The N-word #nlpoli
New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair likely never imagined that an insult he threw at a couple of Parti Quebecois politicians in the Quebec National Assembly 20 years ago would…
September 2015
Come Clean, Ms. Green
The Green Party have betrayed their lofty ideals and haughty denunciation of the other parties. Murray Dobbin continues his fine work and analysis with another very significant blog. Come clean,…
Project Democracy Call Out Green Party Over Their Inaccurate Pamphlet Blanketing Vancouver Island Ridings
Richard Hughes-Independent Strategic Voter Perhaps it is one of the results of an extended election period but Green Party leader Elizabeth May, once voted as parliamentarian of the year by…
French debate open thread
I’m in the Yukon and completely unable to see the debate. So, add your trenchant commentary below. I’ll post the best ones as KCCCC tomorrow, bien sur!
Harper Can’t Grasp the Solution to ISIS
Fisk puts his finger on the failing pulse of Canadian leadership the last decade. “We had a chance to do something at the end of the First World War ,…
Robert Fisk
Last evening my wife and I attended a talk given by Robert Fisk, the renowned British journalist who has lived in and covered the Middle East for almost 40 years.…
Canada’s Election is a Painful Race to the Middle
The latest leaders debate was an unwatchable mess that resembled a malfunctioning Chuck E Cheese animatronic puppet show. But what made it truly sad was that the three men competing…
Canada’s Election is a Painful Race to the Middle
The latest leaders debate was an unwatchable mess that resembled a malfunctioning Chuck E Cheese animatronic puppet show. But what made it truly sad was that the three men competing…
Sept. 24:The Irving press and the worship of ignorance
For a change, we’ll open with—- Imprusha@sympatico.ca Forgive me. This is an astonishing site; and it beats anything in the Irving press. Section A news is deadly. It begins with…
On Civil Obedience
“Laws control the lesser man… Right conduct controls the greater one.” – Mark Twain Never be obedient. Obedience is for dogs. No offence to dogs – I love dogs, and…
Wired: You Love Pizza Rat. You Don’t Own Pizza Rat
#PizzaRat has completely overwhelmed the Internet. Does its virality mean it should be considered fair use, or even in the public domain? Article by Davey Alba for Wired #PIZZARAT IS…
Enough of this low tax nonsense
If conservatives believe in low taxes in order to keep government small, so be it, but when they insist that low taxes are necessary for a healthy economy, they are…
Strategic voting taking root in Canada 3 weeks before election day
Dead cat on a table strategy Some 3,000 Canadians have crowdfunded polls by Leadnow of 31 crucial ridings across Canada where the margin of victory of the Conservatives was small…
This is not a game. RANT MODE ON!
I have said this before. And if no one sees the serious situation Canada is in by now…… I’m an undeclared, unaffiliated voter. I couldn’t give a rat’s ass what…
Michael Geist: Why Internet Privacy Should be a Key Election Issue
Internet law expert and University of Ottawa prof, Michael Geist, argues that Internet privacy and Harper’s draconian anti-terror Bill C-51 should be key 2015 federal election issues. The post Michael…
The Politics of Fear lifting the wallowing Tory ship?
After weeks of polls showing a virtual three-way tied between the Conservatives, NDP and Liberals, along comes one poll that shows these startling upticks in Conservative support: The poll results…
I Don’t Know About You But This Election is Unbearable By Gerry Caplan
This article published in Rabble.ca struck a chord and rings true with many soldiers of the left persuasion. Gerald Caplan has an MA in Canadian history and a Ph.D. in…
Consider this post a chronicle of Thomas Mulcair’s flip-flop policies…
Consider this post a chronicle of Thomas Mulcair’s flip-flop policies… I could go on… but this is a nice start, eh! In no particular order: Shortly after his election to…
Are the Harper Cons Getting Close to Winning A Majority?
In my last post I warned that the niqab issue has boosted Stephen Harper's fortunes.And I have also been warning for weeks what might happen if the progressive parties kept…