Composure Under Pressure…..
I am trying with great difficulty to ignore the current campaign for a new Parliament and, if there is any justice, a new PM. I have been also trying, somewhat…
I am trying with great difficulty to ignore the current campaign for a new Parliament and, if there is any justice, a new PM. I have been also trying, somewhat…
I am trying with great difficulty to ignore the current campaign for a new Parliament and, if there is any justice, a new PM. I have been also trying, somewhat…
Amnesty International is urging Britain’s Cameron government to stop arms shipments to Saudi Arabia. Amnesty claims the weapons are being used to deliberately slaughter civilians in Houthi-rebel controlled parts of…
Strategic Voting in Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas is a newly formed riding that incorporates parts of the old Ancaster-Dundas-Flamorough-Westdale riding. The rural polls of Flamborough were removed and joined with…
Strategic voting in New Brunswick Strategic voting in Fredericton: vote Liberal Strategic voting in Saint John-Rothesay: vote Liberal Strategic Voting in Madawaska-Restigouche: vote Liberal Strategic voting in Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe: vote Liberal…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Paul Theroux comments on the gall of corporations who move jobs to the cheapest, least-safe jurisdictions possible while trumpeting their own supposed contributions…
Longtime Cowichan News Leader reporter Peter Rusland now reports for the South Cowichan Echo and has contributed this report to Cowichan Conversations. Peter Rusland By Peter W. Rusland Fears of…
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will…
Coal continues its downward trend to obsolescence thanks to the rise of installed solar and wind capacity. In many places around the world coal is more expensive than renewable energy…
There is a disquieting trend emerging in all these trading partnerships that are being negotiated around the world. Who do they benefit? The right wing talks about all the potential…
I was going to write a post about young Canadians and the campaign to get them to vote. But like so many of them I was just too tired, after…
Debriefing Elsipogtog: The Anatomy of a Struggle Miles Howe Fernwood Books, 2015 When is a journalist not a journalist? According to CBC New Brunswick’s Information Morning host Terry Seguin, and…
The riding of Fundy-Royal in New Brunswick is a long shot for strategic voters. Fundy Royal the 2011 vote break-down in Fundy Royal was: Con (58%) / Lib (10%) /…
Do not be muzzled Oct 19th, get out and have your say on who you wish to represent you in parliament, bearing in mind that many of the promises are…
Photo by ISAF Headquarters Public Affairs Office Since the Conservative government of Stephen Harper came to power in 2006, shifts in Canadian foreign policy have been a flashpoint of debate…
I have been a steadfast critic of the Harper Government but, after reading this transcript of a call to the Barbaric Cultural Practices Tip Line, I have seen seen the…
I have been a steadfast critic of the Harper Government but, after reading this transcript of a call to the Barbaric Cultural Practices Tip Line, I have seen seen the…
I have been a steadfast critic of the Harper Government but, after reading this transcript of a call to the Barbaric Cultural Practices Tip Line, I have seen seen the…
Since people are wondering if Muskrat Falls really is still the cheapest way to make electricity for local use, let’s take a look at it. The tale is actually very…