After months of speculation, it’s official! Justin Trudeau is running for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. And he’s already dreaming big: he wants to replace Stephen Harper as Canada’s next prime minister. Announcing his leadership bid in Montreal Tuesday, the Papineau MP delivered a speech unequivocally pointing in that direction. The
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Canadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: Canada’s White Supremacist Views Barred From Parliamentary Committee
Meet Madi Lussier, one of the two witnesses from the Canadian Immigration Report or CIReport.ca, barred from speaking before the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration earlier this week. Lussier and her fellow witness were invited to speak before the committee. Then they traveled all the way from Toronto to Ottawa to make the
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: Canadians Mourn The Untimely “Death of Evidence”
“The Harper government is the most environmentally hostile one we have ever had in Canada.” – Maude Barlow, Chair of the Council of Canadians About 1,500 scientists, lawyers, students and activists from across Canada gathered on Parliament Hill yesterday and held a mock funeral to mourn the death of Canadian
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: Canadians OK with office romance: Survey
A survey by the Randstad’s Global Workmonitor found that seven out of ten employees (59%) indicate a romantic relationships between co-worker are common in Canada. And two thirds (66%) approve. Makes sense, doesn’t it? Where else to turn to for love and comfort than someone you already know? After all, an office or company
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: The Economist Insulted Progressive Canadians’ Intelligence
Earlier, I gloated over the influential right-leaning British magazine’s criticism of Harper’s burgeoning elected dictatorship. I’ve a second sober take on the issue. See, I failed to read between the lines: The Economist actually ridiculed progressive Canadians’ collective intelligence. First, the magazine tells its readers: “Polls show that voters still consider
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: Council of Canadians: Today We Celebrate Canada
Below is a brief message to Canadians and other progressives around the world from Canada’s biggest progressive citizen’s organization. Founded in 1985, the Council of Canadians has members and chapters across Canada. It works “to protect Canadian independence by promoting progressive policies on fair trade, clean water, energy security, public
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Liberal History
Laurier, McKenzie King, Pearson, Trudeau, Chretien all mean nothing to the Liberal Party, to Canada if we as members and as Canadians do nothing. Though each man was great in his own time, their greatness today rests on our shoulders. For if the Liberal Party was to disintegrate, was to
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Less Liberal, Less Canadian
In 2006 Howard Dean spoke at the Liberal Leadership convention. In 2008 many Liberal organizers went to the United States and worked for the Democrats. In that same year many Liberals attempted to draw similarities between Liberal Leadership candidate and longtime American resident Michael Ignatieff with Barack Obama. In 2009
Continue readingImpolitical: Not the Canada they voted for
Sandy White, a former aide to Christian Paradis, writes in the Globe in opposition to the omnibus crime bill. While he or she (sorry, don’t know Sandy’s gender) still claims to support Harper near the end of the op-ed, these are the seeds of doubt about his agenda from within
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The value of education, redux #nlpoli #cdnpoli
The most recent report from the Council of Ministers of Education of Canada shows that Grade 8 students in Newfoundland and Labrador score among the lowest in Canada for tests of mathematics and below the national average score for English. Education minister Clyde Jackman, a former teacher himself, has tried
Continue readingImpolitical: Why Our Candidates Disappoint Us
Drew Westen’s latest in the New York Times today on the flaws of the American presidential candidates at the moment: Those weaknesses seem to be on display today, as voters face the possibility that their choice next November may be between the quintes…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: UK Labour leader argues for new values for Britain
Ed Miliband’s at the Labour Party conference has taken the bit between his teeth with his declaration that he is his own man, and not a copy of either Blair or Brown. He went further with a statement of values (Liberals, looking for some ideas for our …
Continue readingDeath By Trolley: Atheists are Differently Religious – and No, Atheism is not the/a Religion
A main focus of this blog is to consider and compare different political and ethical philosophies so as to promote better understanding of one’s own worldview and those of others. I frequently focus on progressivism/liberalism and libertarian conservativism, arguing that these incompletely overlapping moral/political philosophies each have their own internal logic and validity, but that […]
Death By Trolley: Where do Observant Jews and Conservative Christians get their Morals, Theologically Speaking?
Theologically speaking, where do Jews and Conservative Christians get their values?
350 or bust: Business As Usual Is Over: Value Change Required For Survival
Today’s blog posting was initially posted on 350orbust on June 30, 2010: Chief Oren Lyons said, when speaking about Climate Change at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the UN Headquarters in 2007: We’re talking abou…
Continue readingLiberal Video Depot: Liberal Video Depot 2011-04-13 08:58:00
Another quick response video from Enoughharper, this one in response to yesterday’s leak of the incredibly damaging Auditor General’s report which validates everything the Liberals have been saying about the Conservatives and their spending, accountability, partisan use of taxpayer dollars, contempt of Parliament. The only surprising thing was that the
Continue readingLiberal Video Depot: Liberal Video Depot 2011-04-13 08:58:00
Another quick response video from Enoughharper, this one in response to yesterday’s leak of the incredibly damaging Auditor General’s report which validates everything the Liberals have been saying about the Conservatives and their spending, accountability, partisan use of taxpayer dollars, contempt of Parliament. The only surprising thing was that the
Continue readingLiberal Video Depot: Liberal Video Depot 2011-04-13 08:58:00
Another quick response video from Enoughharper, this one in response to yesterday’s leak of the incredibly damaging Auditor General’s report which validates everything the Liberals have been saying about the Conservatives and their spending, accountabi…
Continue readingLiberal Video Depot: What’s at Stake: Young Jason Kenney – Anti-Abortion Activist Opposed to Free Speech
From the archives, here’s a CNN story on free speech and abortion in which a young Jason “Anti-Abortion Activist” Kenney argues strongly against free speech and even allowing women to speak about abortion at his university.The court disagreed with him….
Continue readingLiberal Video Depot: What’s at Stake: Young Jason Kenney – Anti-Abortion Activist Opposed to Free Speech
From the archives, here’s a CNN story on free speech and abortion in which a young Jason “Anti-Abortion Activist” Kenney argues strongly against free speech and even allowing women to speak about abortion at his university. The court disagreed with him. {Video by chevreu} Please send LVD your political and
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