#LPCLdr Debate 1: The Candidates Revealed
I just finished watching the two-hour long marathon that was the first candidates debate for the 2013 leadership race out in Vancouver, and one thing comes to mind: all nine…
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Proportional Representation? *check* Legalize and Tax Marijuana? *check* Carbon Tax? *check* Anyone But Harper Cooperation? *check* -Joyce Murray
Several bold but well-thought-out positions are making Vancouver MP Joyce Murray an interesting candidate for the Liberal leadership. Murray seemed to attract quite a bit of attention in the debate.…
BC Liberals Election Bid Funded By Alberta Oil & Gas Interests
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Christy Clark flip, flop, and fly over the Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal has puzzled many political observers. Her efforts to leverage a financial payoff for endorsing…
Civil Disobedience and, "White Privilege"
During the Idle No More protests of the past month we at ARC have been, well, idle. We've been following the coverage in the msm and reading progressive blogs that…
5539…Brian Mulroney On First Nation’s
QMI had a piece this day on their interview with the only Prime Minister to produce not one but two TV talking heads, Brian Mulroney.The former leader “…spoke to QMI…
5538…Nah, We Just Don’t Like You
Just found a piece from late last year in The Ottawa Citizen where Senator Patrick Brazeau laments that one of the reasons no one likes him is “… perhaps (it’s)…
Top Ten Albums of 2012
Every year, I post my top ten albums of the year around New Year’s Day. This year, I didn’t. Apart from my buddy Scott Sellers, I had become convinced nobody…
10 Ways to See Earth’s Temperature Rising
Ray Grigg provides some key facts and figures which chart the planet’s growing fever in recent years. “The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in October, 2012, that the…
At the Bookshop
His Nibs: “I thought you said we could only have one book each.” Me: “I’m picking one out for the cat.” his Nibs: “The cat has no thumbs.” (note HN…
Saturday Photo: Snow Swirling
This is a photo lifted from the publicity stills for the film Kamousaska. The wind feels like this today, only the pictures I took were the pits.
Guest post: The Trudeau Paradox (Part Three)
In Part I of this essay, we discussed the origins of Quebec nationalism and how it developed into a desire by Francophone Quebecers to have their province recognized as a…
Canada’s prison plans – Following a failed US example?
It has fallen off the radar of late, our current government’s plan to increase Canada’s prison population by expanding the prison system. Capacity is being increased substantially while laws have…
Guest post: The Trudeau Paradox (Part Two)
Part I of this essay discussed the origins of Quebec nationalism and the desire of Francophone Quebecers to have their province recognized as a “distinct society” within Canada. This desire…
Idle no more: support the causes, not the ‘organisation’
#idlenomore #cdnpoli #bcpoli #ndp #cpc As someone that prides himself as a social moderate and political progressive, the #idlenomore movement has been a bit of a struggle for me. Not…
5537…Today’s Thought Of The Day V.2
Sarah SilvermanPeople don’t say “it’s a free country” much anymore True dat. Sad but true on both sides of the border. WFDS
Conservative Strategy to demonise the Courts?
The Liberal – Activist enemy? I have noticed something odd about the legislative agenda of the Conservative Party. Hey, I ain’t no lawyer, but it has struck me repeatedly that…
Guest post: The Trudeau Paradox (Part One)
Once again I am happy to give over this space to Jared Milne, this time writing about the Trudeau factor. This article is in three posts. **** The results of…
Torture, The Movies and the Politics of Caregiving
A couple of nights ago, my husband Jim and I went to the movies. We saw Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty” – a film already infamous for its portrayal of…
more books on books
A while back, I wrote some “what i’m reading” posts under the general category “books on books”. Allan has just added to this small collection with a post about The…
Jan. 20: Watching you….
Who are the dangerous people that our intelligence agencies like CSIS, the RCMP, the department of defence and others are watching? Why, they’re watching you. You are actually paying taxes…