Election 2019: Where are we headed?
Polls and Seats: Divergent messages The polls in this campaign appear on the surface to be telling a similar story: a close election, outcome uncertain. However, different surveys, examined closely,…
2019
Election 2019: Where are we headed?
Polls and Seats: Divergent messages The polls in this campaign appear on the surface to be telling a similar story: a close election, outcome uncertain. However, different surveys, examined closely,…
Why I can’t vote for Trudeau
I was Jean Chretien’s special assistant. I helped oversee his war room when he won in 1993 and 2000. I ran for the Liberals in B.C. in 1997. And I…
News in tweets: Tory, Ford and unidentified baby win
Not news: Trudeau’s attacks on Ford have been a lot of hot air, and Preston Manning is a conservative. Shocking. This major transit news is a huge win for @JohnTory.…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Mitchell Anderson writes that personal debt may be the most important hidden issue in Canada’s federal election: The reason Canada cannot act in…
Watch out for the mathematics!
It was mentioned the other day that it is impossible to selectively elect a minority government. Before you think you are voting for a minority, you need to check your…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats amid chaos.
Rick Boswick, Lily, & Ed Jamnisek Under Investigation For Harassment Campaign
ARC previously reported that Soufi’s, the downtown Toronto eatery whose owners, the Al-Soufi family, were facing an endless barrage of death threats, announced they were closing due to the harassment.…
SaskPower/SaskParty Stabs Solar Industry Again
The corrupt, oil money taking Sask Party has again let SaskPower attack the renewable energy industry in Saskatchewan. Worse, they’re lying to do it. They’re convincing many in the media…
Talking The Last Week of #Elxn43 with Rob Snow
This afternoon I had the chance to join Rob Snow on CFRA’s “News and Views”, along Melissa Lantsman. We talked about potential coalitions, what this close race could mean at…
Doug O’Halloran, 66, Alberta union leader for more than 30 years, never shied from tough fights for his members
Doug O’Halloran, a pillar of the labour movement in Alberta and one of Canada’s last old-style union leaders, died peacefully yesterday. Mr. O’Halloran, who was 66, succumbed to cancer after…
Finally the NDP know their place
This weekend Jagmeet Singh has come out again, reinforcing his promise that the NDP will not support a Conservative minority government. Great news for the stalwart dippers who believe the…
Finally the NDP know their place
This weekend Jagmeet Singh has come out again, reinforcing his promise that the NDP will not support a Conservative minority government. Great news for the stalwart dippers who believe the…
Finally the NDP know their place
This weekend Jagmeet Singh has come out again, reinforcing his promise that the NDP will not support a Conservative minority government.Great news for the stalwart dippers who believe the libs…
Oct. 15: The year the wheels came off the American Empire.
https://www.rt.com/news/470932-pentagon-nato-turkey-isis/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=push_notifications I no longer understand anything. Trump is now warning Turkey against invading the Kurds of Afghanistan. But Trump is the one who quite openly withdrew all support from the…
War Rooms, Secrecy and a Little Patronage—Democracy in Alberta
Former journalist and conservative lobbyist Tom Olsen was the UCP candidate in my riding of Calgary-Buffalo in this spring’s Alberta election. Tom lost to Joe Ceci of the NDP, but…
Earthgauge News – Oct. 15, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/mixdown-19-10-15-forair.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online…
Captain NumbNuts Has Done It This Time.
There’s no room for doubt now that Donald Trump has no concept of the notion of “power vacuums.” Trump created a vacuum in Syria when he withdrew US forces under…
Is Canada Heading For A Coalition Government?
For years I dreamed of a mighty progressive coalition that would unite to topple the increasingly sinister Stephen Harper.And I will never forget how happy I was to see progressives…
Liberal Schizophrenia – Oil Good, Oil Bad!
As ‘buyer’s remorse’ goes, this takes the cake. With the Justin Trudeau Memorial Pipeline becoming an electoral millstone around Liberal necks, the Grits seem to be in the throes of…