Conservative Hypocrisy In Action!
Given it's now clear that the Conservative Party is playing partisan games in an attempt to force the Opposition to fast track term limits on Senators, how exactly would term…
Jim (Progressive Right)
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We don’t believe an unelected body should in anyway be blocking an elected body. We are looking for the opportunity to elect senators, but if at some point it becomes…
Wow, the Blogging Tories on the Unelected Senate
It's deafening. I didn't expect this much fall out. The Conservative Party of Canada: We expect the other parties to deliver on accountability.
Climate Change Bill Defeated by Unelected Tories
Summed up nicely by the Globe & Mail's Gloria Galloway with her headline. RIP, Reform Party movement. Unelected Tory senators kill climate bill passed by House The Conservatives have used…
Did PBS censor Tina Fey?
Tina Fey, winner of the 2010 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, had her speech edited during the PBS broadcast of the show. Critics claim it's due to the controversial…
Reason in Canadian Politics?
Welcome, Reason Vancouver. I, for one, would like to see a lot less emotion-driven government. Reason Vancouver is a new political movement dedicated to developing policies based on reason and…
Urban Rural Divide
I recommend reading the BBC article, Viewpoint: How urban-rural divide sways US politics, which talks about the urban-rural divide in politics in Seattle vs. Washington state. It got me to…
Remembrance
Long ago and far away across the ocean wild and wide, the young men stormed an alien shore where many of them died. Here and now old men remember the…
You Know It’s Bad When …
Stephen Taylor recognizes that the Conservative Party campaigns like they're capitalists, but governs like they're communists. There's hope yet for thoughtful fiscal conservatism in Canada.
Jim Prentice
Just read Red Tory Liberal's take on Jim Prentice leaving the Conservative Party; also just read Richard Albert's take. Thought I'd jump in with my personal perspective building on these…
The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming!
So, the free market-loving, small government-lusting Conservative government has taken a decidedly protectionist stance with regards to Potash Corporation in the name of political expediency. It'll be fun when we…
The Shock!
I'm not understanding the latest outrage at the discovery that Rob Ford's mayoral campaign team employed a fake Twitter account. Unless they used the account to libel, of course. I'm…
Congratulations, John Henry!
My cousin-in-law is now the mayor of Oshawa! After serving one term on council, John Henry captured the mayor's seat with nearly double the number of votes won by second…
Let the Finger Wagging Begin
With 97.2% of the votes counted in Toronto's election, George Smitherman's votes + Joe Pantalone's votes total more than Rob Ford's. Offered without comment, but with a picture of Ralph…