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Final Proposals From The National Board Are Out
You can read them here.Here’s the final version of the open primary proposal:That the Constitution be amended to extend the right to participate in the selection of the next permanent…
Inside Job, Narrated by Matt Damon (Full Length HD)
Inside Job, Narrated by Matt Damon (Full Length HD) on Vimeo. “‘Inside Job’ provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20…
If the Facts Don’t Fit Your Narrative…
Just ignore the facts. The Globe and Mail ran a story yesterday on its front page about how the West and in particular Saskatchewan is drawing more and more immigrants…
Amongst the people I have absolutely no sympathy for
are those who say things like this: I am a Tory, but like many others who cast their ballot the same way I did not vote for the draconian and…
Attawapiskat: could economic sanctions against Canada work?
Recently the James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, issued a statement Tuesday saying he wrote to the Harper government Canada to express my deep…
A Very Krellant Kristmas
In this special Christmas episode of The Krellant, Frank Feltman tells a story of holiday mishap, and his rescue from one unlikely cat…in verse!
Sacre bleu: New Habs coach unilingual
The year is ending with a bit of linguistic controversy in Montréal. The nomination of a unilingual coach at the helm of the Canadiens two weeks ago didn’t go unnoticed…
Question
Conservative Party, political organization or organized crime syndicate? Discuss.
TVO’s The Agenda: Hope for the Holidays – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
We will be able to hold our heads high before the judgement of history if we can reply that in our season, we held on to hope, we put aside…
Sovereignty on its death bed in Québec
The Bloc Québécois was nearly obliterated in the last federal elections. Support for the Parti Québécois keeps going down. Support for Québec independence has slipped as low as 33%, below…
The Offensive Meaning of Christmas
Having read an interesting article in the Globe and Mail, Canadian schools struggle with what to do about Christmas, I ask myself the same question every December when we are…
If Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging 2011-12-16 22:19:00
Chantal Hebert plays the harridan today chastising the media for abrogating their responsibility by not truly reporting on the seriousness of Jack Layton’s cancer. But this last sentence makes me…
Shorter Gerry Ritz: “I have no effing idea”
It turns out that my previous post on government’s attitude towards the use of public funds was a perfect segue into this post. Gerry Ritz was on Power and Politics…
Is there a precedent for an Attawpiskat win in court?
A few people have asked us if a First Nation has ever successfully used the courts to kick out a Third Party Manager before. The answer is yes. In 2001…
Canadian Democracy and willful blindness
It was the Liberals who proposed as part of their attack ads that Harper was a man with a “secret agenda.” I considered these attack ads (as I consider all…
Welfare Indians vs over subsidized urban dwellers
A friend of mine posted this on Face Book when I saw it and thought it should be shared with Crazy Bitches R Us. It puts a little perspective to…
Conservatives "reprehensible"
Despite ‘reprehensible’ tactics against Cotler, Tories get off on technicality Calls placed by the Conservatives to MP Irwin Cotler’s riding to falsely inform his constituents that he was preparing to…
De Beers decision to dump sewage into Attawapiskat played role in current housing crisis
In case you missed it, see the full APTN story here.I just note I think it’s an important story because of all the haters on the Globe and Mail and…
Attawapiskat: Minister Dum-dum the Red Cross won’t swallow your spin.
A quick observation. In the media Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Dumdum wanted to convince reporters that he and his staff – who were so incompetent that they didn’t know there…