Summer 2014 – Aug 2nd 2015 In 2014 Green Party leader and Saanich-Gulf Islands MP Elizabeth May describedthe dictatorship-style Harper PMO as a “$10-million-a-year partisan operation filled with ruthless, cutthroat…
PHOTOS: Jeremy Corbyn on Sept. 5, campaigning in Margate. (Photo by Chris Beckett.) Below: A young Mr. Corbyn, always true to his principles; the catastrophic Margaret Thatcher; 1970s Labour prime…
Justin Trudeau should dump Chris Brown, the Liberal candidate who called women whores and bitches in a series of incoherent, profanity-laden Twitter postings. The post Trudeau should dump Chris Brown…
On holiday in Cat Island, Bahamas recently, something happened. Regular readers of my blog might recall that I’ve blogged about Cat Island before – it’s a remarkable place in its…
So by now some in the msm have written about McKee's expensive misadventure last weekend. The two stories that we first saw (here and here) were both sufficiently mocking of…
All around the world, we are involved in starving people to death, or murdering them as a matter of government policy. Our mining corporations are killing and looting and dumping…
Richard Hughes Here we are in a three way race, according to the polls, with Harper hugging the margins of being the underdog to both the NDP’s Mulcair and Liberal’s…
This time, the California wildfires are threatening not only home and people, but the same giant sequoias reported on last week. Recommend this Post
As I’ve mentioned, my current branch is located in a community centre. Here’s an example of why that’s so great. A customer came to the desk, an older man, speaking…
One of the main attacks on the NDP’s election platform has been the question of what support there is for the constitutional change required to abolish the Senate. But it’s…
XKCD is one of the smartest comics online. Read it. Given how often I’ve been told I sound either condescending or pedantic when I write something I could just as…
The European refugee crisis continued unabated this week, and the numbers are staggering. For example, Germany has announced that it will accept 500,000 refugees. Every year. For several years. Germany…
The European refugee crisis continued unabated this week, and the numbers are staggering. For example, Germany has announced that it will accept 500,000 refugees. Every year. For several years. Germany…
There is a meme I’ve seen going around on facebook and twitter that says “I homeschool because I’ve seen the village and I don’t want it raising my child.” The…
Well there was Stephen Harper yesterday, trying to show he's really a nice guy, by releasing a lobster over the side of a fishing boat.But of course for the real…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Thomas Walkom discusses how Canadian workers are feeling the pain of decades of policy designed to suppress wages – and notes there’s plenty…
About Conservatives. About New Democrats. About Liberals. She’s smart.
This election doesn’t matter. The next one does. Let me explain. The polls are obviously messed-up. In recent days, all three of the main political parties have variously been first,…
We are eager to write off Harper and his government as dead in the water. We were especially eager to write them off after their reaction to the tragedy of…
