Tuesday morning candidate nomination update in Alberta
Five-term Progressive Conservative MLA Wayne Cao announced last week that he will not be seeking re-election as MLA for Calgary-Fort. Known around the Legislature for his good humour, love of…
February 2015
Stephen Harper"s Outrageous Assault on Radio Canada
We know how much Stephen Harper hates the CBC. We know how he has slashed its budget, until it's swimming in its own blood. We know what he recently said…
On alternative explanations
In 2011, one of the turning points in Canada’s federal election campaign (at least in determining which party would form the Official Opposition) came when voters learned about Michael Ignatieff’s…
Creditors forcing rapprochement within Syriza?
I’m starting to cautiously think that the Varoufakis and Lapavitsas “approaches” to the crisis might end up not too far away from each other even though the strategic direction they…
Don’t Canadians Deserve Better Than This?
Dear Demagogue (a.k.a. Stephen Harper) is out and about sowing his usual hateful divisiveness: Prime Minister Stephen Harper says “a lot” of Radio-Canada employees “hate” conservative values. Harper says those…
Rafe Mair-How Quickly Politics of Fear Could Transform Canada
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We are indeed at a crossroads in Canada as we face a clever and devious PM Steve Harper who has spooked both Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and…
Will Nova Scotia Implement a Carbon Tax?
There is some discussion in Nova Scotia about the possibility of the government introducing a carbon tax in the next budget. In this blog post I will introduce the context…
Executive sweet
Thousands of BC government employees lost jobs to privatization and service cuts. Even more lost income through reductions in employment and pension benefits and, with efforts to reduce public services…
3 worrisome facts about BC’s job market on the eve of Budget 2015
2015 marks the sixth year of BC’s recovery from the recession. But it’s been a slow and largely jobless recovery in BC. 1. BC needs 93,000 more jobs to return…
Thwarted Valentine Day Massacre In Halifax Not Politically or Culturally Motivated?
When we learned about the arrests in Halifax related to a planned killing spree to have taken place on February 14, we thought we would take a look to see…
National Post: Former CSIS officer calls Bill C-51 "a threat to the rights of Canadians"
“Unnecessary, a threat to the rights of Canadians” – now even former CSIS officers are speaking out about Harper’s reckless Bill C-51. Experts are calling it “breathtakingly irresponsible” and thousands…
The web is putting a giant JUMBOTRON in Washington D.C. as part of #InternetCountdown – Here’s how you can help.
The clock is ticking down fast to the U.S. FCC’s crucial decision about whether to allow Big Telecom to install slow lanes on our Internet. We have just over a…
Harper’s Ace in the Hole for Election Victory in 2015? – Thomas Mulcair
Coming from anyone but Murray Dobbin, this might have New Democrats up in arms, howling with indignation. The decidedly progressive journalist, contributor to The Tyee and Rabble, diagnoses just what…
The Walrus: How Bill C-51 will undermine the rights of every Canadian
Here’s a must-read piece by Marni Soupcoff from our Privacy Coalition partners at the Canadian Constitution Foundation. Bill C-51 will clearly have a devastating effect on our rights to privacy…
MLAs Request B.C. Government Withdraw from Federal Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Review in Legislature
Today members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia will request the Liberal government pull out of the federal National Energy Board’s (NEB) review of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline…
Chris Hedges (and me, via Chris Hedges) on pornography
Finally, someone says what I’ve been labouring to say about pornography for years. Full link is below the quote: BOSTON—“Fifty Shades of Grey,” the book and the movie, is a…
A War of Empty Gestures
It began almost 14-years ago as a campaign to wipe out a bunch of terrorists in Afghanistan. Or so we thought. Today our once hopeful adventure in the Hindu Kush…
MLAs Request B.C. Government Withdraw from Federal Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Review in Legislature
Today members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia will request the Liberal government pull out of the federal National Energy Board’s (NEB) review of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline…
Q: What do you do when a Minister of Justice pronounces on your client’s guilt before trial?
A: If you’re a criminal defence lawyer, you dance a jig, and then skip down to court to secure a mistrial, that’s what! Not sure it's a good idea for…
Tweeter’s Block
"#TweetersBlock" is a terrible thing. It doesn't mean you've nothing to write, rather you can't write it in under 140 characters. — Saskboy K. (@saskboy) February 16, 2015 I’ve a…