In emails between a Barbara Motzney – a staffer at Public Safety Ottawa – and Patrick C. Gagnon – a member of The Parliamentary Group, and a lobbyist for GEO…
I’ve just finished reading Too Many People? Population, Immigration, and the Environmental Crisis by Ian Angus and Simon Butler. Co-author Angus spoke at the 2012 Marxism conference; I wasn’t able…
DougJ at Baloon Juice says the fighting about politics is actually about class: I used to think that the purpose of neoconservatism was to give some intellectual cover to the…
As in 2008 (above), Rae has stepped aside for the good of the party As I hoped would be the case, Bob Rae has taken a pass at the Liberal…
Bob Rae probably surprised 99% of the political world by today declaring he was not going to run as permanent Liberal leader. As with others online, on blogs and on…
If you’ve been avoiding reading about what all the political nerds are getting so excited about here is a truly fantastic analysis of the situation. If you only read one…
If you’ve been avoiding reading about what all the political nerds are getting so excited about here is a truly fantastic analysis of the situation. If you only read one…
Bill C–38 to ‘strip’ foreign strippers of work visas | Canada Politics … – A rough guide to Bill C–38 – Beyond The Commons, Capital Read … –On the ground:…
Nathan Cullen broke with other senior Dippers during the NDP leadership race to openly espouse the concept of electoral cooperation between the NDP, the LPC and the Greens. The aim…
Not much time to write anything so just a few quick thoughts… Rae has said all along that he had not made a decision about running, despite the presumptions being…
If he wants it he should be able to get it. WFDS
Oh, my bad. I should have written Quebec had a Queen. QMI reports that “Former Lt.-Gov. Lise Thibault, accused of using taxpayer dollars as her personal spending account, wants to…
I did not expect this to happen, but Bob Rae, the Liberal Party’s interim leader who has been organizing like crazy behind-the-scenes and managed to get the National Executive to…
What do New Brunswick teachers really think about the full inclusion model which has been pushed relentlessly in NB schools by Gordon Porter and the New Brunswick Association for Community…
Health Minister Deb Matthews talks about zero tolerance of neglect and abuse in Ontario’s nursing homes. Her actions would suggest the opposite. Yesterday Matthews said that inspection of long-term care…
Spririts are an affordable luxury, or says Forbes. But why has Findlandia been off the shelves here in New Brunswick since the Fall? Further investigation reveals that it is also…
Private-Empire-ExxonMobil-and-American-Power-by-Steve-Coll.cover_.jpg For a decade, now, I’ve been a reporter on climate science. And one of my earliest stories was a Mother Jones cover, exposing ExxonMobil’s funding of think tanks that…
Bob Rae is out for the Liberal leadership, making the announcement at a very fascinating press conference. I think the rationale for not running is a complicated equation. But, the…
Mother Jones blogger Kevin Drum thinks unions are doomed (HT James Gemmill). I’m wondering if he knows where the name of his publication comes from.
LeadNow urges us to protest bill C-38 Today we’re writing because we want you to be part of a historic moment for our country. By going to a 13 heroes…
