toronto star: Liberals best choice for Ontario’s future
And I agree. My short explanation is this. I would never vote for a right wing conservative such as Tim Hudak. And after observing Andrea Horwath in the spotlight for…
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HAVN’T POSTED IN A WHILE LOL
EVERYONE LOVES IT WHEN A BLOGGER COMES BACK AFTER A LONG ABSENCE TO WRITE A POST ABOUT HOW THEY “HAVEN’T BLOGGED IN A WHILE LOL” !!! I’M NOT THE FIRST…
Andrea Howarth and Ontario NDP Only After Political Gain?
It’s becoming more and more clear that the Andrea Howarth led NDP party is NOT the NDP of the past fighting for social injustice. In fact, I think this NDP’s…
Original Song #34: Prime Meridian
Where’re you gonna’ start?When’re you gonna’ get up?How did you get home last night?Well you can’t remember namesYou can’t remember facesYou can’t remember promises you broke You don’t know what…
Taking Attendance
An interesting pattern began emerging during the Federal Election this past spring. At forums, debates, and all-candidates meetings across the country, Conservative Party candidates were simply not showing up. There…
ANALYSIS: The Fallacy of Toronto’s Urban vs. Suburban Paradigm
So, about a year has now passed since the line in Toronto’s sandbox was drawn. The urban/suburban debate is now running 24/7 — social media says so, anyhow. THE NEW…
UN Walkouts
Canada walks out on Iran’s UN speech in 2009.Canada walks out on Iran’s UN speech in 2010.Canada walks out on Iran’s UN speech in 2011. I wonder what the rules…
Ontario Leaders’ Debate
I wasn’t going to watch the debate because I had to go to the grocery store and I was pretty sure I knew how it was going to turn out…
Bob Rae’s Speech to the House of Commons on Libya
Hon. Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I have had the opportunity to speak to all of the resolutions in the House on Libya and I am glad to…
If a Tree falls on twitter, does it make a sound?
I wanted to wait on this particular post for a little while to let peoples’ emotions die down a bit, but I would like to write about the death of…
Ice Delay Possible at Dave Barr Arena
Installation of ice at the newly renovated Dave Barr Community Centre may be delayed until October 27, a few weeks beyond the originally scheduled Oct. 11 date. Improvements to the…
Southwest Edmonton NDP AGMs coming up
Thursday, October 6 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm Southminster-Steinhauer United Church 10740 – 19th Ave Edmonton, Alberta GUEST SPEAKER: Elisabeth Ballermann, President of the Health Sciences Association of Alberta Edmonton-Leduc Federal…
Rally for Respect against the Silencing of Toronto
“Regular Programming in Dufferin Grove Park will be cancelled during the day time hours on Saturday, September 10, 2011 due to an anticipated, large, unpermitted event.” (sic) – Sign posted…
A word about Strategic voting, or “progressives” don’t let progressives vote Liberal
Progressives, by which I mean those concerned with issues of a thriving democracy, the environment, and social and economic justice, are once again not being well served in the coming…
A vote for the ONDP is a vote for “progressive” government, or McGuinty is not “progressive” (updated)
The Ontario Liberals are so desperate. They are running one of the most disingenuous smear filled campaigns I’ve ever seen from Liberals. First they’ve tried to dissuade progressive voters by…
The Ontario election is over for me
I would like to thank Forum Research for confirming that my vote will not count in the upcoming Ontario non-democratic election. I have tried to estimate the possible margin of…
Be careful not to damage your hearing Mr. Simpson.
Your cognitive dissonace is deafening.I personally find it difficult to comprehend that there is a “base” of people that are still in the thrall of minimum sentences over pot but…