Overdue Post
My apologize for the lateness of this post...As previously mentioned, I was going to be indisposed for sometime after the election (light surgery, and I'm fine in case anyone is…
Why Cats Elect Dogs
Alternate Voting - or AV - will have massive implications with respect to voting in Canada (and will hopefully marginalize all of those who vote for dogs instead of cats).
Polar Bear to visit Mount Allison for Convocation
In case you haven't subscribed to Mount Allison University's RSS feed here's the recent post about Ursula coming for Convocation (4 days away). Polar Bear to visit Mount Allison for…
Tories back off campaign pledge to show a surplus by 2014-15
LOL. Edit: Hey, good for the Tories on deciding to make good on their promise.
Tories back off campaign pledge to show a surplus by 2014-15
LOL.Edit: Hey, good for the Tories on deciding to make good on their promise.
Fiscally Reposible? Yeah Right
The Conservatives are going to reduce the Corporate taxes by more for next year. If this years budget passes (which of course it will) the corporate taxes will be 16.5%…
Courage Unfolds Campaign promotes equal human rights in Asia
The Courage Unfolds Campaign and video highlight the challenges faced by LGBT people in Asia and promotes equal human rights through the use of the Yogyakarta Principles, which address the…
Requiem For A Lightweight….
..."How Can Someone Possibly Be Less Popular Than Gordon Campbell?"From our good friend Mr. Beer 'N Hockey on last night's (almost) live blog of the feature bout between challenger David…
Point Grey By-Election (Almost) Live
Eby v. ClarkThrillaOnBlancaVille8:01pm...Polls closed...Pretty heavy late turnout at two polls I passed in rain on ride home outta CremeVille on way home to near Eastern Townships this evening.8:06pm...Looking for....Did Greeniacs…
Know Your Lines – Center for Urban Pedagogy’s latest poster tackles redistricting
The Center for Urban Pedagogy's latest issue of Making Policy Public takes you behind the scenes of the largely invisible redistricting process in which politicians often get to choose their…
Duped
Again. All I know is I sure as hell didn’t vote for these guys.
Three weeks late and a hundred bucks short
This might explain a lot. When I got home from work today, there was a letter from the Liberal Party of Canada in my mailbox, in a fairly large envelope.…
A brief history of a long Liberal history of talking about reform
We've all been absorbed since the election with issues of Liberal Party reform, and over the last week I've made my own contributions to the debate:May 5, 2011: Renewing the…
The Liberals’ Darkest Hour
Our electoral loss is not our darkest hour, what we face now, is.Many believe May 2nd was the worst day for the Liberal Party of Canada, they are wrong. What…
On Dalton McGuinty’s Support for Killing, Harming, and Harassing Endangered Species
Welcome to Dalton McGuinty’s Industrial Green Ontario. That’s right. If you’re an industrial wind developer and want to ‘kill, harm or harass’ endangered species – all you have to do…
The Wall Street Triple-Penetration
The Young Turks have ran a number of stories on how major investment banks have gamed the US and global economic systems. In the video presented below, they discuss how…
PC Party Confusion
A word association test: If handed a federal election ballot that displays a candidate's name beside the "PC Party" label - what do you make of that? Some may mistakenly…
NDP Leaders: Stop Sugar-Coating Brosseau’s Election
As a Canadian secular progressive who has followed US politics closely for a few years and is just now making a serious effort to get into Canadian politics, I have…
When Colin Hansen Speaks…
.....Reality WeepsColin Hansen, Christy Clark's campaign manager in the Point Grey by-election, was caught doing his well-patented 'shuck and jive', one more time when he tried to explain why his…
An idea for sticking it to the oil companies – No boycotts, just put up your hand
Canadians are getting hosed at the pumps again, just as summer has arrived and we all start thinking about jumping in our cars for a trip to the cottage, trailer…