Dean Del Gonza
Liberals from coast to coast are revelling in a pot of schadenfreude tonight: Fifth Tory leaves Harper’s caucus in scandal OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper lost his fifth caucus…
September 2013
Attacks on climate change science hinder solutions
photo: Dan Crosbie Starting in late September, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will release its Fifth Assessment Report in three chapters and a summary. Not to be outdone, contrarians…
Best. Comment. Ever.
Blog reader “Sarah” REALLY gave me a big old can of whoop-ass when she wrote something on my blog post “The Value of Nurses” She really schooled me! So take…
PC Party tries to use mayor candidates as headliners for fundraiser
TweetIn a strange departure from the non-partisan politics of civic elections, it appeared for a moment today that three main candidates in Edmonton’s mayoral election were headlining a fundraiser for…
Democratic constitutions a ‘barrier’ to neo-liberal ‘reforms’
Check out @EurozoneCrisis’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/EurozoneCrisis/status/383338023402090496 Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Austerity, Democracy, Eurozone Crisis, neoliberalism
What now for the German SPD?
Check out @SocialEurope’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/SocialEurope/status/383374841187139584 Filed under: Uncategorized
Was Pamela Wallin’s Appearance On ‘Corner Gas’ Prophetic?
… I’ll leave that for you to determine.
International Women’s Earth and Climate Summit Declares Climate Emergency
The first International Women’s Earth and Climate Summit was held in Suffern, NY from September 20- 23. Over 100 invitation-only participants came from 35 countries equally divided between the Northern…
Brush up on my youth democratic participation and civic education policy in time for provincial council!
With provincial council coming up this weekend, here’s a brush up on my policy that got prioritized by the Ontario Young Liberals at Summer Fling back in August. Here is…
Our Prime Minister Steve Has Pretty Shaky, and Dubious Friends and Colleagues, but then…
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The days of easy-going top down manipulation and disregard for almost everyone could be drawing to an end for PM Steve Harper. In todays National…
My thoughts on "death with dignity"
The recent passing of Dr. Donald Low, who guided Toronto through the SARS crisis in 2003, unexpectedly sparked a revival of the difficult issue of assisted suicide when his widow,…
In Florida, Zimmerman Walks While Black Woman Who Fires Harmless Warning Shot Gets 20-Years.
Marissa Alexander has been reprieved from having to serve a 20-year stretch in a Florida penitentiary for having fired a warning shot during an argument with her abusive husband. Under…
Taking care of business (friends)
Source: 2013 June Budget Fiscal Plan, Table A9 Revenue by Source (Page 120)
Harper won’t take no for an answer on Keystone XL
With the fate of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline still in the hands of U.S. President Barack Obama five years on, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told a crowd of business…
ConCalls: About Effing Time; Del Mastro Charged #RoboCon #cdnpoli
Dean Del Mastro charged nationalnewswatch.com/2013/09/26/new… #cdnpoli— Will (@natnewswatch) September 26, 2013 .@torontodan @stribe39 Leaving the question, when will #Penashue be charged for overspending and illegal contributions? #elxnfraud #cdnpoli— Saskboy K.…
Del Mastro to Face Justice
It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Dean Del Mastro charged with four offences under the Canada Election Act including concealing a $21,000 “contribution.” In June, Del Mastro expressed his…
Dean Del Mastro Charged by Elections Canada !!!!
I'd almost forgotten Dean Del Mastro, Boss Harper's parliamentary secretary, he's been away for so long. All I can remember is that he was always blaming others for ethical lapses…
Conservative Party of Canada: New Logo
Oil shall drip all over North America, China and elsewhere.
IceFog – The New Gang of Asian Hackers
Using classic guerrilla tactics, they hit hard and fast and then, just as quickly, they’re gone. They get into a computer system, quickly spot what they want, grab it and…
Recalling BC pioneers
This item is recycled from the summer of 2010. I was reminded of it after a Twitter exchange about natural resource revenues and the lack of transparency surrounding them. This…