The Con Senator and the Brad Butt Challenge
Golly. I must admit I didn't think ANYBODY could beat out Brad Butt for the title of Con Klown of the Year.Because when he told the Commons he had "personally…
April 2014
Expanding Our 2014 Boycott List: #BoycottLoblaws
First, it started with IKEA, which has been locking out its Richmond, BC workers for 11 months. Then it expanded to a white Richmond farmer who isn’t all that happy…
Former MK speaks out – New Tribes Mission ‘retires’ abuser
8 years ago in 2006, Lori, a wife and mom living in the US, and a former missionary kid (MK), wrote New Tribes Mission. In 1981-82, I was 10-11 years…
Whose efficiency? what efficiency?
Efficiency is formidable. It rears its head most everywhere. Witness the tyranny of the target at more and more workplaces: from more greets per hour to more exam points per…
EKOS Poll Puts Hudak PCs in Third Place
You remember when it was us languishing in third place? Now its Hudak’s turn (and not just in the approval rankings). Yes, its just one poll and its within the…
Cowichan Gets Funding for Elder Care Co-op
Good news for valley seniors. Recognizing the need for a cooperative approach to Elder Care funding has been received to kick the project into play. We are pleased to announce…
#Motion503: The Problem with Cusanelli
Allow me, for a moment, to rant. If you’ve been watching this blog, or twitter, or any major newspaper or television broadcast, you may have heard of Motion 503, a…
Conservative MP Celebrates Anti-Bullying Day By Threatening Violence
Yesterday was Pink Shirt Day, it's a day dedicated to ending bullying. Now if you didn't wear a pink shirt, don't feel too bad, because unless you spent the day…
Conservative MP Celebrates Anti-Bullying Day By Threatening Violence
Yesterday was Pink Shirt Day, it’s a day dedicated to ending bullying. Now if you didn’t wear a pink shirt, don’t feel too bad, because unless you spent the day…
Conservative MP Celebrates Anti-Bullying Day By Threatening Violence
Yesterday was Pink Shirt Day, it's a day dedicated to ending bullying. Now if you didn't wear a pink shirt, don't feel too bad, because unless you spent the day…
Conservative MP Celebrates Anti-Bullying Day By Threatening Violence
Yesterday was Pink Shirt Day, it’s a day dedicated to ending bullying. Now if you didn’t wear a pink shirt, don’t feel too bad, because unless you spent the day…
The Senate is drunk on partisanship
Unelected Conservative Senators have a surprising amount of electoral expertise. It must come from all those years of not getting elected. @JDanAiken @bruceanderson Elections Canada should not have a vested…
Conservative logic: Promoting high turnout/ensuring fair election is a conflict?
That’s what Conservative Senator Linda Frum seems to think: (for lack of a better term). Some twitter tweets give her position quite clearly: “Elections Canada role is to administer fair…
Clark govt signs LNG deals with two more First Nations
photo: Tina Lovgreen / BCIT Commons By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has moved to bring First Nations on board its much-anticipated multibillion-dollar liquefied…
Energy East pipeline is all risk and no reward for Thunder Bay residents
by: Council of Canadians | Press Release | April 9, 2014 There will be a public forum held tonight in Thunder Bay as part of the Energy East: Our Risk…
Editors Resign From Frontiers Journal Over Retracted Paper That Upset Climate Science Deniers
Three university professors are resigning as editors at a scientific publisher in protest at its decision to retract research linking climate change scepticism to conspiratorial thinking. Professors Ugo Bardi, of…
Once upon a time, there was a Vancouver Mayor who promised he’d end homelessness…
Once upon a time… There was a handsome young prince named Gregor Angus Bethune Robertson. He was a much envied prince. He represented his fiefdom, Vancouver-Fairview, for years before he,
Wacky Wednesday on ParliamAnt Hill
Inspired by these headlines: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fair-elections-act-draws-more-heat-in-question-period-1.2604045 and http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trade-minister-ed-fast-accused-of-targeting-ndp-mp-with-gun-gesture-1.2604588
Benefits from Canada’s Energy Boom Remain in Energy Sector and Largely in Alberta, Reports IMF
The message the federal government has been pushing through its ‘responsible resource development’ ad blitz in recent years is one of all Canadians benefiting from developing our energy sources (particularly…
Poilievre’s opinion
“I never made such a gesture.” responds Pierre Poutine, in response to critics of the so-called “Fair Elections Act’”. Filed under: comment, digital, illustration, photo Tagged: bill C-23, Canada, CPC,…