So Who’s the Dictator Now?
Recenty, former NDP MP, Bruce Hyer, has come out to the press about his former boss's dictatorial style and problems he had with honesty; evident in the way that he…
September 2015
So Who’s the Dictator Now?
Recenty, former NDP MP, Bruce Hyer, has come out to the press about his former boss’s dictatorial style and problems he had with honesty; evident in the way that he…
Anyone still doubt my super-prescient prediction about a minority government?
Said prediction being here. I have friends in the war rooms of all three parties – and I feel badly for them. After so many weeks of hard, hard work,…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, September 14, 2015
Your news links for today: Bringing Canada’s access to information back from the brink – Toronto Star EFF Provides Evidence to Courts of Verizon Wireless, Sprint and AT&T Participation in…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Ira Basen discusses the Canadian federal election campaign’s focus on the middle class – as well as the reality that the economic security…
Harper Ally, Tony Abbott, Deposed!
Tony Abbott has been ousted. It’s Abbott out, Malcolm Turnbull in after his caucus voted 54-44 to remove the unpopular prime minister. “Ultimately, the prime minister has not been capable…
Podcast: Canada’s immigration failures, Quebec’s hot autumn
http://rozworski.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Podcast150914-Refugees-and-QC.mp3 My two guests this week are Harsha Walia and Roger Rashi, talking on two different topics, but both of very immediate interest. First, Harsha Walia, author of Undoing Border…
Vancouver Park Board considers raising recreational fees
by Jonathon Brown News 1130 Posted Sep 13, 2015 10:18 pm PDT (Courtesy of City of Vancouver) VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – It could soon cost you more to use recreational…
Can I be friends with a Harper supporter?
I have always prided myself on my ability to separate work/business from personal. I am very adept at removing emotion from an issue and looking at the issue in cold…
Trudeau or Zoolander?
This is very well done – an example of clever marketing and solid war room research. It also speaks to the attitudinal research about Trudeau himself. No one is claiming…
Harperman With Animation
The Harperman song stands on its own, but this animation certainly augments Tony Turner‘s message: Recommend this Post
Misrepresentation = Our current first past the post system
Here is a short about our current roulette voting system:
Harper responds to criticism by Chretien
I thought I would share Stephen Harper’s response to Jean Chretien’s criticism. You will notice that Harper as a true Karl Rove disciple does not respond to the content of…
Using Art to get People to Care About the Environment
We’ve all seen sad, depressing, and otherwise disturbing photos of animals or people suffering after a human made disaster. You know, like the ducks dying in the tar sands or…
Bottom Feeders
http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/ Like the other lies crafted in the PMO, the Harperites are trying to sell the idea that they are tough on crime. As part of their campaign, they have…
Closer to home: Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte.
When first viewing the boundaries of the new federal electoral districts that now divide the City of Barrie, the reaction was ‘Why would they do anything that silly?’ It was…
140Law – Legal Headlines for the Week of September 14, 2015
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Taming traffic: What if our roads had no rules? Court case offers new details on Durham cop who threatened…
KCCCC Day 43: the all-Hill Times edition
I’ve written for the Hill Times for ages. They’re a must-read political paper, and you should subscribe to ‘em. Below, stories from the Hill Times that give you a sampling…
Could the Refugee Issue Help Stephen Harper Win the Election?
I was planning to stay away from writing about polls for a while because all of them suggest a three-way tie, and with the margin of error could mean anything.But…
The state of federal politics in Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli
There is a problem, apparently. A very big problem. In the current federal election, none of the federal party leaders have visited the province yet. On Friday, three of the…