conservative party vs council of canadians, round two
In Federal Court:* Council of Canadians: There was vote supression in the 2011 election. Conservative Party of Canada: Maude Barlow hates us. Council of Canadians: There was vote supression in…
Canadian Politics
coyne: the conflict is between conservatives and their souls
Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page’s quest to force the Harper GovernmentTM to release details of its budget cuts escalated over the weekend, when Page said that the government’s secrecy could…
Enbridge’s Slick New Ad Campaign Flounders
I spent last week taking an intensive course in citizen advocacy at the Canadian School of Peacebuilding in Winnipeg. It was a great week – I learned a lot and…
Time to wax philosophical about Ralph Klein and the Order of Canada
Former Alberta premier Ralph Klein, back in the day. Below: Former Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau, also back in the day. Now that the campaign to give the Order of Canada…
Important speeches of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi during her tour in Europe
Thanks to Tin at CFOB for putting this together,sharing this for your convenience , a collection of speeches by Daw Suu Kyi during her current tour of Europe. Will update…
New poll shows the challenge for the new Liberal leader
The National Post released an Ipsos-Reid poll yesterday, and it shows that a lot of the anti-Harper vote has and continues to coalesce around the NDP: According to the poll,…
No, Nenshi isn’t running for the Liberals
No, Liberals and progressives alike, Nenshi isn’t throwing his hat into the provincial or federal arenas as either an MP or a leadership candidate. He’s happiest where he is right…
Alberta oil-spills karma
The frequency of oil-spills in Alberta in the past month and a bit is some karma; bad karma for Alberta and the federal Conservative government in Ottawa, that is: The…
Ontario Budget passes despite heavy Tory opposition
As if having to contend with a minority government short of one seat from a majority wasn’t enough, we liberals also have to deal with the underhanded methods of the…
Provincial Ontario Liberals very disappointing on the environment.
This post might annoy a few people I know at Queen’s Park, but I’m a tad annoyed with the Mcguinty government, so it will even out. Mcguinty’s Liberals are pulling…
Spin
Not long ago, my provincial government decided to do away with a program that created hundreds, if not thousands of jobs in the province, and which brought with it millions…
Hypocrisy on Free Speech and “Protecting Freedom.”
On June 6th (the same night that the trans human rights Bill C-279 advanced to committee) Conservative MP for Westlock – St. Paul, Brian Storseth’s Private Member’s Bill C-304, An…
Don’t take it personally, Deputy Minister
I’m sure Minister Kenney thinks the same foul-mouth thoughts – even if he doesn’t accidentally proclaim it in email – about all his political opponents who oppose his and the…
Does the House of Commons have air conditioning?
If not, I suspect the tempers in Parliament – already frayed over the all-nighter the government forced on Bill C-38, and other recent events like Dean Del Maestro being in…
Assisted Suicide, Discrimination, and the Constitution
Suicide is a difficult case. I do not believe that people, under most circumstances, have a moral right to unilaterally kill themselves. An individual’s life is not the sole property…
Omnibus Bill C-38 gets rammed through..
..but not without a good fight. Bravo to all the opposition parties and Green Party leader Elizabeth May for making a good point about the ridiculousness of grouping everything from…
Tubwerx.com -fraud spa service
I was looking for someone to fix my leaky hot tub and found this company Tubwerx and regret it all together now. So this guy Jim Gramatikopoulos (also goes by…
Thanks Mr. Rae
Bob Rae probably surprised 99% of the political world by today declaring he was not going to run as permanent Liberal leader. As with others online, on blogs and on…
Protected: It’s Justin, Not Pierre’s Son: Trudeau The Next Liberal Leader?
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These Are Not Your Father’s Tories. Seriously.
“I worked for (Mulroney-era environment minister) Tom McMillan, who was a very red Tory. I wrote speeches for him. We never checked his speeches with the PMO. He’d get up…