – PEI
I spent over a week in a ravine, in Churchill, standing with a small group of people, holding an invisible line while machines roared through the land. It was something I will never forget. Cold feet, reheated coffee, wet sleeping bags, peeing in the woods, sleepless nights aside, I will
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Maroc Has Dusted Off His Keyboard And Is Out After The Frackers!
Political Blogger Don Maroc longtime journalist and historian pops up on Cowichan Conversations as a valued contributor from time to time. Many will recall his many years as a Cowichan News Leader Columnist with his column “View from the Left.” The issue of hydraulic fracking was enough to fire him
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: Calgary-Centre By-Election: Forum Poll has Tory at 48%, Harvey Locke (L) at 28%, Greens and NDP at 8%-11%
Forum Research released a poll of the Calgary-Centre byelection to gauge the support of each candidate in the riding. Conservative candidate Joan Crockatt sits at almost half of the support of the riding, with Harvey Locke some 20 points behind her at 28%. Since the previous poll (in August) the
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