Voter Suppression.
That is technically the accurate terminology. Voter suppression is a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from exercising their right to vote. It…
February 2012
"Smear Campaign" is the new "Foreign Special Interests and their Deep Pocket Puppets"
I love how Conservatives deflect accusations of wrong-doing with accusations of their own. Somehow I don’t think “smear campaign” is going to do it. I guess we’ll have to see…
Vote Suppression is Systemic in Canada
So many people seem to be in a huff about the automated phone calls that were made during the last federal election in order to confuse voters as to the…
Lollista. Lindsay Lohan as Callista Gingrich on SNL?
This is what they call genius casting.
Conservatives Robocalls Scandal: What Canadians Are Saying
Thanks to the still-imploding Conservatives robocalls scandal, the end of the age of innocence in Canadian politics has begun. The scandal is being described in the kind of terms common…
And While We Were Concerning Ourselves About Tory Crimes of Voter Suppression
…That go-to party loyalist, Tory minion Diane Finley, has just made it harder for our young people to find summer employment. Recommend this Post
Joining the Canadian Government’s Advisory Panel on Open Government
Some people have already noticed, so wanted to share the news here as well. Yesterday, the Canadian Government announced the Advisory Panel on Open Government to which I was asked…
Canada’s Submarine Motivations
Vice-Admiral Paul Maddison, Canada’s top navy guy, has remarked that Canada will begin the process of vetting new submarine purchases in three or four years. This raises anew questions about…
Bill C-10 Update
The Senate’s Legal Affairs Committee yesterday adopted the ‘Cotler’ amendments to Bill C-10. In addition, its report made a number of useful observations, but it remained obstinately silent about mandatory…
Catholic Priests, not Obama Administration, assaulting Catholics
As American Republican presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich, continues to decry the Obama administration for its so-called assault on the Catholic Church, the fact of the matter is that Catholic priests,…
Catholic Priests, not Obama Administration, assaulting Catholics
As American Republican presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich, continues to decry the Obama administration for its so-called assault on the Catholic Church, the fact of the matter is that Catholic priests,…
Catholic Priests, not Obama Administration, assaulting Catholics
As American Republican presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich, continues to decry the Obama administration for its so-called assault on the Catholic Church, the fact of the matter is that Catholic priests,…
Catholic Priests, not Obama Administration, assaulting Catholics
As American Republican presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich, continues to decry the Obama administration for its so-called assault on the Catholic Church, the fact of the matter is that Catholic priests,…
St. Petersburg Bans “Homosexual Propaganda”
Bad news out of Russia: St. Petersburg passed a law banning “homosexual propaganda” today. What counts as propaganda is broad and ill-defined, so Russian Slap readers may officially reading be…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The revelations just keep on coming in Robocon, to the point where the news of an offensively-named burner cellphone account used to leave…
An Utter Waste Of Time
With so many issues flying around, the actual role of Parliament in this scandal is largely lost. For the last two days, I’ve made a point of watching Question Period…
McGuinty-Redford Dollar-Tar Sands Dance
Wouldn’t a lower Canadian dollar encourage both foreign investment in Canada and investment and saving by Canadians in Canada where purchasing power would be stronger than in a foreign market?…
Are political donations and Alberta’s persistent condo problems related?
Justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done. — Lord Hewart, Seventh Lord Chief Justice of England The same might be said…
And will it be called the Senate Un-Canadian Activities Committee?
With Senator Nicole Eaton publicly leading the charge, the government’s effort to demonize environmentalists is moving to the next level. Promising to reveal information that would make “your blood boil,”…