Odd Happenings in Mont-Royal
So imagine this. You are an MP of a riding in the middle of Montreal. You’re not any MP, though, you are a Liberal MP. Your party has held this…
2011
Odd Happenings in Mont-Royal
So imagine this. You are an MP of a riding in the middle of Montreal. You’re not any MP, though, you are a Liberal MP. Your party has held this…
Whatever comes of this ruling, it’s important to pay attention…
Countdown to Canada’s polygamy/polyamory ruling At 1 p.m. EST tomorrow (Wednesday Nov. 23), the Supreme Court of British Columbia will announce its ruling on the constitutionality of Canada’s broad anti-polygamy…
Communique from AW@L a year and a half after the G20 occupation of Toronto…
AW@L Statement of Support for G20 Resisters and of Continued Resistance Against Colonial Capitalism It has been a year and a half since the most massive police operation in canadian…
We spent a billion dollars for this?
Note that most of these people were arrested in pre-dawn raids BEFORE the G20 demonstrations began, thanks to the use of infiltrators and police spies and agents provocateurs. And it…
I don’t know what happened to their facebook shitstorm but…
after what the police did (and got away with) before, during and after the g20/g8 occupation of toronto, this offers at least a little satisfaction…even if it’s only one beest…
Crucial question about the Palestinian freedom rides…
Are the Freedom Rides a detour for the struggle?Linah Alsaafin Is Palestine’s an anti-colonial or civil rights struggle?(Ryan Rodrick Beiler) Last week, six courageous Palestinians attempted to defy racism, segregation…
This site looks amazing…
The Icarus Project envisions a new culture and language that resonates with our actual experiences of ‘mental illness’ rather than trying to fit our lives into a conventional framework. We…
The Wildrose Party’s Redford Files: Not nearly as funny as the first time…
The Redford Files website: evidence the Wildrose Alliance is on the ropes. Below, an image grabbed from the site. If “the Redford Files” really are “authorized by the Wildrose Party,”…
david dorward to seek progressive conservative nomination in edmonton-gold bar.
David Dorward Accountant and recent Mayoral candidate David Dorward is expected to announce this morning that he will seek the Progressive Conservative nomination in Edmonton-Gold Bar, according to a reliable…
Sigh
Ottawa Citizen columnist Dan Gardner describes the politics of ruthlessness: Each time the tone seems to have reached bottom, down it goes again. When the House of Commons marked Remembrance…
What is liberalism?
Talking tonight to an Alberta Liberal I was asked 'what do I believe as a liberal'. I thought at first about what I don't believe in — the Conservative crime…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Contorted cats.
OWS is growing up (OV: not so much)
Last week was a busy one for Occupy Wall Street in NYC. Protesters were viciously “de-camped” early on before rallying to mark the protest’s 2-month anniversary with a “day of…
Free to be Human
An Interview with David Edwards
Auditor general’s report on federal tobacco program
The 2008 era $284-million federal tobacco program designed to transition farmers out of tobacco growing was reviewed by the Auditor General. Looks like it was a total failure. A $284-million…
Parliament In Review: October 27, 2011
Thursday, October 27 saw the House of Commons discuss the gun registry – and if the Cons’ choices to not just dismantle the federal long gun registry but also shred…
Occupy Toronto and the Old Rebel
I visited the Occupy Toronto campsite on my way back from work today, and it was a sad and desolate sight. Exhausted street kids tearing down their tents, as an…