"Is There A Poltician In Canada Who Will Simply Speak The Truth?"
That is the question Don Graves asks in his hard-hitting lead letter printed in this morning’s Star. Enjoy. I look out my window and see sunshine and vibrant signs of…
Canadian Politics
This Alberta Election Is Actually Exciting! Will A Shift to the NDP Hold?
Rachel Notley setting the pace We are living in tumultuous times and shifts can, in such circumstances, turn into tidal waves sweeping out the old and embracing the new. But…
BC Health officials back Vancouver’s plan to license pot shops
Richard Hughes PM Steve’s Health Minister Rona Ambrose sees pot as a narcotic that is an addictive substance. Where do these people come from. Are they really Martians? It…
Far-left policies haven’t been proposed by any party, contrary to Prentice’s claims
Jim Prentice • Photo by Manning Centre Jim Prentice probably took some political science courses during his university studies, but it would appear he needs a refresher. In particular, it…
Woodfibre LNG: Shady PR, lobby violations, fraudulent, eco-criminal owner…Is this the kind of business BC wants to welcome?
Rafe Mair has been gearing up for this most important LNG fight over locating an LNG facility in Woodfibre. Truth is folks the LNG game brings us nothing but heartburn.…
Guest Blog by Leanne Bourassa: 1st Year Reflections as Liberal Party Membership Secretary
(I had the pleasure of getting to meet and know Leanne at the Feb 2014 Liberal Convention in Montreal. We had been vaguely aware of each other before through blog…
Inconvenient comments from Conservatives on Budgets
Inconvenient comment #1: Inconvenient Comment #2: Former Conservative Finance Minister – the late Jim Flaherty – ruled…
A reprieve from Nanos for the Nervous Nellies on Liberal fortunes
There’s been more then a couple newspaper op-eds in the Star and Globe of late worrying about the Liberals and Justin Trudeau losing their mojo and declaring they need to…
Indiana put the lie to “religious freedom.” But Canadian Evangelicals hope you didn’t notice.
Everyone’s familiar with the old adage, “be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.” Which is why the Evangelical leaders who held a press conference on…
Indiana put the lie to “religious freedom.” But Canadian Evangelicals hope you didn’t notice.
Everyone’s familiar with the old adage, “be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.” Which is why the Evangelical leaders who held a press conference on…
Premier Christy Clark’s miserable record is finally catching up with her. It is Fire Sale time in BC!
Richard Hughes–Cowichan Conversations I have always been amazed as to how the BC Liberals along with their far right conservative friends in Ottawa manage to snow the citizen taxpayers with…
Alberta and Polls: Never Again
The Calgary Flames are preparing to host their first playoff game since 2009 in a matter of days. While the Flames are working hard to even up their series, the…
Progressives want to win the next election. George Lakoff tells us how.
Photo by Kris Krüg Why are conservatives so successful in communicating their messages? What do progressives need to do to communicate their values to large populations? rabble.ca and our partners…
2015 federal election debate could see Elizabeth May take on Stephen Harper
Richard Hughes–Cowichan Conversations Really, who did not see this coming. issue here is that we want to see and hear all the leaders debate. How many times have we been…
Harper, BC Tory MPs have oil on their hands from English Bay spill
Richard Hughes-Cowichan Conversations It is when events like the recent bunker oil spill in English Bay take place that the value of independent writers, thinkers, and bloggers like Rafe Mair…
Petition to Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair
Photo by Matt Jiggins SIGN THIS PETITION We call on Tom Mulcair to advance, as a priority, the following policies, which we call the 4 P’s, as part of the…