A Taxing Debate
The gloves came off yesterday on Parliament’s first day back after its summer break, with Stephen Harper dealing the NDP what he evidently considers a fatal insult. Her Majesty’s Loyal…
Canadian Politics
An Open Letter to Stephen Harper Regarding Senate Reform
Dear Prime Minister Stephen Harper: I am writing today in response to reports that you will seek a Supreme Court reference on the constitutionality of your proposals for Senate reform.…
I’m Pretty Sure
I’m pretty sure, not betting sure but close, that I’m still going to make it out of here before this place of mine gets heavily hit by climate change. “Not…
Stephen Woodworth’s “science,” and why Canada’s far-right isn’t really interested in it.
Stephen Woodworth’s Motion M-312 is scheduled for its second hour of debate this Friday, and the vote on the following Wednesday. And over summer’s Parliamentary break, there has been an…
Good move by the Conservatives (no this title is not a typo) on Senate Reform
Yes, I’m going to give Harper credit on something this morning, and that is the apparent decision to refer the Government’s proposed Senate reform bill to the Supreme Court of…
Strikebreaker issues bizarre condemnation of Tory candidate for management role in strike
A strikebreaker drives across an early morning picket line during the Calgary Herald strike in early 2000. Below: Catharine Ford, Joan Crockatt. It takes more than a little brass for…
Canada Politics News Roundup For Sunday, September 17, 2012
Here’s a selection of our key news headlines on the eve of the Canadian Parliament’s return for the fall session. It’s going to be another acrimonious session. But the real…
Canadians oppose drug patent extension in Canada-EU trade deal: POLL
A new poll by Ipsos Reid, released today by the Council of Canadians and the Canadian Health Coalition, shows that what would otherwise be high support for a Canada-European Union…
There is no BC Liberal Party..
…there is apparently just a party pretending to be Conservative-lite using that particular name. Faced with continuing dreadful poll numbers, BC Premier Christy Clark has decided to postpone the Fall…
manitoba to defy jason kenney, cover refugee health care
The Province of Manitoba has announced that it will cover health care for refugee claimants, in defiance of Jason Kenney’s vindictive cuts to help at the federal level. (I haven’t…
leading canadian advocates say: let kimberly rivera stay. war resisters welcome here.
Author Judy Rebick, Alex Neve of Amnesty International Canada, Bruce Cox of Greenpeace, Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians, and Brigette DePape of “Stop Harper” fame: a great video.…
Neocon slapheads beware! This may not be just a Frank Prank?
The message from worried Canadians, in and out of uniform, to former Frank publisher Michael Bate. Below: Frank’s semi-iconic logo, Mr. Bate, a typical Frank cover from the Paul Martin…
Right-wing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford should step down: POLL
Fifty-five per cent Torontonians want their right-wing Mayor Rob Ford to leave office if he is found guilty in the ongoing conflict of interest case, according to the results of…
Parliamentary privilege should not be overused
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee recently began legal proceedings against the Auditor-General because he was refusing to deny an access to information request. Access to information is a…
Parliamentary privilege should not be overused
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee recently began legal proceedings against the Auditor-General because he was refusing to deny an access to information request. Access to information is a…
Parliamentary privilege should not be overused
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee recently began legal proceedings against the Auditor-General because he was refusing to deny an access to information request. Access to information is a…
Parliamentary privilege should not be overused
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee recently began legal proceedings against the Auditor-General because he was refusing to deny an access to information request. Access to information is a…
RIP Peter Lougheed
I remember Peter Lougheed mainly as a young boy interested in politics sparring with Pierre Trudeau over the Constitution and to a lesser extent the National Energy Program. I now…
ndp: war resisters are welcome in canada
From the New Democratic Party: Allow conscientious objectors to stay in Canada SURREY – New Democrats are calling on the government to respect parliament’s commitment to allow conscientious objectors to…