GRANT HUMES: ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Grant Humes is the Liberal Candidate in Durham. He is campaigning to unseat incumbent Bev Oda. Check out Grant’s newest campaign video: Grant Humes on the Campaign Trail from Lee…
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An Open Letter from the Oshawa Federal Liberals
This is an open letter from the Oshawa Federal Liberal Association to the community and the press in Durham Region and elsewhere regarding the Bev Oda situation.
COMPROMISE ON THE GUN REGISTRY?
Over at Scott's blog he lays out a pretty good proposal for compromise between the Liberals and the NDP. I won't repost his suggested proposal here, but I recommend heading…
INCEPTION THEORY
For a change from the political, I thought I’d talk about the film INCEPTION, which I saw last night with my wife. We both quite enjoyed it. *SPOILER ALERT* Avert…
CENSUS DISTRACTIONS
The Harper government wants to axe the long-form census to facilitate social spending cuts by pointing to the inaccuracy of data being used by groups to justify their funding requests.…
KILL THE CENSUS, KILL SOCIAL PROGRAMS
Stephen Harper is dead-set on killing the census for the same reason he is dead-set on undermining the tax base and spending us into oblivion on his own special interests.…
COALITION/MERGER and THE NON-VOTING PUBLIC
There will be blood. Will there also be healing? We’ve seen lots of great data and analyses about Liberal and NDP supporters and how they feel about a coalition, merger,…
STAR WARS DAY
It is the forth of May, also known as Star Wars Day. May the forth be with you.
A TALE OF TWO PROROGATIONS
I didn’t even realize this until today, but apparently this letter to the editor was published in the National Post on February 12. The text of the letter is below:…
NO PROROGUE OSHAWA
Here are a a couple of pictures I took on the Berrycam. Doing a quick count, I estimated that 130 - 150 people congregated outside of Colin Carrie's office in…
LETTERS, LETTERS, LETTERS – PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER PROROGATION
The local paper, after publishing the Conservative talking points a ridiculous editorial offering lame excuses for prorogation, has published a number of letters in response. Here is a selection of…
WALKING AWAY FROM DEMOCRACY
Democracy diminished, accountability avoided.What a disgrace.
SCREWING EVERYONE
Stephen Harper is apparently considering a CARBON TAX! Even Tiger Woods couldn't accomplish this much screwing.Thanks Harper!
SEEKING INSPIRATION FROM STUPIDITY
So I guess Kelly McParland at the good old National Post thinks that a Thinker's Conference is stupid. He also suggests, wrongly, that the conference will be "a big meeting…
Michael Ignatieff argues against torture from 1987 – 2009
In response to the dishonest hackjob drivel that passes for NDP attack documents these days (to which it is not even worth posting a link), the OLO has released the…
Respecting the Military
I'm sure that all of our MP's, regardless of stripe, respect our armed forces and their contributions and sacrifices adequately. I'm also sure that our elected MP's wouldn't go out…
IF YOU GET H1N1, IT’S YOUR OWN FAULT
So appears to say the Conservative Health Minister, who blames the Harper government's failure to provide a working vaccine plan on public panic.All of which begs the question:If the Harper…
Smart on Crime – The Pink Book Policies
I've been reading The Pink Book Volume III, and an interesting comparison came to mind as I began considering the policy proposals in the Women's Health and Safety section, specifically…
A Cheque for Canada on Fixed Election Day
Given that today is fixed election day (ooops!) here's a Conservative cheque I think we'd all love to see. I guess the $300 million in election-related stimulus would really come…
Colin Carrie – “Just Visiting”
For those who don’t know, Oshawa MP Colin Carrie doesn’t actually live in Oshawa in the conventional sense. He doesn’t even live in Durham. Or in the GTA. Or in…