The NDP, The Quebec Question and 50% + 1
Much has been made of Jack Layton's "controversial" comments on a possible Quebec sovereignty referendum.The fact is that it is a very rational and defensible position. Based on the closest…
Much has been made of Jack Layton's "controversial" comments on a possible Quebec sovereignty referendum.The fact is that it is a very rational and defensible position. Based on the closest…
It really is amazing how difficult it is to drag oneself back into longer writing after a significant time away.Anyway, I just want to run with an idea regarding the…
This is how I see the economic system of the world operating, and it’s the basis for many of my feelings about the economy in Canada and in Saskatchewan. It’s…
Yesterday I lifted my head from some work to watch the Ottawa journalists in Twitter filling us all in on John Baird’s first press conference as the majority Conservative government’s…
Canada lacks a consistent satirical voice to point out whatever political contradictions and hypocrisies were so often set forth into the airwaves.
Shannon Walsh’s feature documentary À St-Henri le 26 août (known in English as St-Henri, the 26th of August) takes the viewer on a visceral and honest journey through the bilingual,…
The right's mirror-image view of life - Opinion - Al Jazeera English This article applies to the Conservatives in Canada too: Excerpt: Yesterday, I pulled up to a drive-through ATM,…
G8 times are here again! And France gets its day in the sun as host, which clearly heralds the ascent of a new French Order in Europe and the world.…
Holly Elle is a Canadian independent recording artist based out of Nashville, Tennessee, who in 2010 became extremely disturbed by the media coverage of one teen suicide after another in…
Prairie strong no longer? Harper's renewed attack on the Canadian Wheat Board | rabble.ca Excerpt: The Canadian Wheat Board represents some 75,000 grain growers, and handles all Western wheat and…
Budget will mean curtains for party funds: minister | iPoliticsStephen Harper is lying to the public, again. He is trying to make you think that you are funding parties you…
A new crowdfunded documentary looks at Canada's security certificates and asks you to get involved.
Montreal Simon: Tony Clement and the Chainsaw MassacreAnd that's the Con plan. Right out of the Republican manual. First you waste billions on gazebos, prisons and fancy jet planes. Then…
William Shatner Sings O Canada by Jacob Medjuck - NFBShatner updates the lyrics a bit.Watch the video.The lyrics as interpreted from his song and suggestions:O CanadaOur home on native landTrue…
CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT: THE CALGARY FESTIVAL OF ANARCHY:How different from when I was young. Anarchist festivals in 'Calgary' !!!!FESTIVAL OF ANARCHY!Time Friday, May 27 at 6:00pm - May 29 at…
Harper has appointed three senate seats from among his party. Here is the kicker: these people just lost their election campaigns to be MP's. Opposed to supporting democratic influences it…
PM rewards three defeated Conservatives with Senate seats - The Globe and MailHow to become a senator under Harper? Show that the people don't want you to represent them. Another…
1,616 Days: Dividing Canadians « Framed In Canadaby Trish Hennessy(part two of a series)Excerpt:Stephen Harper played the fear card and won, while the NDP made history by becoming the official…
In this month’s Canadian federal election, abortion was not an issue. However, whenever election time roles around in North America, the issue of abortion tends to garner at least a…
I know what’s in a name. Soon, everyone will. We’ll have a long time with this new Harper Government. Bets are now on in terms of what he’ll name the…