Harper The Fascist Part MMXVIII
Remember in 2013, I wrote a rather lengthy post explaining the parallels between the Harper Government and fascism? Yeah, that. In the last week or so, the Harper Government has…
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What Happened, Alberta?
On Tuesday, May 5 2015 Alberta did the unthinkable – it elected an NDP majority government. For most who grew up in the province, this was an almost unimaginable change…
What Happened, Alberta?
On Tuesday, May 5 2015 Alberta did the unthinkable - it elected an NDP majority government. For most who grew up in the province, this was an almost unimaginable change…
What Happened, Alberta?
On Tuesday, May 5 2015 Alberta did the unthinkable – it elected an NDP majority government. For most who grew up in the province, this was an almost unimaginable change…
Brian Jean: WildRose’s Second Lake Of Fire?
Newly minted WildRose party leader Brian Jean is running around the province trying to drum up votes like every other politician in Alberta these days. His latest “fear” seems to…
Brian Jean: WildRose’s Second Lake Of Fire?
Newly minted WildRose party leader Brian Jean is running around the province trying to drum up votes like every other politician in Alberta these days. His latest "fear" seems to…
WRP, The ISS Just Saw Your Reality Cheque Bounce Past Them
When newly minted WildRose leader Brian Jean spoke on the party’s budget plank, he demonstrated just how unrealistic the neoliberal model of government is. “We believe that any Albertan that…
WRP, The ISS Just Saw Your Reality Cheque Bounce Past Them
When newly minted WildRose leader Brian Jean spoke on the party's budget plank, he demonstrated just how unrealistic the neoliberal model of government is. "We believe that any Albertan that…
Why The "Fight Against ISIS" Is A Farce
Prime Minister Harper’s current political “divert the public’s attention” strategy is to beat on the war drums over ISIS. Yes, ISIS is a brutal lot, and they are doing a…
Why The "Fight Against ISIS" Is A Farce
Prime Minister Harper's current political "divert the public's attention" strategy is to beat on the war drums over ISIS. Yes, ISIS is a brutal lot, and they are doing a…
Canada’s Economy: Not Exactly Healthy
If you are a worker, you already know that Canada’s economy is a mess. The only people who don’t seem to know it are at the top. Press Progress published…
Canada’s Economy: Not Exactly Healthy
If you are a worker, you already know that Canada's economy is a mess. The only people who don't seem to know it are at the top. Press Progress published…
Harper’s Slide Into Fascism Is Complete
With the tabling of Bill C-51, Harper has completed his slide into fascism, with a healthy dose of totalitarianism added to it. Effectively, Bill C-51 not only creates a PMO-controlled…
The International Game Of Chicken
The current low oil prices have been characterized as a high stakes game of “chicken” between OPEC countries and “non-conventional” producing countries like Canada and more recently the US. I…
A Little Heresy – Alberta Style
So, according to Premier Prentice, the downturn in oil prices is going to create an $11 Billion hole in provincial revenues, and is now talking about putting the brakes on…
On The WRP Collapse
Much has been made of the WRP’s collapse in Alberta this past week. Everything from speculation about the role of various people, to Ms. Smith more or less admitting that…
Bishop Henry, Bill 10 … Lies, Lies and More Lies
If there is one thing that I find infuriating, it is when grown men like Bishop Henry lie. In today’s Calgary Herald, there is a copy of a pastoral letter…
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I was never a fan of Bush II and his malicious sidekick Cheney, and even less so of their misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq. Yesterday’s revelations of CIA Torture are…
Prentice’s Bill 10: A Legislative Trojan Horse
There is little doubt that the Prentice government is getting its ass handed to it on the editorial pages of newspapers across Canada with respect to its hastily written Bill…
An Open Letter To Jim Prentice
Dear Mr. Prentice, In responding to MLA Laurie Blakeman’s Bill 202 as you did, you have just thrown LGBT students under the political bus AGAIN. Let me be abundantly clear…