Local Ontario Debates on Rogers #elxn42
Looking for local debates for Canada’s Federal Election 42? See them here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC22i7hNE51BtJRF7HnFN_Ag/videos
October 2015
A Closer Look At Stephen Harper’s #barbaricculturalpractices
#barbaricculturalpractices are everywhere. Especially when you fund the companies that help Saudis do the deed.
votepopup: voter education at the library
On the long list of anti-democratic policies the majority Harper Government has enacted, the Orwellian-named Fair Elections Act ranks near the top. More properly called a voter suppression law, the…
Role of Crown Prosecutor
Crown Counsel has a different duty than other lawyers. Most lawyers have a duty to a client. But a Crown has a duty to see justice is done. This means…
The smallest details tell the biggest story #nlpoli
Last week, provincial fisheries minister Vaughn Granter held a news conference at a local restaurant known for its seafood dishes to announce that from now on, that restaurant and even…
As we’ve been saying…
Opinion: LNG dream will fail, David Bond, Vancouver Sun, October 5, 2016 The evidence is now overwhelming. B.C.’s current energy policies, centred on the LNG export strategy and BC Hydro’s…
The Day Stephen Harper Sold the Canadian Farm
Well it took him almost ten years, to destroy Canada as we once knew it. But I see Stephen Harper and his porky Cons have finally sold the farm. A…
No Scrutiny Please, They’re Saudi.
This op-ed appeared in The Ottawa Citizen on October 1, 2015. In 2014, on the shores of Lake Geneva and next to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for…
Campaign Life website changes candidate’s answers to ‘no response’ – so what does Michael Cooper really think?
PHOTOS: St. Albert-Edmonton candidate Michael Cooper with his campaign manager, former St. Albert mayor Richard Plain. (Photo from Mr. Cooper’s campaign Facebook page.) Below: Screen shots of the Campaign Life…
Another 4 LPC seats and Harper resigns on October 19
The Poll Tracker for October 5 shows the steady surge of Liberal Party votes, and translates the various polls into a national seat projection. Harper told Peter Mansbridge that if…
Another 4 LPC seats and Harper resigns on October 19
The Poll Tracker for October 5 shows the steady surge of Liberal Party votes, and translates the various polls into a national seat projection. Harper told Peter Mansbridge that if…
Michael Geist: Why Universal, Affordable Internet Access Should be 2015 Election Campaign Issue
Internet expert and Uof Ottawa prof Michael Geist discusses the “most fundamental digital issue” missing from the 2015 federal election conversation – “universal, affordable broadband Internet access.” The post Michael…
Day 3: Environmental and labour organizations challenge Enbridge approval
Monday, October 5, 2015 Another day down at the Federal Court of Appeal in Vancouver and just like that we are half way through the six day Enbridge hearing. Today…
Temagami tree trip
At a certain point, I thought Martin should really see the trees. This trip is probably the most popular route in all of Temagami. When I first got back into…
TPP signed: the ‘biggest global threat to the internet’ agreed, as campaigners warn that secret pact could bring huge new restri
The “biggest global threat to the internet” is a big statement to make. Unfortunately for all of us, it also happens to be based in fact. Article by Andrew Griffin…
On uncosted liabilities
So even from the sketchy details made public so far, and even leaving aside the more general harm done by limiting government action and entrenching corporate monopolies, the Trans-Pacific Partnership…
Why Is Kathleen Wynne Running So Hard For LPC?
Because the Ontario Pension Plan is dead otherwise. Harper has already said he won’t cooperate. That means Ontario can’t piggy-back everything onto the CPC, then pay the feds a cut…
RAFE: How Postmedia climbed in bed with the LNG lobby and a PR flack
Richard Hughes Independent Strategic Voter BC is in a mess on the LNG front. The BC Liberal government has sold the farm to Chinese and Malaysian interests and the media,…
Zunera Ishaq cleared by court to take citizenship oath wearing niqab
Richard Hughes Independent Strategic Voter PM Steve Harper has neither respect nor acceptance for the Supreme Court or the Constitution. Once again the courts have trimmed his sails, this time…