Payback, Cutbacks, Kickbacks
Have you noticed that Jason Kenney has not been in the news as much lately? The Smiling Budha, Curry in Hurry, Minister of Citizen, Immigration and Multiculturalism, who is also…
July 2014
Payback, Cutbacks, Kickbacks
Have you noticed that Jason Kenney has not been in the news as much lately? The Smiling Budha, Curry in Hurry, Minister of Citizen, Immigration and Multiculturalism, who is also…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Feline oversight.
Radical Feminism Versus Reality
The New Yorker decided to publish an exposé about the ongoing war of words between Transsexual Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs) and transsexuals. Sadly, the author spent most of their time…
False Passengers and Fake Promises: Could the PC Party be choosing the next opposition leader?
TweetHere’s a question that isn’t often asked in Alberta: Which of the three Progressive Conservative leadership candidates would make the best Leader of the Opposition? An insane trail of scandal…
The Horror of Gaza and the Crimes of Stephen Harper
The situation in couldn't be bleaker or more horribly symbolic.The brutal Israeli assault on Gaza continues.The lights have gone out. Efforts to end the violence are going nowhere. And Stephen…
Why Green Party President Paul Estrin’s ‘Why Gaza Makes Me Sad’ Crossed a Line
This blogpost is not about the conflict currently underway in Israel and Gaza. Rather, it’s about the reaction to that conflict which is currently playing itself out in my Party,…
AlphaBeatic: Anyone else feel like they have too much of that pesky Internet hanging around?
“We have too much Internet here in Canada” said literally no one ever. Article by Peter Nowak for AlphaBeatic If you’re looking for some good summer reading, check out a…
Is There Anything Wrong With This Picture?
The Obama administration’s $225 million request to aid Israel during its war with Hamas may not be enough, warned Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday afternoon. So far, no…
Former Grassy Narrows Chief Endures Hunger Strike in Face of Ongoing Mercury Poisoning Tragedy
Former Chief of the Anishinaabe of Grassy Narrows, Steve Fobister Sr., is enduring a hunger strike to “call for justice for mercury survivors” suffering from the negative health effects of…
NDP’s anti-Palestine sentiment is part of a much wider problem
This piece originally appeared in Independent Jewish Voices. Paul Manly aimed to run as a federal NDP candidate for the new riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith, British Columbia. His key focus areas…
July 29: It’s noon – and my morning paper is still not here…
……so let me start with a sermonette on two stories that go back several days, and were quite uncritically reported on.I’m starting it in a religious context; but don’t be…
How To Beat Ford
There can be no one left in their right mind who supports re-electing Rob Ford. I’m all for differences of political opinion. We can hold different ideas on transit, the…
Upcoming interviews/campaign news from #LPCO, #Brant, etc
Yes, the blog has turned into a bit of an interview/campaign theme in the last bit, but that’s what happens when Parliament and the Ontario Legislature aren’t in session, and…
Help wanted
Looking for a Toronto-area accountant who can do occasional accountancy stuff for smallish consultancy-type firms. Anyone know anyone? God bless. .
Canadian party leaders’ “callous devaluation of Palestinian life” condemned
In open letter, 690 academics, community leaders decry the “callous devaluation of Palestinian life” by the Canadian government and federal party leaders, urge condemnation of the continuing violation of international…
They’re Buzzards, But You’re Their Carrion.
We all know that average Americans have been reeling financially since the Great Recession. We know that the post-recession recovery has gone mainly to the richest of the rich and,…
"The West Wants Out" of Ottawa’s Energy Superpower Plan
This is a guest post by Will Horter, executive director of the Dogwood Initiative. It was originally published in the Toronto Star. Earthquakes happen rarely in Canadian politics, but the…
"Limiting information" on oilsands probe demonstrates Harper government problems with both openness and the environment
This story out of The Star hits at two major problems of the Harper government - an inability to take environmental concerns seriously, and a desire to limit access to…