Stephen Harper Isn’t Socialist But Don’t Tell Him That
It would be ludicrous to suggest Stephen Harper is a socialist, because he’s not, he is however similar to one. Creating the biggest government in Canadian history, running the largest…
2012
Chali 2na at Bluesfest
I should start off by making it clear that there is nothing queer about hip hop artist Chali 2na. However if you are a marijuana advocate who digs rap, Chali…
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4863…Someone Get Jane Fonda A Moped
She is all over today’s Sun, the one from the UK, that cleverly shows the Ottawa temp btw, talking about how at 74 her sex life is better than ever.…
NDP launches new TV ad: Stephen Harper’s solution
So It’s so very cool to see Canada’s official opposition, the federal NDP, lash back quickly against the Conservatives and give them a taste of their own medicine. For too…
Politics ain’t beanbag: Stephen Harper is attacking the most vulnerable Canadians
Politics ain’t beanbag, people, and it’s not NERF ball either. But Liberal leaders Michael Ignatieff and Stephane Dion both played it that way, so it was easy for Prime Minister…
Why now
Of all the possible answers to the suggestion of a guaranteed annual income, I for one didn’t see “how can you speak of such a thing at a time like…
NDP: Harper Created Worst Deficit in Canadian History (VIDEO)
Apparently, the Official Opposition will not allow Stephen Harper‘s appetite for character-assassinating attack ads and propaganda to go unchallenged. The NDP has responded to the Conservatives’ recent attack ad targeting…
Burns Bog, Strathcona Park cases ask: who owns BC’s protected areas?
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 Two legal cases are underway, funded by West Coast Environmental Law, argue that the government has a responsibility to manage protected areas for the benefit of…
The National Park Shuffle
Whenever the federal government says “budget deficit’s are no excuse for not spending on X” you should probably be at least a little suspicious. Naturally, I was, but I’m always…
Scientists Storm Ottawa After Harper Government Cuts Environmental Protections and Research Again
stephen-harper-environment-cuts.jpeg Canadian scientists are taking to the streets in protest of the Harper government's latest cuts to scientific research and its increasingly backward environmental policies. read more
I’m Waiting For Andrew Coyne
…’s next lecture on only Conservatives really “get” Capitalism.
What the New NDP Ad is Missing
Their leader. Now, don’t get me wrong – I think the ad is pretty good, if something of a carbon copy of the style of ads the NDP ran in…
The Globe and Mail: Bell seeks to use $40M of tangible public benefits to fund Northern expansion
Big Telecom company Bell wants to use public benefit funds to bankroll its expansion into Northern Canada. “For Bell Canada and its subsidiary to propose this to the CRTC is…
99 vs. 1
I cannot tell you how happy I was to read the following on the front page of this morning’s Globe and Mail: President Barack Obama wants to shift the focus…
Dutch Bail on F-35
It was close – 77 to 71 – but it was enough for the Dutch parliament to cancel their planned purchase of 80 F-35 stealth light attack bombers. Lockheed is…