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…
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…
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…
At a time where the commercial media, or much of it, serves to whip up hysteria over challenges from ISIS, the so called aggressive actions of Putin and other US/Nato…
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…
The battle between CPR, local residents and the City of Vancouver may be over. Maybe. Railroading the Community Gardens from Mike Babiarz on Vimeo.
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 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…
“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…
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* 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* 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…
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…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In one of Washington’s worst kept secrets President Barack Obama confirmed earlier indications of his opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline proposal. This is huge and could…
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…
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…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It has taken some time for Canadians and the Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair to really get a grip on the severity of the so called anti terror…
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…