alberta liberals boast boost in supporters.
Toasting the success of their open membership program, the Alberta Liberals have announced that over the course of the past few months, their party has signed up 15,500 “supporters” to…
alberta politics notes 8/05/2011
1. Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Alison Redford announced that she would raise monthly payments from the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) program from $400 to $1,588 and doubling…
Perfesser Dave explains the problems with separatists in the Canadian government
Bryan Mulroney having fun with his confidant and Quebec lieutenant Lucien Bouchard, one of many Conservative separatists who have spent time in the House of Commons. Below: Perfesser Dave; Western…
Guardian: Canadian government lobbying Europeans to protect tar sands
Nice to see the Guardian doing the heavy lifting while our media snoozes (aka doing Harper's bidding).The Canadian government has been accused of an "unprecedented" lobbying effort involving 110 meetings…
Frustrating evening with the machine
I'm trying to do two things with my computer. Actually now that I'm writing my post-of-the-day, it's three. Let's see if we can go Oh for Three.
You Said You Said You Said This Time Was Gonna Be Different.
by matttbastard Don’t. Lose. Hope.
3977…The River Is In Trouble
Could be any river but it is definitely the Gatineau, which flows north of your Nation's Capital.Was talking to Wanda Gibson about this this morning on 93.1 and thought I…
Madjashin nin dada, William Commanda
First Nations grieve loss of William CommandaWilliam Commanda, Elder, role model, and spiritual leader to Aboriginal people, died August 2 in his home in the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation…
Madjashin nin dada, William Commanda
First Nations grieve loss of William CommandaWilliam Commanda, Elder, role model, and spiritual leader to Aboriginal people, died August 2 in his home in the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation…
Madjashin nin dada, William Commanda
First Nations grieve loss of William CommandaWilliam Commanda, Elder, role model, and spiritual leader to Aboriginal people, died August 2 in his home in the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation…
Madjashin nin dada, William Commanda
First Nations grieve loss of William CommandaWilliam Commanda, Elder, role model, and spiritual leader to Aboriginal people, died August 2 in his home in the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation…
As seen on Lisa Ling’s show
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission I was recently at a house which has the Oprah Winfrey Network on their cable. I happened to see a generic…
Treat the police with respect and caution
The tragedy below reminded me that many people do not interact with police often. When such interactions go wrong there is usually a trigger -- you can avoid that by…
Relentlessly Progressive Political Economy 2011-08-04 21:19:02
The left would do well to dwell on the fact we have seen this film before. At some point we need an adult conversation about capitalism and not just when…
Amnesty International at U2’s Final 360 Tour Concert in Moncton, NB (July 30, 2011)
On Saturday I was the only member of Amnesty International Mount Allison to make it out to volunteer at the U2 360 Concert in Moncton. It was rainy, miserable weather…
Government By Wiki
In another effort to pander to the Daily Mail crowd (basically the same red meat constituency as readers of the Sun papers here in Canada) the coalition government of David…
And in the Worst Kept Secret Category….
I wish her luck. She need it to beat the Conservative machine and Peter Adams.
Ahhhhh…
…man, I love this country… And the Harperites can’t ruin this part of it at least. Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Ontario Provincial Election Opportunity To Defeat Stephen Harper
While attending a barbecue hosted at Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s family home, Prime Minister Stephen called for Liberal Premier McGuinty’s defeat during the October 6 Ontario Provincial election. This isn’t…