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Get ready for OccupyTO and Right Wing Manipulation
I saw this picture(below) being sent around with a student showing a hand written letter about how wonderful they are for having no debt in their last year of University,…
Occupy Main Street
The protests that have broken out south of the border and are apparently moving north are misguided in their rage. What people remember about the financial meltdown of 2008 was…
Quimby on TTC and ‘Exploiting Students for Gravy?’ Really? @TOMayorFord
Surprise! Surpirse! Mayor Ford is having trouble getting private investment for his own Transit Plan which offers less service to the city at nearly double the cost. But his plan…
Quebec Poll Is Good News For Canada
A new poll of Quebecers has some welcome findings. Among them is this: per cent believe the repatriation of the Constitution in 1982 was a good thing and 88 per…
What I would have written about Harper’s putative love of hockey
If I could write like Kai Nagata. Read this and be comforted that not every journalist is fooled.
New Affiliates, Final reminder on Prog Blog meeting
First off, please welcome new Prog Blog affiliates: Finding Clarity, Edwin Current and Politics Canada. Secondly, to our affiliates, there is still time for you to let us know that…
Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon elections tonight
Apparently I’m missing some pretty sweet coverage. Forget that though, election night may be the most romantic night of the year, but only when it’s one of OUR elections. Anniversary…
Bigger cuts to services mean bigger bonuses?
Globe & Mail reports: “Axe-wielding executives in the public service stand to earn big bonuses based on how much they cut in the run-up to the 2012 federal budget.” How…
Oh yeah, torture…
I’m not sure why this wasn’t more of a story during the election, but the Afghan Detainee issue has once again made the papers. Afghanistan’s internal security service and police…
If You Feed Them, They’ll Never Leave
Happy Thanksgiving Canada! Since the election in Ontario is over, I’ve been paying some attention to the Occupy movements around the world. I’m not sure what my take on it…
Treaty Talks or Sham Talks ?
Silly me and I thought treaty talks actually meant something… HTG’s human rights complaint charges that under Canada’s Comprehensive Land Claims Policy, relied upon by the government since 1973 in…
Editorial:Nobel Prize Winners from Latin America Demand Withdrawl of all UN Troops in Haiti
WadnerPUNTropps.jpg Editorial and photo by Wadner Pierre As calls mount in Haiti to demand that UN troops to leave the country, other prominent Latin Americans have raised their voices in…
On Tories giving back to education, their golden business cards, and other news
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To Hell With Co-operation
There is much crowing in the Liberal press about how Harper has shown them the way to run a minority government. The fact that the same Liberal press was appalled…
SW Edmonton social democrats going online!
This blog has been started and will be used as the webpage of the Edmonton-Leduc federal NDP riding association. There isn’t much here yet, but soon it will be populated…
Ontario’s Back to the Future Election
It was a strange night on Thursday as Ontario re-elected Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals to another term at Queen’s Park. Much has been made that the majority is over and that…