alberta candidate nomination updates – october 2011.
I have made the following updates to the list of declared and nominated candidates preparing to stand in the next provincial general election, now expected in 2012: Airdrie: Bryan Young…
October 2011
Ontario – Deficits – The Liberal and NDP Story
The Ontario Liberals talk a good game about being fiscal managers of our money. They suggest that the NDP would spend wildly, driving the deficit even bigger. It's not based…
Three lessons that can’t be drawn from Alison Redford’s election – but will be anyway
Alison Redford shouts to make herself heard over the din Sunday morning after news of her victory had been announced. She can now expect people to simmer down and listen…
Mike Harris laughing as Libs adopt his Tax Cuts
Mike Harris - Former Conservative Premier It appears the Ontario Liberals after being in power for eight years, run up the largest deficits in years, now claim they have a…
Let them eat cake
Montreal Simon writes about the champagne drinkers on the balcony watching the #OccupyWallSt protests below:Whatever else these protests are achieving, they are drawing a line between THEM and US.Today the…
CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE
THE WINGNUTERER, THE ORIGINAL BLOG TO USE THE ALL-CAPPS DEVICE I GUESS YOU’LL HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THE ORIGINAL BLOG IS DELETED AND THE NEW ONE DOESN’T…
Radio Topics, October 4th
Happy Tuesday all! At 8:05, we’ll be joined by CCCA president Jordan Charbonneau to discuss what’s going on in Centretown, as well as their upcoming AGM. We’ll also touch on…
Important victory for democracy and freedom
New York, NY. Monday, October 3, 2011—Today, award-winning journalist Amy Goodman announced that a final settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit brought by Goodman and Democracy Now! producers…
Ethical oil
Anyone following the latest news on the Keystone Project is aware of the heavy and very public resistance to the project in some parts of the US and Canada. To…
Occupy Wall Street and the Champagne Party
As frantic efforts to revive the Old Capitalist pig continue.And the Occupy Wall Street protests grow.It seems that some of the fat cats on Wall Street.You know...these pampered pussies...Still don't…
"He didn’t know when staff training began"
Lots of fingers pointing in BC Place service debacle, CKWX News, October 2, 2011 The accusations are flying over Friday night's debacle at BC Place... Fans complained of long line-ups,…
Smell ya later MSIE
For the first time ever last week the number of Firefox visitors to my blog exceeded the number of Internet Explorer visitors. By less than three per cent admittedly, and…
Let us make one thing perfectly clear
Ontario is parliamentary democracy, albeit within it's own constitutional jurisdiction. As such it is the Ontario legislature that determines who will be in the government and form the Cabinet. As…
2015
With an unusually high number of overlapping provincial and territorial elections overlapping this year, the Fall of 2011 makes for a busy electoral season. With few fireworks in Ottawa as…
NWT Election Results
With PEI's election results now all but declared, Northwest Territories goes to the polls.For results, follow along here.
Mr. Morriss Gets Acquainted With Irish Confetti
AndrewMorriss.jpeg Originally posted at ScalingGreen.com. Merriam-Webster: Irish Confetti - “A rock or brick used as a missile.” We recently wrote about professional clean e...
Globe and Mail’s RoB shocks by questioning our economic system
The Globe and Mail – the Canadian media’s strongest supporter of neoliberalism and uncontrolled capitalism – has published a news story that questions whether the economists, business owners and governments…
Rejoice Liberals!
Down to third-party status federally. Teetering in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia. In opposition everywhere else.Except in PEI.The province that makes up 9% of the federal Liberal caucus decides to…
David McNally on Global Crisis and Global Resistance
David McNally teaches political science at York University in Toronto and is active in many social justice movements in that city. On Sept. 24, 2011, McNally spoke at the Mondragon…
Where’s the outrage from country music stations over Hank Williams Jr. calling Obama ‘Hitler’?
Remember the Dixie Chicks when they compared Bush to Hitler? There was an ugly kickback, with country music stations banning the band's music, accompanied by death threats and despicable editorials…