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By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved, Used by Permission. Canadian Press is reporting that pro-life MPs have discovered another tactic that they can use in the House of Commons. Following…
November 2012
Transphobia is alive and well in Ontario
As a follower of both US and Canadian politics, but a Canadian resident, it is a source of national pride that much of the most abhorrent aspects of the culture…
Kathleen Wynne’s responses to my questions
Kathleen Wynne and her team have sent in their responses to my questions for the Ontario Liberal Party leadership, and again, I will re-post them verbatim (and just a note:…
America Finally GETS IT!
Some 45 percent of those polled said the holiday season brings so much financial pressure, they would prefer to skip it altogether.In other results from the same poll:- 76% of…
Like a bad penny…..
I will always turn up.... I have been away a fair bit. Couple items: I experienced a small heart attack. No pain really, just a tightness in the chest and…
A Crisis of Accountability
Emails show Elections Canada raised voter suppression concerns before electionThree days before the last federal election, Elections Canada confronted the Conservatives about suspicious calls directing voters to the wrong polling…
Final Round of Voting for Best Political Blog in Canada #nlpoli
SRBP is in the race for the Best Political Blog in Canada for 2012. Please take a moment and show your support. Just click the pick to go to the…
Sask Legislative Speaker Imposes Archaic ‘Traditional’ Dress Code On Legislative Press Gallery Women
(Click on image to enlarge .... )The Speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislature is Dan D'Autremont. He is a Sask Party Member of the Legislature (MLA) and has been sitting in…
Norquist knee-capped by Koch-backed “Shift Disturbers”
Well, it looks like Grover Norquist’s support for a carbon tax shift last Monday (Nov 12) lasted as long as a mayfly. By the time Tuesday (Nov 13) rolled around,…
F-35 Enters USMC Service – Sort Of
The United States Marine Corps has accepted delivery of its very first F-35 stealth light bomber - or some of it anyway."The Lockheed Martin-built plane’s computerized logistical system, flight software…
Breaking: SUNY Buffalo Shuts "Frackademia" Center, Shale Resources and Society Institute
Today, SUNY Buffalo closed the doors of its Shale Resources and Society Institute (SRSI), what we at DeSmog have described as an epicenter for "frackademia" and a public relations front…
Now Tell Me Why We Need to Push Bitumen on the World?
"Twenty-seven or younger? Then you’ve never experienced a month in which the global temperature has been colder than average, according to the latest data from the U.S. National Oceanic and…
Timelapse Animations Reveal Staggering Water Withdrawals, Industrial Activity for Fracking
Watch these staggering timelapse animations of recent water withdrawals and industrial activity on the traditional territory of Fort Nelson First Nation for natural gas hydraulic fracturing. These short term licenses…
Join Elizabeth May on Politics, Re-Spun Radio Tonight
If you care about Stephen Harper giving China a veto over our democracy for 31 years in the FIPA sellout, tune into Politics, Re-Spun radio on Coop Radio tonight at…
Nothing New Here
In a valiant effort to not be forgotten by a fickle public, Tim Hudak is at it again, advocating a policy that is guaranteed to find favour with the public:…
JimBobby Sings The Ballad of Joanie Crockatt
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, ol' Jymn over to Let Freedom Rain posted hisself a boog where he sorta challenged ol' JB to come up with a little sing-song all…
JimBobby Sings The Ballad of Joanie Crockatt
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, ol’ Jymn over to Let Freedom Rain posted hisself a boog where he sorta challenged ol’ JB to come up with a little sing-song all…
JimBobby Sings The Ballad of Joanie Crockatt
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, ol' Jymn over to Let Freedom Rain posted hisself a boog where he sorta challenged ol' JB to come up with a little sing-song all…
JimBobby Sings The Ballad of Joanie Crockatt
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, ol’ Jymn over to Let Freedom Rain posted hisself a boog where he sorta challenged ol’ JB to come up with a little sing-song all…