RCMP or a BC Provincial Police
A friend of mine recently sent an email to his MLA, which I adapted and sent to my MLA, premier Christy Clark. Her office (or potentially her personally) responded below.…
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Brian Topp stakes out his ground
Stephen Harper and his cronies must be happy today. With Stephane Dion and Michael Ignatieff, the Conservative war room had to argue against a carbon tax and quote mine extensively…
Thomas Mulcair in Vancouver
It looks like I’ll be getting my chance to meet Mr. Mulcair on his way through Vancouver. Care of the Vancouver-Quadra NDP Association, Mulcair will be appearing at Dentry’s Irish…
Freedom of linkage and hatred
It seems like liberals (of the traditional variety) have reason to celebrate Canada’s current Supreme Court bench. First, the Court ruled unanimously that Insite, Vancouver’s Safe Injection Site, could not…
Electoral cooperation: Rebranding negative politics
Another thought has struck me regarding Nathan Cullen’s approach, and it goes beyond my opposition to his joint nomination meetings suggestion. His key statement and drive seems to be a…
My November Cafe Inquiry: Humanism and Interfaith
In December I’m going to be doing a sermon for a Unitarian Church in Surrey on Humanism as part of their interfaith series. In preparation for that, I agreed to…
Your direct line to Thomas Mulcair
Honestly, I haven’t been impressed so far with Thomas Mulcair’s campaign for the NDP leadership. His promise to move the party to the centre is worrying and threatens the progress…
Nathan Cullen, the anti-democratic choice?
I guess you have to give credit to Nathan Cullen for finding an issue to distinguish his candidacy. Although, from the reaction of a number of NDP partisans I know…
Patrick Stewart campaigns for assisted suicide
I recently was trained as an ambassador for Dying With Dignity Canada, so I’m excited to hear this from former Captain Jean-Luc Picard. We are campaigning for assisted dying in…
Democracy doesn’t end on election day
At first I was a bit sceptical of the Occupy Wall Street movement. It’s not that I wasn’t sympathetic or that I wanted it to fail. I didn’t even really…
Students get an A in anti-abortion activism
I was going to post this on Canadian Atheist, but I was beaten to the punch by one of my co-authors. It lives here instead. Canada’s biggest secular battlefield is…
I do not mourn for Steve Jobs
Back in early August, I recall reading a comparison between the NDP and Apple. At the time both leaders were still alive, but had each taken a leave of absence…
Adrian Dix stands up for Christy Clark’s cleavage
On Wednesday I called out former NDP MLA David Schreck for his comments regarding premier Christy Clark’s choice of attire in the Legislature. His comments reeked of sexism, and thus…
The end of “parental rights” in Alberta?
More good news out of Alberta, premier-elect Alison Redford is hinting that she may reverse the most controversial bits of Bill 44. The bill was an overdue amendment to Alberta’s…
Sexism knows no political boundaries
While typically seen as the domain of regressive fundamentalist Christians who believe a woman’s place is in the kitchen, subservient to her husband, left-wingers are not immune to the issue.…
It’s the thought that counts
While I’m not generally an NPA-supporter, I support good ideas regardless of where they originate. And Jason Lamarche, an NPA candidate for Vancouver City Council, has a good idea. The…
Let’s open all the books
It’s no secret that the Harper Conservatives hate unions. They’ve repeatedly emphasized how the NDP is beholden to Big Labour and tried to force an inquiry into partial union sponsorship…
Troofer is no Gandhi
I subscribe to a lot of blogs and news feeds and read a lot in a day. Out of all of these words that cross my eyes, some are worth…
I want science in my milk
While opposition to wi-fi, Smart Meters, and wind turbines annoys me, nothing is more absurd to me than those who oppose milk pasteurization. Schmidt said the danger in unpasteurized milk…
Alison Redford pulls a Christy Clark
In a huge upset win last night, Alison Redford pulled ahead of favourite Gary Mar to win the Progressive Conservative leadership and became the next premier of Alberta. Mar was…