It Couldn’t Happen To A Nicer Guy
ipolitics.ca The wheels are falling off the Harper campaign bus. Michael Harris writes: No wonder Jenni Byrne is folding like a $3 dollar suitcase. Reform-style loons have broken out of…
September 2015
KCCCC Day 40: my advice for today, in 140 characters or less
Look, I don’t know about you. But, personally, I am fed up to the teeth with a pile of polls that are completely contradictory, and obviously flawed, and are being…
Building better bigotry.
Growing up in Toronto after the Second World War, we always had ready lessons in the problems faced by the children of refugees and immigrants. The children were the rapid…
Canada’s Highest Court Gives Ecuadorians Green Light To Pursue Chevron Assets
Chevron lost a high-profile pollution case in Ecuador in 2011 and was ordered to pay $9.5 billion for cleanup of billions of gallons of toxic waste in the Amazon rainforest.…
Canada’s Highest Court Gives Ecuadorians Green Light To Pursue Chevron Assets
Chevron lost a high-profile pollution case in Ecuador in 2011 and was ordered to pay $9.5 billion for cleanup of the billions of gallons of toxic waste in the Amazon…
The Desperate Stephen Harper and the Ghastly Bigot of Oz
It couldn't be more desperate or more absurd or more obscene. And the timing couldn't be worse. Just as Stephen Harper seems to be bowing to public pressure, and preparing…
Near the bottom of a very big rabbit hole #nlpoli
Thursday was one of those days where you felt like you had dropped down the rabbit hole with Alice. Or maybe had indulged a bit too heavily in some mind-altering…
Remembering the truth and lies of 9/11
On this anniversary of the tragic losses on 9/11, and the start of the now 14 year non stop resource war in the Middle East and Africa please take the…
Remembering the truth and lies of 9/11
On this anniversary of the tragic losses on 9/11, and the start of the now 14 year non stop resource war in the Middle East and Africa please take the…
Remembering the truth and lies of 9/11
On this anniversary of the tragic losses on 9/11, and the start of the now 14 year non stop resource war in the Middle East and Africa please take the…
Rumours of Harper’s Political Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
There has been a lot of speculation that Harper is whipped and has given up. I don’t think so and everyone who wants him out of power must keep their…
Rumours of Harper’s Political Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
There has been a lot of speculation that Harper is whipped and has given up. I don't think so and everyone who wants him out of power must keep their…
Rumours of Harper’s Political Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
There has been a lot of speculation that Harper is whipped and has given up. I don’t think so and everyone who wants him out of power must keep their…
Thomas Mulcair comes to Edmonton bringing the promise of flinty eyed fixes to our national malaise
PHOTOS: NDP supporters lined up to take selfies with the man they hope will be the next prime minister of Canada. And if Thomas Mulcair wasn’t available, as below, there…
Does the Mansbridge Bump mean Justin Trudeau will be prime minister on October 20?
The chickens have spoken Peter Mansbridge, the jovial senior journalist of CBC, held three interviews with Harper, Mulcair and Trudeau. Google has revealed the results of searches on google of…
Harper’s new Australian spin doctor is a raging anti-immigrant racist
Stephen Harper has hired Lynton Crosby, a racist Australian “master of dog whistle politics”, to reboot the Conservatives’ faltering 2015 federal election campaign. The post Harper’s new Australian spin doctor…
Unsocial media
It seems, that every day as of late, someone in this Canadian election campaign has been kicked out of somewhere based on their social media comments. Some of the comments…
Vancouver Island’s Election Petri Dish
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Evan Soloman former host of ‘The House’ has landed on his feet after his shameful dismissal by gutless CBC higher-ups. This article focuses on our backyard. It…
People’s Alliance Announces Carleton By-election Candidate
A provincial by-election has been called for the riding of Carleton. The People’s Alliance of New Brunswick has justannounced their candidate. The following is a copy of the press release:…
Harper’s New Hired Gun
Harper seems to have had his fill of Ray Novak and Jenni Byrne. His campaign in the crapper, Harper has brought in a hired gun, Australian political strategist Lynton Crosby.…