Deborah Coyne is the 1st to answer 6 questions.
A couple of weeks back, as I did with the OLP candidates, I submitted a series of questions (6 of them) to the LPC leadership candidates, making it clear that…
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Spin Alert: Just what is Christy Clark apologizing for, exactly?
The BC cabinet has finished its non-emergency emergency meeting this evening, meeting with Premier Christy Clark, whom the media are now openly calling the “embattled premier.” Speaking to reporters, Clark…
Spin Alert: “They do it too, so we’re not so bad.”
Just a few hours after issuing my first Spin Alert about the BC Liberal’s current leadership and political crisis, I’m back to issue yet another. Here’s the current spin. Diamond…
Self-destructive Spin Alert: BC Liberals
It’s kind of like watching a slow-motion train wreck, but here’s something intriguing to note in terms of spin. The BC Liberals social media team seems to have handed out…
New Brunswick’s Extreme Inclusion Fantasy Harms Some Children With Severe Autism Challenges
Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Jody Carr EECD/NBACL Event Focus on Inclusion: Walking in our shoes. Minister Carr spoke for 40 minutes, repeating the word inclusion 30 – 40…
Shorter Waldmann on Yglesias and monteraism
The long version is here. Apparently Mr.. Waldmann was tricked into reading Matt Yglesias on monetary policy. Waldmann’s observation goes something like this in short from: Hey Matt you have…
Religion, Politics, and Rex Murphy
Tomorrow, the Canadian polysyllabic pontificator Rex Murphy will be in Vancouver recording a live episode of Cross Country Checkup on religion in public life.. The Checkup is a long-time Canadian…
My ranked-ballot unscientific poll for the next federal Liberal leader
Participate in my ranked ballot poll for the next federal Liberal leader. You may rank your choices “1, 2, 3, and so on.” You may vote once per hour. Here…
How one nice guy made a lousy day a little bit better.
This is the true story of how a bad day became a pretty good day thanks to one act of kindness. On Saturday morning, I thought I would join my…
Sexual Assault Accusation Against Former Antifa Leader
NOTE: Received the following message that we are now posting to clarify Michael’s relationship with the anti-racist movement: MIKE WAS NOT AN ANTIFA LEADER. HE IS A SKETCHY SHIT TALKER…
Flanagan, Harper and Keeping Things on the DL. . .
Like most people, I don’t feel sorry for Tom Flanagan. He was the author of his own demise and given his ego and big mouth, the only surprise is how…
Tom Flanagan’s Workday
Tom Flanagan’s Workday 8:23 Hoo well. Gotta get up again, tell all those worthless losers to get out there and get a job. 8:25 Whoa, I just dreamed I was…
The Defence Of Tom Flanagan
To a calm and rational observer, the statement “viewing child pornography is victimless” is true. To an emotional person prone to sensationalism, for writing that first line, I should be…
C-279: To amend or not to amend?
… aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand we still don’t know what Bill C-279 is going to be when it’s voted on at Third Reading. The bill, which proposes to add trans people to human…
EG Radio February 28 2013: ‘Forward on Climate’ special with Bill McKibben, Van Jones, Naomi Klein, Michael Brune and Jacquie Thomas
Download: earthgauge-podcast-feb28-2013-final.mp3 This week on Earthgauge, we hear speeches and interviews from the huge ‘Forward on Climate‘ rally in Washington D.C. on February 17. We have speeches by Van Jones…
Sun Rising On Liberal "Darkhorse"
There is something very instructive occurring within the Liberal leadership race that deserves consideration beyond the process itself. There is simply no question that apart from Justin Trudeau, Joyce Murray…
Argo: American propaganda wins best picture at the Oscars
The Hollywood-White House embrace was front and center when Michelle Obama was beamed into the Oscars, military personnel behind her, to announce the best picture pick. Surprise, surprise… Argo, replete…
New Prog Blog affiliate from NW Ontario
Please welcome to Progressive Bloggers – Boreal Citizen
‘Freedom to Read Week’ right time to assess corporate media censorship
I’ve been deeply involved in journalism for 40 years, and I’ve never experienced a time like this when mass media corporations are feeding us such distorted, one-sided news and opinion.…
Canadian Supreme Court upholds anti-hate speech laws in case against Bill Whatcott
I’m quite pleased with this morning’s ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada against Bill Whatcott’s dissemination of hateful, anti-gay flyers in Saskatchewan in 2001 and 2002. Whatcott had been…