“The stakes couldn’t be higher, for Canada and for the world. Much of this uprising began when Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper rammed through Parliament an omnibus bill gutting environmental reviews and protections. He had no choice if he wanted to keep developing Canada’s tar sands, because there’s no possible way to
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Politics, Re-Spun: How Us Settlers Can Be In Solidarity With #IdleNoMore
Twitter / suzhawkins: As settlers… #idlenomore …. York University’s Suzanne Hawkins is my hero today for showing us all this amazing poster that succinctly describes how us non-indigenous settler folk can stand alongside with the world’s indigenous people seeking redress for generations of racism and discrimination. Solidarity matters! Dialogue matters!
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: On the Left Side
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger A while back I added ‘On the Left Side’ a series of headlines about stories that I thought might be of interest to readers of this blog. Let’s face it there is so much going on and only so much time to post regular blogs that
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Join Elizabeth May on Politics, Re-Spun Radio Tonight
If you care about Stephen Harper giving China a veto over our democracy for 31 years in the FIPA sellout, tune into Politics, Re-Spun radio on Coop Radio tonight at 6pm Vancouver time to listen to federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May tell us what kind of despotism Harper has in store for us all. […]
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: Eventually people will have to get it through their heads that…
Eventually people will have to get it through their heads that cleaner alternative energy isn’t just for tree-hugging hippies. Eventually these energy sources — along with energy conservation, reducing/re-using other products, and population redu…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Why the Tar Sands are Bad News for Canada
James Laxer is an economist and Political Scientist, one of the founders of the “Waffle Movement”that attemped to pull the New Democratic Party left and controlling our natural resources nationally as a great many other countries had done. Although Laxer gained support from 37 percent at the 1972 convention the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: NDP Energy Critic John Horgan Isn’t Buying Into David Black’s Refinery Scheme
John Horgan BC NDP Energy Critic The BC NDP have been opposed to the Enbridge Proposal from the get-go. Newspaper Mogul David Black’s proposal changes little as Horgan made clear to every media outlet around. Here is John Horgan’s position, succinctly put.
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: After you, Joe. As if that will ever happen.
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver says oilsands tailing ponds are being cleaned up to the point “you’ll be able to drink from them”… I’m going to disagree with my blogging colleague at Accidental Deliberations because I do doubt Oliver’s sincerity. I believe the minister knows he’s spouting abject nonsense, just
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: We Must Force the Politicians to Go Post-Carbon
We need to leave the tarsands oil in the ground. We need an increasing carbon tax. We need to stop subsidizing carbon energy producers. We need public money invested in post-carbon energy. We need to do it now. I say all this, as does this NASA physicist: The science of
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Deconstructing the Wildrose Effect
So what happened in Alberta’s election yesterday, other than people telling pollsters that they want change, then chickening out when it came time to mark an X. The Politics, Re-spun crew deconstructs the Wildrose effect here: Are you surprised that the Wildrose Party did not win? No. Discontent polls well,
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: "The Department will not speculate…" But it will leak.
A reporter at Bloomberg tried to get confirmation from Canada’s finance department about the contents of the upcoming federal budget and got the stock reply. “The Department will not speculate about the contents of the budget,” said Jack Aubry, a spokesman for Canada’s finance department. No, the department won’t speculate.
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: McGuinty-Redford Dollar-Tar Sands Dance
Wouldn’t a lower Canadian dollar encourage both foreign investment in Canada and investment and saving by Canadians in Canada where purchasing power would be stronger than in a foreign market? And wouldn’t it also make Canadian export goods, no matter which province is their source, more attractive to foreign buyers since they
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: And will it be called the Senate Un-Canadian Activities Committee?
With Senator Nicole Eaton publicly leading the charge, the government’s effort to demonize environmentalists is moving to the next level. Promising to reveal information that would make “your blood boil,” a Conservative senator opened a new front in the federal government’s attack against environmentalists Tuesday. “There is political manipulation. There
Continue readingGlobe editorial: McGuinty a bad, bad boy for not bowing to Redford’s demands
The Globe calls it an “appeal”. It’s really a demand from Alberta for Ontario to promote the tarsands. Ontario is under no obligation to support a polluting province. There is no proof that Keystone will not further dirty our country. There is no proof that Keystone will add to Canada’s
Continue readingGlobe & Mail whores itself to tarsands. And a new low.
Didn’t think the Globe & Mail could sink any lower? Think again. Feast your eyes on today’s front page: Here’s the reality from the horse’s mouth (emphasis mine): It would be a huge mistake to interpret our results as some kind of a “get out of jail free” card for the
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Politics, Re-Spun on COOP Radio Tonight at 6pm
Tonight at 6pm [East Vancouver time], Politics, Re-Spun teams up with The Rational on COOP Radio with an analog radio show at 102.7fm in Vancouver, which will be streaming live at COOPRadio.org and interactively in a multimedia liveblog here below. Here is what we’ve got tonight: 1. Tia Everitt interviewing
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Liveblogging Today’s NDP Leaders Debate
Today’s NDP leadership debate lands in Quebec. I’m using 14 criteria to evaluate who I’ll be voting for. Let me know if you have suggestions for improved criteria. 2012.02.12 NDP Leaders Debate February 2, 2012 — NDP Leaders, By the Numbers and the Intangibles (0) August 27, 2011 — Liveblog
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Contradiction? What contradiction?
Prime Minister Harper in China on the tarsands: Prime Minister Stephen Harper blasted “foreign money and influence” behind critics of Canada’s oil sands even as he welcomed Chinese investment in Canada’s energy sector…At the same time, he made clear he does not equate Chinese foreign investment in oil sands development
Continue readingEnemygate: Harper’s divisive politics
Margaret Atwood has dubbed it ‘Enemygate’. ForestEthics whistleblower Andrew Frank accuses Harper of bullying tactics. John Bennett of the Sierra Club frets that this is “a scary time for Canadian democracy”. With the Prime Minister calling any opposition to his pet Keystone project, “enemy of the Government of Canada”, the
Continue readingHuffington Post’s Kathryn Marshall has meltdown on Power & Politics. Goes viral. UPDATED
When I looked yesterday afternoon at the now famous Kathryn Marshall Ethical Oil freakout on youtube, the hits were just 6,000. It’s now well over 26,000 and quickly rising. Word has been blazing around the web, snaking its way into the States where amused commenters are comparing Marshall’s clueless and belligerent approach to
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