I’m really convinced our premier has lost it. I’m seriously wondering if he’s on drugs. Sometimes I wonder if we have a need to do things so differently just for the hell of it. It really looks like Johnny Boy is prepared to take the feds to court over senate reform. He doesn’t . . . → Read More: Johnny Boy Charest, Are You Insane??
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the reeves report: NDP wakes up to hypocrisy of asbestos mining and export from Quebec
CBC is reporting through the Access to Information Act, that the Harper government rejected a 2006 recommendation from Health Canada to support a global ban on asbestos. Health Canada suggested that the government reverse their previous commitment to keep asbestos off the UN list of banned hazardous materials, and Harper refused. The 2006 Rotterdam Convention … Continue reading »
Democracy, dictators and Stephen Harper
Conservatives and their allies are busy keeping Brigette DePape in the news, in a variant of the Streisand Effect. The crescendo of tsk-tsking on the Right would have done Hester Prynne’s tormentors proud. Today a snotty grad student (believe me,…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- I’ll agree with Barbara Yaffe that one of the most important tasks for the Cons as a majority government will be to avoid having their heads inflated to dangerous levels. But I’m not sure how Yaffe could possibl…
Continue readingOh, This Is Just Too Precious!
Yes, indeedy, Stevie Spiteful!! You’ve been a very naughty boy!! And there is somebody, Terri-Jean Bedford, a dominatrix, who announced on a CBC interview, they would like to discipline you as she hits her hand with her riding crop.
“You’re supposed to be the father of our country. You’re supposed to protect all our . . . → Read More: Oh, This Is Just Too Precious!
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: What in the Heck Has Happened to Barack Obama?
Each visit would begin in more or less the same way, usually early in the morning or late at night, as a CSIS agent would ring the doorbell and flash his credentials.Then the questions would begin: How long have you known Stefan Christoff ? Is Stefan C…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Same-sex marriage – just not the wedge it used to be
For a couple of reasons, same-sex marriage just isn’t the wedge issue it used to be.First of all, in Canada the prevailing attitude – even among large numbers people who only a few years ago would have been steeped in homophobia – seems more and …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: For and against
Not surprisingly, the Cons are working feverishly to pretend that the message which won them a bare majority of seats in the House of Commons is of absolutely no consequence now that they hold them. So let’s set the record straight as to why it’s funda…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
A variety of content for your weekend reading.- The Lethbridge Herald nicely points out who figures to have a problem with Stephen Harper’s decision to have the Canadian public pay tens of thousands of dollars to send him to Game 4 of the Stanley Cup F…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Exciting Crowdsourcing Opportunity!
With some people rightly wondering whether there’s time to conduct a full and proper review of the Cons’ budgetary plans before Parliament rises for the summer, now would figure to be an ideal time for some crowdsourcing work in digging through the Con…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Gerald Caplan has a modest suggestion to ensure the Senate doesn’t do any more avoidable harm to Canada’s democracy:That we have no need for a second house of Parliament of any kind is the first proposition h…
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: My day two video blog from Conservative Convention 2011
Back again with my day two video blog of Friday’s fun and games at the Conservative convention in Ottawa. We got shut out of the good stuff, such as the constitutional and policy workshops where, once again, the creation of a youth wing was soundly rej…
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Navigating the anti-Harper protest line (video)
After venturing off campus Friday afternoon to have a drink with an old Carleton friend, I returned to the conference centre to find the road out front closed and filled with about 200 protesters there to greet Stephen Harper who was due to speak to de…
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Liveblogging Harperpalooza gloat-a-thon 2011
7:01 PM: I’ve settled in on press row for the evening keynote by Stephen Harper. I’m a little late but, thankfully and true to form, Harper is even later and the event shows no sign of starting, so it’s all good. Was off campus meeting a friend from my…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- When Paul Wells tears into a story, you can be assured of results that are both entertaining and frustrating. This week, he’s been hard at work pointing the complete lack of transparency and credibility in cuts which…
Continue readingLeDaro: Stephen Harper: Canadians love Harper
Crowds showed up in Ottawa to show that they love Harper. This was in response to Brigette DePape’s display of “Stop Harper” sign on the day of throne speech.Ooops! It is only Stockwell Day and his wife Valerie.Read more here.
Continue reading350 or bust: Analysis of Britain’s Shape After Sea Level Rise, Ken To Barbie “It’s Over”, And More News
It’s Friday, and I’m just wrapping up two very time-consuming work projects, which means I’m in the mood for some good news, and a good laugh – come to think of it, I’m always in the mood for those things. Anyway, here&#…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: We Don’t Want an Apology From Tony Clement. We Want an Investigation.
Embezzlement – To take (money, for example) for one’s own use in violation of a trust.Fraud – deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage. I watched the news coverage l…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On destructive suggestions
Lest there be any doubt, one of the most important ways an opposition party can have influence in a majority Parliament is by choosing issues to highlight, thereby creating a perceived safe space for the governing party to act if it so chooses.Which is…
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Is the G20 slush fund scandal the Harper Tory gun registry?
When the Auditor General first reported about the gun registry, she told Canadians that “What’s really inexcusable is that Parliament was in the dark” about the cost of building the long gun registry.
Then opposition Canadian Alliance MP Garry Breitkr…
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