Yesterday, I wrote about how the PC candidate in Kitchener-Waterloo, Tracey Weiler, has been running away from the PC leader Tim Hudak. In the riding of Vaughan, the ONDP and their leader Andrea Horwath, the opposite has been the case. Paul Donofrio, the ONDP candidate, has been completely ignored by
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Cowichan Conversations: Kevin Falcon Has Had Enough-Resigns As Finance Minister
Finance Minister & Deputy Premier Kevin Falcon The BC Liberal Party has just suffered a body blow with Finance Minister Kevin Falcon bailing on what is an ever increasing meltdown. Christy Clark can bob and weave but this is bad news for the beleagured Premier. It is not going to
Continue readingROAR!: ‘Cause’ for concern. PEI MPs vote on M312
After a few weeks where I officially stopped reading tweets and blog posts about M312, in order to make the best fake attempt at not thinking about the fact that Canadian MPs will be voting on my access to primary healthcare services, specifically abortion, I am back in the swing of things.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: An Eye Opening Week in Wet’ suwet’ en Territory
Dorothy Field has recently spent a week in Wet’suwet’en territory in northwestern BC in efforts to help the Unis’tot’en (the Big Frog clan) and Lhe Lin Liyin (the Guardians who are in the path and now facing the impacts of the “Pacific Trails’pipeline. She has kindly contributed her story to
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: BREAKING! Republican National Convention Stunned As Ann Romney Asks For Divorce!
Richard Hughes Political Blogger First the threat of a hurricane, aka ‘A Sign from God” and then Ann Romney blows the convention wide open with news that she has had a her fill of Mitt! This story broken buy one of America’s Leading News Services, ‘The Onion’ is through the underground,
Continue readingEclectic Lip: In praise of (some specific aspects of) libertarianism
(written Dec 8, 2010 — uploaded Aug 28, 2012) I ridiculed the silliness of some aspects of libertarian thought in an earlier post, and planned to offer some balance by noting that their inherent suspicion-of-authority has played a big role in raising awareness of the financial crimes and improprieties of
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The 12 Year Old Girl That Silenced The World
This young Vancouver, BC girl is now 32. Perhaps she is a mother. She speaks truth and the greedy corporate assholes of the world have ignored her. Fools!
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: A Midsummer Night’s Robocon Scandal Update…
Alas, Canada… we’re not any closer to knowing if Pierre Poutine, aka Pierre Jones, is — or isn’t — Andrew Prescott. What of the 1,394 complaints alleging specific occurrences in 234 of Canada’s 308 federal ridings? As far as I can tell, Elections Canada isn’t even investigating anything any more
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: PM Steve Harper’s Methodical Campaign to Silence Democracy
Here is an excellent piece from Keith Reynolds and carried in the Tyee. This is called re:blogging I think. In any case it was well done and available here in tact. The plan is revealed in a book by the PM’s former top strategist Tom Flanagan. By Keith Reynolds, 18 Aug
Continue readingTrashy's World: Progressives do NOT advocate violence against those with whom they disagree.
The right does. This is just plain sick. Sure, we laugh at Harper and his minions. We made fun of Dubya and laugh at the religious right. But I dare anyone to show me a recent case where a non-neocon has openly advocated violence – and the death of someone
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Tracey Weiler Runs Away From Tim Hudak
Is that a rooster crowing I hear? Yesterday Tracey Weiler, the “Progressive” Conservative candidate in Kitchener-Waterloo ran as far as she possibly could away from Tea-Party Tim Hudak. First in an interview with CTV Kitchener: Then during the Waterloo Record Debate: It is understandable that Ms. Weiler would run away
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: A Tea Partier Decided To Pick A Fight With Irish President Michael Higgins
This is an amazing interview where Ireland’s President Michael Higgins lambasts Tea Party Style American Talk Show Host, Michael Graham. The Irish Talk Show is in progress…
Continue readingROAR!: Environmental Assessment in Canada/PEI
TCH ‘Plan B’ – Environmental Assessment has GREAT significant impact! on a crowd of people who learn that the chances of getting a ‘significant impact’ ruling, is 100-1. Tonight I attended my first public meeting held by a group tasked with performing an environmental assessment of the TCH ‘Plan B’ project
Continue readingTrashy's World: Here’s a pet peeve.
(5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Waiting For Nothing #RoboCon
As many bloggers have suspected for months, there’s no serious investigation into over 230 ridings across Canada regarding the robocalls scandal. Elections Canada is supposed to be working on more than 1300 credible complaints of fraudulent phonecalls during the 2011 general election on May 2, but they can only produce
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: North Cowichan Budgeting Should Be Participatory
Rob Douglas is a Cowichan Valley activist very instrumental in organizing a series of meetings regarding Cooperatives in the Valley. Here is his latest column written for the Cowichan News Leader and reproduced here with his permission. Participatory Democracy has been practiced in many areas throughout the world and was
Continue readingCanadian Progressive: Canada Politics News Roundup For Monday, August 27, 2012
The highlight of our Canada politics news roundup today is a piece of news that highlights the burgeoning culture of entitlement by public figures. RCMP Commissioner, Bob Paulson, used eight on-duty Mounties in a ceremonial role at his recent wedding here in Ottawa. RCMP commissioner apologizes for use of constables
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The War on Women in the United States
If it happens down south, you know who is next in line. Support this video, reblog it, post it everywhere. The rights of women are threatened, take action and don’t let the bad guys (aka republicans) win. Filed under: Education, Feminism, Medicine, Politics Tagged: Abortion, Feminism, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Freedom,
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Built to NOT Last – Movie Monday
So, most of us have been there at some point, standing at an Ikea asking ourselves “do I need yet another Billy bookcase?” We know it will be of the lowest quality, and maybe even break during our home construction process. But it’s cheap…it will do the job…and we can
Continue readingTrashy's World: I really hope that Hurricane…
… Issac doesn’t completely wreck the Republican Convention in Tampa! I really do. Because if it does, then we will be left without such fine examples of how freaking crazy some of these wing nuts can be! And that, my friends, would be a crying shame. (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
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