On Tory Intractability And Contempt
Today’s blog entry is really a video one, based on the testimony yesterday of Harry Neufeld, the elections expert and former B.C. Chief Electoral Officer whose report is being consistently…
March 2014
“That act is not a criminal statute and carries no penalties.”
That’s a tiny quote from one of the early stories about the gas plant/email “scandal.” In the avalanche of hysterical, over-the-top coverage that has happened since, it would be easy…
Band of the Month: Revelstoke
Happy Spring! We made it!! Today’s band is Revelstoke. Revelstoke, inspired by a sleepy town nestled in the foothills of the Rocky’s, and propelled by the influence of the Toronto…
Ralph Lean is a biased, unfair, partial, partisan, prejudiced hack
…and those are just the nice things I can say about the rightist, self-described “bagman.” Here’s a quote from Lean in the Toronto Star on June 15, 2013. “I will…
Political Eh-conomy Radio: Questioning legacies: Flaherty and the PQ
This week’s podcast takes on government economic policy. First, Armine Yalnizyan looks back at the tenure of Jim Flaherty as federal Finance Minister; the interview is based on an article…
The Wonderful and Neverending Pounding of Pierre Poilievre
The one good thing about the foul Fair Elections Act is the way it has transformed Pierre Poilievre into a parliamentary punching bag.Because it seems that every day somebody is…
The Whizzo Quality Assortment #nlpoli
On the outside, the spring budget for 2014 looks like a delicious assortment of goodies for everyone. You can tell it is delectable because everyone is shouting for joy and…
We Won’t Let Police Brutality Quell Occupy’s Wave of Action
In the good old days, we used to be able to bring babies in strollers to protests/rallies/occupations opposing wars based on lies or psychotic arms races. In the good old…
What is satire responsible for? #CancelColbert trending & Colbert not apologizing for racism & transphobic tweets
Is it satire if it hurts millions of people it intends to defend? Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Repor is receiving a lot of heat for recent racist and trans-phobic
Rob Anders and the Shootout at the Con Corral
When I see two guys getting ready to fight each other, my usual instinct is to try to separate them before somebody gets hurt.In the best peacekeeping tradition of this…
Alberta Premier Dave Hancock needs to apply his leadership candidates’ rules to secretive cabinet committee
A rare shot of a meeting of the Alberta government’s secretive Public Sector Resource Committee in session. Actual Alberta policymakers may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Premier Dave Hancock…
New poll shows Albertans love their Big City Mayors
TweetThe same poll that showed former Premier Alison Redford with a 75% disapproval rating also showed urban Albertans have huge confidence in the leadership of their big city mayors. Previously…
No More Stalling Over Disruptions and Abuse at Discovery Elementary
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The story of the ongoing disruptions at Shawnigan’s Discovery Elementary has generated a great deal of discussion throughout the Cowichan region. Here Peter Rusland offers his take…
A Pool/Poll On Number Of “Fair Elections Act” amendments/changes
If you’ve followed the reaction to the “Fair Elections Act”, you’ll note there’s not a lot of support for this act as it stands. It’s getting rightly lambasted by newspaper…
Special day statements: go big or go home. Why I say go home
I have to admit the one year moratorium on special day statements wasn’t my first idea about how to handle the burgeoning busy work of creating statements to mark the…
Thomas Mulcair reminds me of Stephen Harper
TweetMore than 500 people packed into the lobby of the Winspear Centre yesterday to watch the New Democratic Party of Canada officially nominate Edmonton-Centre‘s Lewis Cardinal as the first candidate…
Teddy’s Projection – Canada
Last Sunday, as a bonus, I put out a Canadian prediction; since I had put out a Quebec prediction after the Debate. Due to feedback on my prediction, I decided…
Hemp Revolution
Hemp has enormous potential to help us build an ecologically sound society. It can replace most uses of tree-derived paper products and lumber, thus saving vast amounts of forests. It…