An Open Letter to Tom Mulcair.
Dear Sir I am in receipt of you self congratulatory email boasting of how you have just signed the Fair Vote Canada’s Politicians’ Pledge,I congratulate you on doing so and…
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The Singing Dictator
A guest post by Pamela Mac Neil “Music is always a commentary on society” Frank Zappa Whenever I hear that Harpers base is made up of primarily seniors I am…
Truth in Advertising.
As Susan Delacourt of the Star said this week if you are sick of political advertising now wait until next year and she goes on to highlight a recent blog…
Your Information is in the Mail
I see a Con MP is proposing to increase the $5 fee for an Access to Information Request which given what Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault saysmay at first seem like…
Vitriolic nastiness does not breed respect.
Stephen Lewis , the former Ontario NDP leader, United Nations ambassador and lifelong human rights advocate recently took aim at the “pre-paleolithic Neanderthals” in office and their role in the…
Electioneering on our Dime?
We all know that we are inundated with TV advertisements promoting the Harper “government” in thev egis of telling citizens about their “plan” or some other “program” non of which…
Blind Obedience, the Tool of Tyrants
A guest post by Pamela Mac Neil “Here is how you’re going to vote and here are your talking points” On capital hill the above line is the kind of…
A Stark Contrast.
I dont often comment upon the daily actions of politicians on this blog preferring to look at the broader picture of how their actions affect out democracy but one recent…
Democracy and Freedom in Harperland
A guest post by Pamela Mac Neil There have been Canadian Prime Ministers I have disliked and Prime Ministers whose ideas I have disagreed with. I have never however, with…
Lest We Forget
Indeed we must not forget, not just the terrible toll that war takes upon those who engage in it both directly and indirectly but we must also not forget what…
Casualty of War?
This week has seen a multitude of individuals expressing concern that the Harper Regime will use the so called “terrorist attack” upon parliament to further increase the ability of the…
………Democracy Under Fire?
“The objective of these attackswas to instil fear and panic in our country, as I said yesterday, Canadians will not be intimidated. Here we are, in our seats, in our…
Naturalists Targeted by Canada Revenue Agency
First they came for the environmentalists and the activists. Then they came for the scientists. Then they came for those who fight poverty, and help the poor. Now they’ve come…
And so it starts……
The first volleys in the election war to come that is, we have our ‘fearless leader’ “protecting Canadians” by sending a few planes and a handful of personnel over to…
Cabinet hides even more secrets.
A stealthy Treasury Board directive in the summer of 2013 required bureaucrats to ask departmental lawyers to decide what constitutes a secret, a decision that used to be made by…
Rock Snot a State Secret?
Back in May of this year a reporter from The Canadian Press made a request to speak to Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientist Max Bothwell the recognized expert on Rock…
MPs Obstructed, Undermined and Impeded!
Recently Green Party Leader Elizabeth May spoke to her fellow MP’s and the Speaker of The House regarding the governments ever increasing practice of limiting debate upon important legislation before…
Essential Reading for Democracy.
There have been a number of articles highlighting former Conservative MP Mr. Rathgeber’s new book Irresponsible Government: The Decline of Parliamentary Democracy in Canada in recent days.That he outlines the…
Canada-China Trade Agreement to be Ratified?
Breaking news from Ottawa: We’ve just heard that Prime Minister Harper could be about to ratify the secretive and extreme Canada-China FIPA investors deal in the next few hours. This…
The War of Words
I am tired of beating my head against the wall repeating things I have been saying here in this blog for over 5 years, this week I am going to…