A Timely Reminder
Young Tim Hudak, the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, probably commands much more press coverage than he deserves. He certainly has been the object of more than one…
2013
MP demands full cost of governmAnt’s Super Bowl ad blitz
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-politics-blog/2013/02/ndp-mp-demands-full-cost-of-governments-super-bowl-ad-blitz.html
Conservative Party Of Canada: Catch Me If You Can
The latest robocall case is alarming, but not for the obvious reasons. The fact the Conservatives were push polling over electoral boundaries is unseemly, but hardly surprising given historical tactics.…
Liberals say CRTC should investigate robocalls over Saskatchewan riding boundaries by Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher
Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski says Conservative political director Jenni Byrne is ultimately responsible for a “deceptive” push poll conducted in Saskatchewan without the knowledge of Tory MPs.
I write funeral songs: Secret of Immortality
Damian Abraham is the leader of Canada’s greatest band, and one of the world’s greatest bands, Fucked Up. They are more than good; they are god-like geniuses. Last night, Damian…
La dolce vita
It wasn’t always so easy. There used to be an anger in him. An emptiness that nothing could fill … nothing material anyway. He fell through time and space, and…
Federal Court of Canada rules in favour of US war deserter Jules Tindungan
Refugee Protection Division ignored evidence that U.S. military justice system fails to meet basic fairness standards by War Resisters Support Campaign | Feb. 6, 2013: TORONTO – On Friday, February…
Idle No More: A Response By People Who Feel Like Hostages In Their Own Country
If you’re looking for some more information on the IdleNoMore campaign, MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay) gives a good summary in this video. He is discussing the NDP Opposition Day…
An Unwavering Commitment to Inaction, Indecision, and Extra Pork #nlpoli
In 2010, the provincial government appointed Captain Mark Turner to look at the “province’s offshore oil spill prevention and response capabilities.” He produced the 273 page report and the provincial…
House of Cards – American Style
As an inveterate fan of the original 1989 BBC series “House of Cards” I was highly skeptical that it could be successfully adapted into an American context. It had some…
New Conservative Robocall Deception Laying Pretext for Gerrymandering?
In case you haven’t heard yet, the Conservatives have apparently decided to double down on their shadowy robocall schemes by putting out an allegedly bogus push-poll telling Saskatchewan residents that…
Don’t Care About Penny Salami Slicing
There’s a bit of hand wringing going on around Facebook amongst typically the anti-Harper crowd. Normally I’d join in, because it’s worth wringing hands over practically everything our Prime Minister…
Redford government floats risky scheme to impose contract on teachers
An Alberta Teachers Association member gets ready to give an important lesson to the Redford Government. Alberta teachers may not be smiling quite as broadly as illustrated if the government…
Ignatieff says Harper’s power-grab “is harming democracy”
by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 5, 2013: With unassailable majorities in both the House of Commons and Senate, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is potentially the most powerful…
5597…Tories Caught Lying V.2
This nose stretcher is brought to you by buffet killer and Kanata, home of the other Ottawa Senators, resident Senator Mike Duffy, who ostensibly is a Conservative.Mr. Duffy has been…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Upward cats.
Ed Rendell Intervened For Oil Company to Stop EPA Contamination Case Against Range Resources
A breaking investigation by EnergyWire appears to connect the dots between shadowy lobbying efforts by shale gas fracking company Range Resources, and the Obama EPA’s decision to shut down its…
Greenpeace: Leaked Arctic Council Oil Spill Response Agreement ‘Vague and Inadequate’
“The agreement asks so little of Canada, Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the US, that it is effectively useless” by Greenpeace | Feb.4, 2013: WASHINGTON…
Fight The Right hits Oshawa!
Federal Grits, here we go!