Tommy Douglas Defines Fascism
“Once more let me remind you what fascism is. It need not wear a brown shirt or a green shirt — it may even wear a dress shirt. Fascism begins…
Canadian Politics
Vancouver mom’s outrage at airline for interfering with breastfeeding draws huge online support
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger United Airlines PR department must, or at least should be in high gear after this young mother complained in ‘Twitter’ that she was shamed by an…
Trudeau–Canadian Liberty and the Politics of Fear
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This is a significant speech the likes of which we have not heard in this country for some time. It runs for 43 minutes and for some…
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien Bashes Harper Over Bill C 51
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger As each day passes we learn of more resistance and outright condemnation over Conservative PM Steve Harper’s assault on Canadians rights and freedoms that would result from…
Trending Ontario releases powerful anti-sexual violence ad
1 Billion Rising celebrations and events are spreading. Progress has been made but there is a long way to go. It is not ok for men to abuse women and…
Railroading the Community Gardens
The battle between CPR, local residents and the City of Vancouver may be over. Maybe. Railroading the Community Gardens from Mike Babiarz on Vimeo.
Interview with Colin Smith, LPC Nomination Contestant for Carleton
I’ve not done one of these in awhile, but today, we have an interview with Colin Smith, an LPC nomination contestant in the riding of Carleton, a riding that was…
Naomi Klein- ‘The Economic System We Have Created Global Warming’
Naomi Klein I am beginning to detect a growing trend towards changing the capitalist economic model from one in which profit is the only priority to one in which wellness…
How Marx Presaged Today’s Canada
“The bourgeoisie has through its exploitation of the world market given a cosmopolitan character to production and consumption in every country,” wrote Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels, in 1848, in…
Stephen Hume: A Tale of Two Coasts
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger We are often referred to as the ‘Left Coast’ due the liberal left tendencies of many west coasters. The way the Ottawa’s largesse is doled out,…
Canada’s Trans* Rights Bill Now Endorses Bans in Washroom and Gendered Spaces
Canada’s trans* human rights bill C-279 was amended by a Senate committee, in a way that makes it legal to ban trans* people from washrooms and gendered spaces appropriate to…
Canada’s Trans* Rights Bill Now Endorses Bans in Washroom and Gendered Spaces
Canada’s trans* human rights bill C-279 was amended by a Senate committee, in a way that makes it legal to ban trans* people from washrooms and gendered spaces appropriate to…
Calm before the political storm
Twitter was all aflutter yesterday from some journalists saying several people had told them they had heard an election was going to be called today and the writ dropped for…
Everything’s Harper: C-51 and the unmaking of Canada
Illustration by Hugh D’Andrade Stephen Harper’s not-so-benign dictatorship is picking up speed. Bill C-51 is merely the latest sprint toward the Rule of Steve. Here we have a piece of…
Rafe Mair–Exploiting Fear is ‘Wrong and Racist’
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Canada is facing a deliberate overheated racist attack against Muslims launched and fuelled by our Prime Minister Steve Harper. Steve’s latest is his attack against Muslim women…
Stuff happens, week 9: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the dumbest of them all?
The halo over Jim Prentice is getting more and more tarnished. Prentice, who has been on a PR offensive over his upcoming budget and unnecessary and illegal election, put his…