“Hi there, I’m progressive and she’s conservative…” Some Alberta political parties may be about as different as shown … and as creepy! Below: Pastor Hunsperger, Perfesser Morton and Rev. Trudeau. I know which one has my vote! Astonished to find itself with its back against a Wildrose wall, rejected by
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the reeves report: Fighting the deficit by defunding the Catholic school system
St. Boniface Catholic School in Toronto. The question of funding for Catholic education in Ontario is similar to the question of reforming the first-past-the-post system we employ for electing members of parliament – any rudimentary thinking on the issue would show it to be egregiously undemocratic and discriminatory, yet politicians
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Bad Danielle Smith & Good Danielle Smith: the Wildrose Party campaign begins to unfold
Good Danielle, above, softens you up while Bad Danielle waits just outside the door. Bad Danielle is going to slap you around a bit now for even thinking about voting for Alberta Premier Alison Redford. Then maybe she’ll step out of the room for a smoke. While she’s gone, Good
Continue readingthe reeves report: Ontario votes to amble into the twenty-tens
For an election that was about as little as an election can possibly be about, last nights results brought more change to Ontario than many anticipated. And despite the set election dates we have in Ontario, Ontarians should not expect to wait until 2015 before casting their next provincial ballot. But they can be forgiven … Continue reading »
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: John Tory on the Ontario Liberal Party’s Victory
I said it before, and I’ll say it again.Had John Tory still been Progressive Conservative leader, he’d be the Premier of Ontario today, and I’d still be an Ontario Progressive Conservative. This is what a competent and pragmatic conservative contender …
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Where’s that Firewall?
Toronto needs to give its head a shake and throw out these university-educated, latte-sipping, cultural elitists, and tell them to stay out of Alberta’s politics! Where’s that firewall?[CTV, National Citizens Coalition bashes Redford’s victory]A Toront…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Tory Candidate Blames Campaign Troubles on Tim Hudak
More Tory troubles. This time, however, it’s with an active Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate who comes clean about how difficult it is to deliver her leader’s divisive and destructive message to voters.[London Free Press, Miller blam…
Continue readingthe reeves report: Ontario Votes 2011: Getting back to the Meat and Potatoes of Governing
Well, here we are. The Ontario provincial election is two days away, and the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives are locked in a dead heat, continuing to make election promises at the 11th hour; the House of Commons in Ottawa has been in session for weeks now with Stephen Harper’s Conservative majority firmly in power; and … Continue reading »
Continue readingthe reeves report: Taking election polls with a grain of salt
In advance of the leader’s debate tonight, two competing polls have come out in recent days that indicate both PC leader Tim Hudak and Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty are leading in voter intentions. This means two things: that this race is likely closer than anyone anticipated two months ago, and that polls are worth what … Continue reading »
Continue readingthe reeves report: Parking taxes and road tolls: the politics of misdirection
I have an important announcement for all political parties – not every comment made by every individual opposition candidate can or should be used as a stand-in for opposition policy as a whole. Because people are not dumb, they see through it, and you end up looking silly. Case in point: a press release came … Continue reading »
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Manitoba Election: Tory drops the nuclear ball; Green kicks it out of the province
When asked if her party would support a moratorium on transporting radioactive nuclear fuel waste through Manitoba, Progressive Conservative candidate Heather Stephanson equivocated, saying she would not answer a “hypothetical question.” By contrast, Green Party Leader James Beddome answered with a thunderous denunciation of allowing nuclear waste on Manitoba soil and declared the possibility of […]
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Video: 2011 Manitoba Election Environment Forum
Manitoba citizens will elect a new provincial government Oct. 4, 2011 and environmental issues will play an important role in determining which political party forms that government. Where should Manitoba Hydro construct its planned Bipole 3 transmission line – or should it be built at all? How should we save Lake Winnipeg from choking to […]
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Who gave pollster Environics that Tory Party membership list, why, and with whose permission?
Your private information: Guarded by dedicated professionals with state-of-the-art equipment. Alberta political information security watchdogs may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Gary Mar.On the face of it, yesterday morning’s surprising Edmont…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Tory Syndrome, the Follow Up
Well, it appears that Tim Hudak supporters are attacking former Progressive Conservative leaders, instead of Tim Hudak himself. I’m not entirely sure I’ve seen a sitting Progressive Conservative MPP, standing for re-election, attack one of th…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Tory Syndrome
Four years ago this month, a sizeable chunk of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative supporters already had their knives out and sharpened for John Tory. This was based upon the belief that Tory was not a true conservative like Tim Hudak and tha…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Realigning Canada’s Political Spectrum
Canadians have traditionally held social democratic values while supporting centrist political parties. Canadians support universal single payer public health insurance, public pensions and a social safety net, all of which, at the federal level, have …
Continue reading“Online Hellfire” Unleashed on Hudak
Thankfully, online reactions to Hudak’s 1995 comments on the topic of abortion have been swift. And, apparently, according to Chris Selley over at the National Post, merciless: And there is a subset of Canadians that unleashes online hellfire aga…
Continue readingTim Hudak Would Seek to Defund Abortion Services in Ontario
Currently, women in Ontario who are in need of undergoing an abortion procedure have the “luxury” of having the services covered under Ontario Health Insurance (OHIP). As suggested in the press over the last week, this might not be the ca…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Has Wildrose Alliance support peaked? If so, it’s all downhill from here!
A recent Wildrose Alliance meeting: Suddenly it’s not all sweetness and the scent of roses at meetings of Alberta’s right. (Wildrose Alliance supporters may not appear exactly as illustrated.) Below: Danielle Smith, Rob Anderson.It would be prematu…
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