The bending of election rules by the provincial Conservatives isn’t new. It’s a regular affair by now. Kevin Taft’s lawsuit against Elections Alberta, the ongoing debacle of large union and corporate donations, and the disproportionate sway that the oil patch has on Albertan democracy, are not new. Daryl Katz is
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Cowichan Conversations: Both the BC NDP and the BC Liberal’s Support Shale Gas Fracking!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Fracking is the latest profit making bonanza for the already too rich and powerful oil and gas corporations and they seem to have our politicians by the throat. Kicking out the BC Liberals is the answer to many of our social and economic ills, but continuing with
Continue readingcartoon life: CARBON TAX! ON EVERYTHING!
Especially relevant if you are a Canadian, or paying any attention at all to our present political situation in Canada, where the governing party fantasizes its opponents. Filed under: art, comment Tagged: carbon tax, chicken, chicken little, humor, humour, politics, Stephen Harper, tax, The sky is falling!
Continue readingAnother Step to Take: Message to my American friends. Please vote.
It is election time in the States and some of my political friends are posting on facebook text-in-box images that say that voting is legitimizing whatever government gets elected and that the better thing to do is not vote. I grew up hearing that if you don’t vote you don’t
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: Green Candidate Calls Calgarians Smug and Immature: Chris Turner’s Contempt For Industry, Calgary
It’s hard to take the Green party seriously. “[Calgary’s] emerging power and prominence come across from some angles as pure teenage bluster. I think I first heard it said about George W. Bush that he was born on third base and reckoned he must’ve hit a triple. Maybe this is
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Sandy Wind Blows
The largest hurricane recorded is underway, and it’s hitting the US and Canada. Is it because of climate change? The short answer is, yes. If you’re asking that question because you’re wondering if climate change is real, the answer is, yes it is real and we have to make a
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rafe Mair is Back In the Saddle and Ready To Go!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Welcome back Rafe, I see that you have mellowed considerably during your time away. I sense absence did not make your heart grow fonder regarding the fracking dilema that we face in British Columbia. Perhaps it is that you do not understand the benefits of all
Continue readingPop The Stack: FIPA Treaty to go into Effect Thursday…Is It Right For Canada? Why the Hurry?
This Thursday a new treaty is due to come into effect between Canada and China without debate or public discussion. It is called an Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) with China. The basic idea for it is that our companies, both resource companies and others, do not always get
Continue readingPop The Stack: FIPA Treaty to go into Effect Thursday…Is It Right For Canada? Why the Hurry?
This Thursday a new treaty is due to come into effect between Canada and China without debate or public discussion. It is called an Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) with China. The basic idea for it is that our companies, both resource companies and others, do not always get
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: No Debate: How the Conservatives Will Campaign in Calgary-Centre… and how to fight back!
It’s about absolute radio silence. The Conservative candidate will not speak to the public without speaking points… if she even does try to speak to the public. There will be no debate or town hall. It’s all about a level of radio silence. And let me tell you why. Because the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Green Party MP Elizabeth May Speaks Truth To Power in 60 Seconds
The Green Party’s only sitting MP-Elizabeth May-Saanich North & the Islands continues opposition to the sovereignty threatening China Trade Deal. She has only 60 seconds, thus democracy under the anti democratic style of PM Harper. However she makes every second count and wraps it up neatly, beating the clock.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: NDP MP Don Davies Calls For Debate On China Trade Deal
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Federal Opposition Parties have made considerable effort to ahve this far reaching China Trade Investment Deal dealth with in parliament as it should be. In this video, and a number available to select upon its’ completion, Vancouver-Kingsway MP Don Davies tries to break the Harper loose
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Premier Christy Clark and Her Fading BC Liberals Have Abandoned These Students!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger Premier Christy Clark with her tired remains of her caucus and with imported help from a gaggle of old Conservative MP’s preach renewal at their last ditch attempt to breathe life in to the corpse aka the BC Liberals. While they are engaging in remarkable revisionism,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Why are we killing kids that don’t need to die? – Bill Moyers Essay
I’m struck by the casual nature of the media when it comes to reporting on imperial wars. Casualties are tallied, the right words are said, but then off we go to the next soundbite. Time for reflection and contemplation is becoming (has become) a lost art. Louder, Bigger, and Faster
Continue readingPop The Stack: The Long Form Census Debacle Starts to Show Its Impact
As predicted the dropping of the mandatory long form census last year is starting to be felt in the statistical results being collected. First problem: Language Data. New language data may be skewed as a result of shift to voluntary census survey – The Globe and Mail. Filed under: Politics
Continue readingPop The Stack: The Long Form Census Debacle Starts to Show Its Impact
As predicted the dropping of the mandatory long form census last year is starting to be felt in the statistical results being collected. First problem: Language Data. New language data may be skewed as a result of shift to voluntary census survey – The Globe and Mail. Filed under: Politics
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: Alberta’s Fiscal Framework: Is It Sustainable? | Liberal MLA Kent Hehr Town Hall
Trashy's World: Hey! Ottawa peeps!
The Pleasant Park PS / Hawthorne PS Giant Booksale is tomorrow (Saturday)! 9am – 1pm! Woot! THOUSANDS of books for all ages and all (well, most) tastes! The forecast calls for rain tomorrow, so why not spend some time browsing? Here’s how to get there. Here’s how to get there
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: The Sanctity of Election Fraud
Below is my comment left on Sixth Estate regarding the disastrously wrong Supreme Court decision yesterday. It protects the sanctity of election fraud, instead of Canadians’ right to vote in fair elections. It’s “irregular” for there to be missing documents and many missing signatures from people vouched for. If it
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Jim Manly Is Back At Home In Nanaimo ;-)
Jim Manly Former Nanaimo-Cowichan NDP MP returns home in time to celebrate his 80th birthday. Jim Manly, the retired United Church Retired Minister has answered the call and travelled as a protester passenger on the Aid Ship ‘Estelle’ destined for Gaza. The Ship ‘Estelle’ was illegally commandered in International Waters
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