Harper is violating the Canada that I know and love. Private member bills to stop all funding to the CBC are not random events. They are surely payback for the accidental public outing of government front group Ethical Oil. Other abominations are floating around such as reductions in corporate taxes,
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Canada II: Escaping to Canada II
Harper is violating the Canada that I know and love. Private member bills to stop all funding to the CBC are not random events. They are surely payback for the accidental public outing of government front group Ethical Oil. Other abominations are floating around such as reductions in corporate taxes,
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Harper is violating the Canada that I know and love.
Private member bills to stop all funding to the CBC are not random events. They are surely payback for the accidental public outing of government front group Ethical Oil.
Other abominations are flo…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Head-Free Driving
Hands-free exemptions in cell-phone driving laws are nonsensical. That much has been obvious to me and a lot of other people for years. The problem with phoning while driving isn’t just that your hands and eyes are busy with the phone, it’s because your BRAIN is busy in a remote
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Lacked Legal Authority to Cancel Transit City
Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish released a legal opinion today concluding that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford did not have legal authority to cancel Transit City. The opinion concludes that the mayor does not have independent power to bind the city, and only exercises power delegated by council or specific
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Second verse, same as the first!
*begin rant* I’m the Prime Minister I am, The Prime Minister I am, I am, I have a strong, stable, national Conservative majority government; Do as I say and not as I do. You voted for me and not a platform, And Canadian values are conservative values. I’m the Prime
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Minister of Threatening Canadians
Modified form letter I sent started with: Dear Prime Minister Harper, Threatening charities as ‘adversaries’ of your government, is wrong. The form response I got back started with: Dear [Saskboy]: Thank you for writing to the Prime Minister. In your e-mail, you raised an issue that falls within the portfolio
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Liberal Invisibility Is Liberal Non-Existence
Liberals like to pretend, and this is reinforced by public opinion, that the Liberal Party didn’t stand for anything in the last election and that’s why they lost. Liberal members and the public both say this, both acknowledge this, both perpetuate this, that the party led by Michael Ignatieff offered
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Halifax NDP Federal Leader Debate January 29th Analysis
The following is various reactions and analysis of the Halifax NDP Federal Leader debate on January 27th. Previous NDP debate commentary: Dec 4th Ottawa Debate | January 18th Toronto Debate part 1 | January 18th Toronto Debate part 2 (Issues and Themes). The third English language debate largely followed the themes and
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Harper Conservatives – Cutting off Old-Age Security
The Harper Conservatives are making a move to cut off Old-Age Security. Their internal communications are framing Old-Age Security as a burden on ordinary Canadians. I don’t see many Canadians complaining that a small portion of their tax money goes into ensuring that low-income seniors… ..
Continue readingExcited Delirium: London Should Have More 50% Off Days
50% off wages? How about 50% off everything? Yeehaw!
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: VIDEO: Kerry-Ann Taylor makes a compelling case for Peggy Nash
Today, the NDP federal leadership hopefuls battle each other again during the party’s second official all candidates debate in Halifax. In this 30-sec YouTube video pitch, Kerry-Ann Taylor endorses Peggy Nash because “she’s a fighter …Read More
Continue readingExcited Delirium: If Davos Isn’t About Capitalism, What’s Stephen Harper All About?
Stephen Harper vs raging grannies. This is what Conservatives and capitalism are all about? Bullies and braggarts?
Continue readingTrashy's World: Yup, there are more than…
… few Grit and Dipper lips smacking at the prospect of running against Harper on the issue of raising the retirement age to 67. While some of Harper’s holy pronouncements in Davos are basically no-brainers (e.g., reforming the immigration system), bringing up the spectre of changing retirement rules mid-game is NOT going to be a
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: LGBT clubs in Ontario Catholic schools get neutered
After a protracted battle over the issue of whether so called ‘gay-straight clubs’ must be allowed in Catholic schools, many LGBT allies thought a legitimate victory had been attained when Queen’s Park ruled that such groups must be tolerated. Delaying far past the required deadline, an associated Catholic think-tank has
Continue readingI’m singing in hell
I’m singing in hell This is a place where my City Councillor invokes UN property rights instead of human rights for the 130 people evicted from a rundown apartment block destined for demolition, where the Mayor, hell-bent on the erection of Pat’s Palace and a domed stadium over social housing,
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The Liberal Identity
The Liberal Party lost the last election not because they didn’t know what they stood for, but because they stopped looking. After the last election many party officials, pundits and members of the public claimed the Liberals lost because they didn’t stand for anything, that Liberals didn’t even know who
Continue readingcmkl: And while I’m ranting
Do you ever notice how the people who will complain about unionized workers making a little (or a lot it doesn’t seem to matter) more than non-unionized workers always argue that the solution is for unionized workers to earn less?
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Dances With Oil
If Stephen Harper were a character in a Hollywood epic movie about the western Canadian frontier, and went to live with the First Nations people, I can’t help but think his alternate name would be Dances With Oil. He sure doesn’t dance with the one he brings to the ball.
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