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CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: NDP: Harper Created Worst Deficit in Canadian History (VIDEO)
Apparently, the Official Opposition will not allow Stephen Harper‘s appetite for character-assassinating attack ads and propaganda to go unchallenged. The NDP has responded to the Conservatives’ recent attack ad targeting its leader, Thomas Mulcair. The ad, dubbed “Stephen Harper’s Solutions,” focuses on the prime minister’s economic record. It lambasts the Conservative
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: Harper’s Crime Bill C-10: Breaking Down The Cost
The Harper government’s flagship tough on crime omnibus legislation will cost Canadian taxpayers at least $15-billion to implement. Bill C-10 is a suite of crime legislation that will radically stir the Canadian justice system away from the preventive and restorative measures which have proven to be more humane, effective and
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Grinding Nemo: Unsustainable Fish Meal for Thai Prawns, Farmed Salmon
A 6 min video from the Swedish Society of Nature Conservation, exposing in graphic detail the unsustainable methods of producing fish meal for both the Thai tiger prawn industry and Norwegian farmed salmon industry. Thai farms, which supply the majority of the world’s commercially available prawns, are fed by meal
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Province Newspaper Pulled Cartoon Under Pressure from Enbridge
A spoof of an Enbridge pipeline video ad by Vancouver Province cartoonist, Dan Murphy. It was pulled from The Province’s website after an enraged call to the Province by Enbridge.
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur On Obama’s “Kill List” (VIDEO)
Aly Ssa Canadian Progressive World mentioned. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down President Obama‘s “Kill List” of terrorists targeted for assassination through drone attacks. Obama approves every name on the Kill List. He reviews the bios and the evidence against them. And then he authorizes “lethal action
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: This Is Generation Waking Up
Generation Waking Up is a global campaign to ignite a generation of young people to bring forth a thriving, just, sustainable world. This video is part of the Generation Waking Up Experience – called a ‘WakeUp’ for short – a multimedia educational workshop that inspires young people to transform their
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Windi Earthworm, Ragged Clown
Windi Earthworm was an institution of the radical anglo left in 1980s Montreal. A crossdressing openly gay street musician who took it upon himself to educate the public about the Vancouver 5, the genocide of Indigenous peoples, the destruction of nature, and the miseries of life under capitalism, Windi was
Continue readingknitnut.net: Pollination
I just wanted to share this with all of you. My friend Gwen sent it to me, and it’s awesome. Look for the baby at 2.38.
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Mining Clayoquot’s Future? Videos on Major Mines in UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Film from a forum in Tofino to discuss two major proposals by Imperial Metals for mines in the heart of the world-renowned UNESCO Biosphere Reserve on the west coast of Vancouver Island. To many, this ecological treasure has been protected from environmental devastation – but the reality is that ongoing
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Capybara by Shonen Knife
This is pure magic. “Try spending your days like a capybara. No greed or anything like that.” – Capybara, by Shonen Knife Filed under: Video Tagged: capybara
Continue readingGeoff Campbell: Why should you consider attending Mount Allison University?
I’m graduating from Mount Allison University on Monday. Today is my last day of work at the Marketing and Communications Office at the school where I’ve worked full- and part-time for over a year. Here’s my last project, a video of current students discussing why you should consider attending Mount
Continue readingThe Equivocator: President Obama Evolves on Marriage-Equality. Thankfully, Nobody Pressed “B.”
Mitt Romney reacts–if you wonder why he doesn’t try and slam President Obama for changing his position, it’s probably because he doesn’t believe in evolution and he would lose any “flip flopping” debate. Someone needs to re-mix President Obama’s statement on marriage-equality like Will.I.Am did in 2008. Maybe Stephen Sondheim
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: Two of Mass Palestinian Prisoner’s Hunger Strikers “On Verge of Death” (VIDEO)
Over 1600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are holding a mass hunger strike. Two of them have now gone 70 days without food. This video can be found at YouTube RELATED:Canada Crime Bill C10 hunger striker takes protest to Parliament … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Crash Course History: Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars
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Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: Three second rule for the wandering eye
The lyrics in this video are bad, really bad. The stats on YouTube since April 5: 14 468 views, 1 430 dislikes and 465 likes. But the “Three Second Rule” message… I second it. If only there was a way … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The F-35 Boondoggle
Many are angry that instead of the promised $16 billion cost of the new F-35’s the actual price tag will be more than $25 billion but Canadians shouldn’t forget that originally not only did this government continually claim the cost would only be $9 billion, Stephen Harper, Peter MacKay, Tony
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: William Housty Addresses NEB on Heiltsuk Culture, Threat of Oil Spill
30 year-old William Housty’s powerhouse presentation to the National Energy Board’s Enbridge hearings in his community of Bella Bella. William describes the history, language and culture of his people in fascinating detail – and how the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline and Tar Sands supertankers transiting the waters of his people’s
Continue readingbastard.logic: Dueling Ledes (Compare & Contrast), Redux
AP video, Feb 15, 2011: A recent [US] government report states the terrorist threat from Canada is greater than from Mexico, and that only 50 kilometres of the border is adequately patrolled. CBC News, today: Major job cuts at the Canada Border Services Agency could undermine national security and public
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