Akaash Maharaj: A Party of the Many
As long as I have been involved in the Liberal Party, it has been my conviction that for all its strengths, its one fundamental weakness has been an unhealthy obsession…
You Want Some Autism Awareness? Autism Is A Disorder, Autism Can Restrict Lives, Autism Can End Lives
The site where Adam Benhamama's body was found Tuesday, several kilometres downstream from where police believe he fell into the water in early April. (Elias Abboud/CBC) Two incidents in recent…
Marc Lemire Denies Past Again
Now that Blogger is back to normal, on with the blogging! The Warman and the CHRC vs. Lemire case will be heard by the Federal Court this coming December. Our…
Best New Name For LINO’s So Far?
ProMediaLaggingTweetThis!VilleColin Hansen has called on his failing BC Liberal Party to re-name and re-brand itself. Best name so far on #samepartydiffname from Mike Lowe is: "Conservative Liberal Alliance Party"......aka....."The CLAP"Ha!_____Mine…
It’s Friday so….Promises, Promises
Read whatever you like into this choice.(via ~ Jian Gomeshi)
It’s Friday so….Promises, Promises
Read whatever you like into this choice.(via ~ Jian Gomeshi)
It’s Friday so….Promises, Promises
Read whatever you like into this choice. (via ~ Jian Gomeshi)
Does Elections-BC Want To Turn Reasonable People Into Crazed Conspiracy Theorists?
ByeByeGoneBadPointGreyVilleSo....There has been all sorts of chatter on the Lotuslandian interwebz about things like... - Extra ballot boxes that suddenly appeared out of nowhere... - Advance polls that may not…
Dissent
I return again today to the topic of tolerating dissent. Here's what @rosiebarton tweeted today that set me off: I'm listening to the Liberal scrums. These people have a LONG…
B.C. Conservative goes for the troglodyte vote in bid to resurrect moribund party
Blogger.com was down from Thursday noon until today, so please forgive me for not blogging about this sooner. Simon has beaten me to it already. The B.C. Conservative Party hasn't…
Building liberalism beyond the Liberal Party
We’ve been necessarily focused on how to reform, restructure and renew the Liberal Party of Canada, as we should be, but to be successful at refreshing liberalism in Canada and…
Green Party of Canada: Focus on the Future, Part IV: Internal Structure & Processes
For those of my regular readers whom may have thought that in my last few blogposts that I have been venturing a little too deeply into the waters reserved specifically…
#G20 aftermath, Robert Dziekanski, and police accountability
Because of the recent, er, unpleasantness, I've started a backup site over at Tumblr. (OK, OK, I wanted another excuse to geek out. Like I don't have enough already.) Anyway,…
And The Contempt Continues
Before Parliament even resumes Cabinet Ministers are issuing decrees to Parliamentary committees:"Industry Minister Tony Clement said Thursday he will ask oil industry refiners, distributors and retailers to appear before a…
Blogger back from the dead?
Now what the hell was that? Is the Facebook / Google smackdown getting underway, and if so, why didn't anyone tell me? Geez. Some stuff may have to be rebuilt,…
Alberta Notes: Ed Stelmach, the George Chuvalo of Canadian politics, doesn’t go down one more time
George Chuvalo, the Ed Stelmach of boxing, still on his feet while being beaten by Muhammad Ali. Below, Mr. Stelmach, Rick Orman, photo snatched from the Edmonton Journal, which won’t…
Looking back at Toronto’s G20 – Friday Film Pick: Into the Fire
Finally, a decent analysis of one of Canada's darkest days - last summer's G20 protests and police repression explored in Into the Fire.
And so it begins
Two Supreme court justices announce retirements. Both were appointed by Liberal prime ministers. Majority in the House. Majority in the Senate. And now he gets to appoint more top-court justices.…
A Truly Democratic Socialist Party: Clauses 6-9 of the Constitution; Collective Leadership, Member Control, Democratic Oversight and Inclusion
The following are the proposed Clauses 6-9 of the new party's constitution. They have, as with the other clauses, grown out of a series of discussions and meetings around our…