Electoral Cooperation = frustration and likely failure
We are in the midst of a series of evolving crises, environmental, climate, democratic, public trust and you can probably see food security and poverty on the deck waiting for their…
Carter Apps, dabbler of stuff
These Targeted Conservative Propaganda Letters are getting to be a little much
Friends Last Friday night after a couple tall boys at Barbarella’s Diamond’s Cabaret my colleague , Tony Clement spoke in great detail about all that really complicated sciencey stuff and…
Shelob Lives
That is all! .
Doing the Math on Peter Penashue’s stolen election.
Peter Penashue spent about $88,000 ($4000 too much) on this election to the riding of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011 meaning he spent about $21 for each vote he received. In…
Al Jazerra doing the kind of journalism main stream networks shun
Kudos to Al Jazerra English.
Canada’s Road to Interventionism
At no time during the 2011 election did I notice a promise from the Conservative party to base more troops abroad and interfere in other Nation’s business and yet today…
BlackOutSpeakOut
In reality I've been blacked out for some time simply because I find it hard to write about our political situation without it turning into a hateful expletive filled rant.…
Labelling radicals or creating them?
When the NDP members went to Washington to lobby against Tar Sands their actions were labeled treacherous by our Environment Minster Peter Kent. Funny that, protecting the environment is supposed…
Who owns our MPPs? Ontario has an ethical problem
Disinterested, despondent, fed up. All of these can be used describe my feelings at various points in this election. The NDP are pretending they are not socialists, the Conservatives are…
Turmel, No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished
I can't know what went on in Turmel's head, was it simple opportunism to jump ship at this time?, Did she have an epiphany and learn to love Canada? Is…
Newmarket Debate review #elxn41
Last night was the Newmarket Chamber of commerce all candidates debate, well not quite all candidates as the NDP Candidate was unable to attend and the Animal Alliance Candidate was…
Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada?
Considering we now have an AAEVPC candidate running for Parliament in Newmarket Aurora I figured we should have a quick look at them. First of all they need to come…
Newmarket-Aurora, the NDP sham continues v2011
I’ve often said that strategic voting is a mistake; I’ve also stated that no vote is ever wasted. I was wrong.I still believe that people should vote their conscience even…
Lessons from Japan
We haven't seen the total death numbers yet, we don't know the long term economic impacts and we don't know the true story about Japan's nuclear reactors but we can…
Holy Shit
There are any number of reasons to say Holy Shit! these days, be it social upheaval in the middle east; dumb ass ethically bankrupt Conservative ads or the coming wave…
NDP Endorses Green Candidate
Can someone tell me why the press is ignoring the fact that Kevin Bordian, the NDP Candidate in Vaughan endorsed the Green Candidate last night Maybe if Progressives of all…
Voting Green in Newmarket-Aurora
What a great little program to build animated videosOh and here's the FB links mentioned in video, and here.
An evening with Adriane Carr and Georges Laraque
The Newmarket-Aurora Federal Green Party Association is hosting an evening with Green Party Deputy leaders Adriane Carr and George Laraque, Nov 16 at the Wellington Gallery in Aurora, 7:00pm -10:00Come…
Democracy fail: Where are the local opposition Candidates?
We’ve been under the threat of a federal election for well over a year yet I see that many ridings are unprepared having few of their candidate’s selected, mine is…