Watching The Alberta Vote
Watching The Alberta Vote I have never paid much attention to Alberta Politics, but tonight could be just ground shacking not to watch.Yes I am hoping for an NDP Alberta…
2015
CHEK TV Breaks News That A Stop Work Order Has Been Issued for Shawnigan Contaminated Soil Dumping
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Could this be the BC Liberal’s exit strategy? The opposition is broad, deep and committed. The CVRD has dusted off their BC Supreme Court action…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Couched cats.
An international network of organizations launches campaign to safeguard the Right To Link
Save the Link OG.png Legislators in European Parliament and Commission are considering updates to copyright proposals that would censor links for Internet users May 6, 2015 – A large network…
Prospect of NDP government in Alberta terrifies Harper Conservatives
The prospect of a Rachel Notley-led New Democrat government in Alberta terrifies Premier Jim Prentice, the Harper Conservatives and their Big Oil backers. The post Prospect of NDP government in…
May 5: The meaning of ethics in journalism.
“Events centre needed, council told”“He spoke as an ordinary citizen,…” But, we learn, he was not an ordinary citizen. He was a (drumroll) real estate salesman. And we are told…
The Koch Brothers Grip On Alberta Has Made Them Rich
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The National Observer’s Digital News is an off shoot of the Vancouver Observer that has been embraced on the ‘Left Coast.’ Canada is ready, change is in…
Stephen Harper: Supporting the Troops AND Endangering Them
He likes to turn everything into just another big photo-op. He likes to pose as a Great Warrior Leader.He likes to run pictures of himself and our soldiers, to prove…
In a win for Canadians, CRTC promises fair rules to promote greater choice and affordability in our mobile phone market
New rules from regulator ensures Canadians will have choices outside the Big Three leading to lower phone bills and more flexible offerings in the not-too-distant future. May 5, 2015 –…
Bye, Bye, Steve
Operation Maple has a series of videos in which ordinary Canadians discuss their reasons to ‘leave Steve’ in 2015. Here they begin: Recommend this Post
12 races I’m watching on Election Night in Alberta
With all the polls showing the 43-year long governing Progressive Conservatives trailing the NDP and Wildrose across the province, there could be a race to watch in every constituency in…
Exclusive Windows and Doors, Inc.
Lousy product, lousy service, lousy prices. I don’t often offer unsolicited advice on businesses you should use, but you should stay away from this one with a ten foot pole.…
IMPORTANT RACES TO WATCH AND MY PREDICTIONS
It is election day in Alberta and before I have anything else to say, I have this important thing to say: VOTE! It will only take a few minutes but…
Alberta’s Carbon Levy: A Primer
It may come as a surprise to some that Alberta pioneered carbon pricing — not just in Canada, but for all of North America. That’s right: the province with the…
Pundits selectively cherry-picking polls to dump on Federal Liberals.
Last week, not too long after the budget release, an Abacus poll was released showing the Conservatives jumping to an 8 point lead over the Liberals. The immediate analysis of…
The Deadly Delusion of 2C
It sounded like a plan back when they came up with it. World governments would do whatever necessary, mainly slashing carbon emissions, so that we might limit global warming to…
Their tax cut will always be bigger than our tax cut
…not that anyone ever listens to me about these things.
Up Yours, Alberta!
Don’t those damned Albertans just love to lord it over us here in British Columbia? With all that oil money… what, they don’t have it anymore? It’s gone? Well, naturally,…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Branko Milanovic discusses how rent theory fits into the glaring gap between productivity and wages: Bob Solow explored a couple of days…