Facebook and Progressive Values
April Reign I deleted my Facebook account awhile ago because I could no longer feel right with myself visiting a site which so clearly violates my principles. Complaints about misogynist…
January 2014
The Government of Canada Must Respect the First Nations Rights and Treaties
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Hardly a day goes by without hearing of another environmental disaster. In most cases they are easily traceable back to the doorsteps of greedy ‘Oil and Gas…
Robocalls: Is This the Breakthrough We’ve Been Waiting For?
Well I must admit that I thought he would be the last Con operative to be granted immunity in the robocall scandal.But the law, like the Lord, works in mysterious…
Northern Gateway Pipeline: Something I Didn’t Know
There is also an interesting wrinkle in the JRP’s decision, specifically its inclusion of a “sunset clause.”And that states “the certificate will expire on 31 December 2016, unless construction of…
I’m Running to be #LPC Riding President for Pickering-Uxbridge – I’d Like Your Support
The founding of the Pickering-Uxbridge Federal Liberal Riding Association is January 16th, 7:30 pm, at the East Shore Community Centre. As members of the Liberal Party know, it’s crucial to…
SFH official portrait
As seen on the flipside of Mayor On Crack – out soon on Ugly Pop Records. From left: Davey Snot, Steve Deceive, Winkie Smith, Royal Niblet, Bjorn Von Flapjack III.
I’d like to see Steve Paikin explain this crap to my daughter
She wouldn’t buy it, either, but it sure would be interesting. Oh, and why am I not a Paikin fan, you ask? Well, a few years back he invited a…
Ontario’s NDP lines up behind Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
Here’s an example of some pretty cynical political pandering from Ontario’s NDP, as it decides to sidle up to Toronto’s crack-smoking mayor Rob Ford in a misguided attempt to score…
The Terrifying Origins of Stephen Harper
OMG. As you may not know, a team of investigators has been digging into the background of Stephen Harper.Trying to determine where he came from, and how he morphed into…
Does the Left have a corresponding great lie?
Yesterday, I gave a pretty harsh critique on the self contradicting core conservative talking point of cutting debt and taxes to create jobs. What I argued was that if your…
Video: Urgent action is needed to fix our broken cell phone market
Our OpenMedia.ca team has been working very hard in the wake of news that Wind Mobile has dropped out of an auction for crucial wireless resources. Here’s our own Steve…
ConCalls: Prescott Gets Off #RoboCon #elxnfraud #cdnpoli
Andrew Prescott has reportedly worked out an immunity from prosecution agreement in the Pierre Poutine Robocalls (RoboCon) election fraud of 2011. Presently Michael Sona faces charges as the only Conservative…
How many Tory MPs does it take to screw up a light bulb fundraising campaign?
I know it’s still January, but we have an early contender for the most awesome political story of 2014: Tory MP raising money to fight bulb ban her party enacted…
Mr Ford’s Alleged Popularity and Toronto’s Mayoralty Race 2014
There was a time when, in the absence of polling data, one had to look for indicators and bits of information in the news that might suggest the direction of…
The future rapidly approaches: Britain warned blackouts may be ‘regular occurrence’ by winter of 2015
In general, as we speed towards our corporatized future of turmoil and energy shortages, I’ve noticed a pattern in the progress of western nations, particularly Britain, the U.S. and Canada.…
No to Charging for Private Rooms at Montreal’s Super Hospitals
The idea of superhospitals was ill-considered, in my opinion. Not enough thought was given to what closing down major medical establishments in the centre of the city would do to…
A Reformed Capitalism for the 21st Century
What if we changed the rules of capitalism? What if we stuck with private capital organized into corporations but required them to compete for access to resources, not according to…
Unregulated drone use soars in Latin America
Over the last decade, drones have made headlines as tools for covert bombing campaigns in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. Yet remote-controlled warfare is just one of…
Conservative Party: Is the end near?
Stephen Harper and Rob Anders ……….as Tories take a dive in the polls and the chances of re-election in 2015 — especially with another majority — grow dimmer, the cracks…