Vote Together
I’m all in favour of voting your conscience. I’m all in favour of voting for the person who best will represent your riding. However, in the screwed up system that…
May 2015
Pierre Polievre does it again…
I do, I really do. I try not to lose it. I try to keep it civil. I try to hold it together. But then this: Pierre Polievre is a…
NDP Support Pre-election 2011 Compared to 2015
Here is an interesting comparison between the NDP support 8-5 months before the election in 2011 compared to the same period now in 2015. Back in 2011, support was in…
NDP Support Pre-election 2011 Compared to 2015
Here is an interesting comparison between the NDP support 8-5 months before the election in 2011 compared to the same period now in 2015. Back in 2011, support was in…
NDP Support Pre-election 2011 Compared to 2015
Here is an interesting comparison between the NDP support 8-5 months before the election in 2011 compared to the same period now in 2015.Back in 2011, support was in the…
NDP Support Pre-election 2011 Compared to 2015
Here is an interesting comparison between the NDP support 8-5 months before the election in 2011 compared to the same period now in 2015. Back in 2011, support was in…
Site C Dam a “Fundamental Threat to Human Rights” and Indigenous Women, Says Amnesty International Canada
First Nations’ consent to the Site C dam should determine the project’s fate, according to Amnesty International Canada’s Craig Benjamin. “At the end of the day with regard to human…
30 By 30 – Rachel, You’ve Got Some Catching Up To Do.
It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry but the feds have finally proclaimed Canada’s target for greenhouse gas emissions cuts. The figure is a 30% reduction from 2005…
Privacy and Democracy: What Geeks Understand that the Left Doesn’t
Cartoon by Bruce MacKinnon, February 9, 2015 (Artizans). In the wake of Edward Snowden’s revelations about the all-encompassing scope of surveillance and eavesdropping by Western states against their own people…
Defeated Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard Bumps ALC Chair Out — Life Is Good At The BC Liberal Pork Barrel
Longtime Saanich mayor Frank Leonard, defeated in the November 2014 elections, has landed a Longtime Saanich mayor Frank Leonard, courtesy of his friends within the BC Liberal Party. Leonard may…
Eyewear, pocketbook, wristwatch
Before we get too far into this, I want you to go here and listen to The Faint’s Dress Code. Especially you, Meatbum. I’ll wait. I think it’s my new…
Bail granted less freely
R. v. St-Cloud, 2015 SCC 27 today rewrote the law on bail. Some might say the decision is a move to limit strongly the Charter right to bail. First, it…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Matthew Yglesias points out that a particular income level may have radically different implications depending on an individual’s place in life, and that…
Flying Blind
Photo from Public Domain Imagine you are flying a plane carrying millions of passengers over unfamiliar terrain. Now imagine making the decision, mid-flight, to disable and destroy the instruments that…
Alberta finally shifted left in these elections. But can it go green?
Pigeon Lake, AB at sunset • Photo by WinterE229 Canada’s appetite for political change was demonstrated by the surprising win of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in Alberta’s elections, which…
Alberta: NDP wins… now let’s organize!
Photo by Kurt Bauschardt The NDP victory in Alberta presents a real opportunity for the labour movement and wider working class to make substantial gains. The defeat of the 44-year…
Alberta: A Perfect Political Storm
Photo by Dave Cournoyer Election outcomes like Alberta’s do not come often: the total collapse of a four decade conservative dynasty and majority power for a party considered on the…
Agricultural Land Commission CEO fired by BC Liberal govt
Peace River Valley farmland (Damien Gillis) Read this May 14 story by the Richmond Review on the BC Liberal government’s decision to fire Agricultural Land Commission CEO Richard Bullock after…
His Highness Emperor Stephen Harper
Harper is putting Canadian troops on the frontlines in Iraq, when even the United States would not, and then sending Canadian troops to Syria. He’s taking our country deeper into…