The Gift Of 8 Movement – Be A Donor.
Trillium giff of life network has launched the Gift of 8 Movement with Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. Most Canadians are compassionate to agree with organ donation,…
Canadian Politics
shorter wmtc: fraudulent government kills canadian environment
In case you haven’t seen it yet, the Council of Canadians’ investigation into election fraud has uncovered yet more damning evidence that the Harper GovernmentTM did not win its so-called…
Burma news
News about Burma is good. Good news about Burma is great. Here is a small compilation of recent news articles of Burma in Canadian media. For more visit our website…
2 examples of awesomeness from the Alberta Liberal Party
I have listened to this song too many times. It is catchy, makes a lot of good points and contains a few delicious puns. Also from the Alberta Liberals: Tory…
ontarians, what are you doing this saturday? come to queen’s park to demand a fair budget
When Dalton McGuinty appointed a banker to assess the province’s budget priorities, he got exactly what he expected: a recommendation to cut jobs and shred public services, while leaving corporate…
Tea Party North
The Canadian version of the Tea Party led by the Canadian version of Sarah Palin has let slip a couple of revealing remarks: A Wildrose candidate in the Alberta election…
New Song: The Wild Rose of Alberta
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I reckon I’ll have a few more foes after the Wildrose backers have a look at this one.
New Song: The Wild Rose of Alberta
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I reckon I'll have a few more foes after the Wildrose backers have a look at this one.
New Song: The Wild Rose of Alberta
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I reckon I’ll have a few more foes after the Wildrose backers have a look at this one.
New Song: The Wild Rose of Alberta
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I reckon I'll have a few more foes after the Wildrose backers have a look at this one.
Oliver’s Twist: So Long Federal Environmental Oversight
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver — yes, the one who labelled environmentalists foreign-backed radicals — announced a major overhaul today in how environmental assessments will be conducted in Canada. Not…
Vigilantes and Mercenaries: The Harper Government and the Abdication of Responsibility
With the revelation that Minister Peter MacKay failed to ask many of the obvious/necessary questions when working on the F-35 procurement, the subject of basic ministerial/government responsibility has been weighing…
Happy 30th Anniversary, Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms
According to Louise Arbour, Canada’s internationally renowned & universally lauded Charter of Rights & Freedoms (HBD, eh?) “has transformed a country obsessed with the federal-provincial division of powers and enabled…
A very lame Harper excuse on the Charter
I’m surprised Harper commented at all on this, but I suppose he felt he had to, given the attention to his government’s notable silence on the issue of why they…
5 Questions: Parker Mackay
I first met Parker shortly after the 2011 federal election (specifically on May 17th when we attended the “Liberal Renewal Dinner” in Toronto hosted by the Edward Blake Society.) Parker…
Your major reason(s) for Conservatives not celebrating the Charter
Much has been made over the fact that the Conservative government is willing to throw major money at celebrating the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, while not doing…
A stolen cellphones database?
An interesting proposal the Toronto Star was advocating for yesterday: Washington’s Federal Communications Commission and the four biggest wireless carriers in the U.S. announced this week that they are creating…
Supreme Court fires a volley across Bill C-30 (& Harper’s) bow.
Think this decision ruffled a few feathers in the Conservative government today? The Supreme Court of Canada struck down Friday warrantless wiretap powers that police have in cases of emergency.…
On That Zombie Suzuki Resignation Story
The Globe: Canada’s most famous environmentalist, David Suzuki, says he left the board of his charitable foundation to avoid being a lightning rod for criticism and government attacks that would…
Canada’s Action Plan on Open Government: A Review
The other day the Canadian Government published its Action Plan on Open Government, a high level document that both lays out the Government’s goals on this file as well as…