Edmonton-Leduc NDP campaign diary, Days 11, 12 and 13
Too busy to write for the past few days. Spoke for the NDP at an all-party (the Conservatives didn't attend without giving a reason) forum at Concordia University College. It's…
April 2011
Last Election For Green Party, May
Latest polling numbers indicate that the Green Party is a failed experiment in Canadian politics. Support for the Green Party has been rapidly collapsing in recent months. A Simon Fraser…
Retro Is In
This post is a response to this article from the Telegraph about a French female lawyer ripping off another young woman’s burqa (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7735607/France-has-first-burka-rage-incident.html). What a disappointment! And what an insult…
I can’t keep giving these ideas away for free
Or should I assume that my campaign consultant fee is in the mail? See end of third bullet point. What took you so long? I'll try to find better pictures…
Stephen Harper Does Not Want YOU To Vote
Stephen Harper and his operatives in the Conservative War Room have determined exactly who they want to show up at the polls on May 2. They don’t want YOU. In…
Painting the world’s lungs blue – Recent works by Konstantin Dimopoulos
Bright blue trees in Port Moody, West Vancouver, and Richmond have been making some passersby stop in their tracks. The Blue Trees, a recent work by international artist Konstantin Dimopoulos…
How Poor is Poor Enough?
Harper and Alexander Recently Conservative Chris Alexander made the assertion that Canada has eradicated poverty. Statements like this are disheartening. Many Canadians have to make the difficult choice between paying…
Gerald Keddy: never change
Gerald Keddy (South Shore-St. Margaret’s) is getting a bit of bad press for attaching one of his campaign signs to a Government of Canada Economic Action Plan sign in his…
A murderer should not be allowed “access to the community” 2 years into his sentence
What? Child killer Schoenborn granted chance at escorted access to community. Really? What? I’m all for people receiving proper treatment when found guilty but “not criminally responsible”, but after murdering…
Calling Bloggers Interested in Family Policy
*** Note new time, 1200 pm. *** Michael Ignatieff will be holding an informal policy briefing this Saturday morning at 1200, in Toronto.George Brown College - Casa Loma Child Care…
Calling Bloggers Interested in Family Policy
*** Note new time, 1200 pm. *** Michael Ignatieff will be holding an informal policy briefing this Saturday morning at 1200, in Toronto. George Brown College – Casa Loma Child…
Stephen Harper’s firing range: A list of 87 organizations and people attacked in five years | rabble.ca
I knew the list was long but it is overwhelming to see it in compilation! Stephen Harper’s firing range: A list of 87 organizations and people attacked in five years…
Le Pont Champlain est un luxe
Est-ce que le pont Champlain vaut la peine d'être remplacé? La population de la région métropolitaine diminue. Moins de monde, ça veut dire moins de camions, moins de voitures. Et…
In Canada the Powers that Be Conspire to Suppress the Emergence of Alternative Voices
Catch 22 for the Green Party of Canada. Because the Greens haven't won a seat in Parliament, their leader can't participate in the televised leaders debate. Because their leader doesn't…
Poverty & The Liberal Platform
The Liberals are hammering on Con "start candidate" Chris Alexander for explaining that all Canadians aren't "poor" but rather "low income" because they're above the World Bank numbers of two…
South Muskoseepi Bridge Closed
As the sun has come out and the snow has started to melt I’m sure everyone is itching to get out and go for a walk, run or bike ride…
South Muskoseepi Bridge Closed
As the sun has come out and the snow has started to melt I'm sure everyone is itching to get out and go for a walk, run or bike ride…
South Muskoseepi Bridge Closed
As the sun has come out and the snow has started to melt I’m sure everyone is itching to get out and go for a walk, run or bike ride…
Links for junkies
In absence of generating any of my own content, here are a few links that I'm reading regularly as the federal election campaign unfolds. I thought I'd pass them along...CBC's…
"Imagine Harper"
The Conservatives violated copyright laws in posting Harper’s singing of Imagine by John Lennon and so it has been yanked from youtube. This video is inspired by that, by the…