Canadian Politics
Deficit discussion overshadows economic debate Canada needs
Photo by Kevin Dooley The Conservatives have promised balanced budgets and have even enshrined them in law. The NDP is also promising balanced budgets, painting itself as “responsible” with government…
We get a (poorly crafted) political hatemail letter at the Diatribes – and not even to me.
I’ve not blogged in awhile. When you’re doing some volunteer work, that tends to happen (though I remain active on social media). However, my first political hatemail of the campaign…
Canadians Are Turning Into A Bunch of Racist Assholes.
This post by Bert Bulmer appeared on Facebook. He absolutely nails it. Bert Bulmer So a number of you have asked that I momentarily come out of my self-imposed FaceBook…
On the Campaign Trail with Harperman
Photo by Alex Guibord Even the person most Canadian leftists dislike—the ex-con, ex-mega-businessman and scholar Conrad Black—wrote recently that “nine years of joyless and sometimes nasty competence under Stephen Harper…
Stuff Happens, week 38: Too close to call; ‘stuff happens’ in Oregon; what was the Pope thinking?
The finish line of the federal election is in sight, but we’re no closer to seeing a winner than we were weeks ago. The latest polls indicate that support for…
Stuff Happens, week 38: Too close to call; ‘stuff happens’ in Oregon; what was the Pope thinking?
The finish line of the federal election is in sight, but we’re no closer to seeing a winner than we were weeks ago. The latest polls indicate that support for…
St. Albert-Edmonton Conservative candidate Michael Cooper must clearly state his position on women’s reproductive rights
PHOTOS: St. Albert-Edmonton Conservative candidate Michael Cooper, centre, with former Alberta Justice Minister Jonathan Denis, left, and Employment Minister Pierre Pollievre in a photo grabbed from Mr. Cooper’s campaign website.…
Harperman-Singing Across Canada plus other songs
It is amazing the number of songs that have sprung up across Canada aimed at dumping Harper and his ultra right wing government. This link will open up a site…
Fate of Canadian Wheat Board a disturbing harbinger for Canada’s dairy, poultry and egg farmers
PHOTOS: Tractors in the streets of Ottawa on Tuesday, their drivers protesting the Harper Conservatives’ barely concealed plans to destroy the supply-management agricultural sector. (Grabbed from @amkfoote on Twitter.) Below:…
Blue Rodeo Releases Song Slamming Stephen Harper-VIDEO
Another article from the National Observer Written By Charles Mandel Iconic Canadian country-rock band, Blue Rodeo, has released a protest song and video against Stephen Harper and his Conservative government.…
Potentially Scandalous Probe into Muzzled Scientists Not Likely Out by Oct.19
Here is another excellent National Observer article. This time By Mychaylo Prystupa looks into the reality facing Canadian muzzled scientists. Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault in a photo by The Canadian…
Intolerable suffering of refugees’ limbo in Canada
Photo by Mstyslav Chernov As thousands continue fleeing war and persecution in a desperate attempt to find safety in Europe and North America, media and NGOs alike have improperly termed…
Quebec Left Debates Perspectives in Canada’s Federal Election
Photo by D’Arcy Norman Canada’s current federal election campaign is now at the half-way point in the lead-up to October 19. The three major parties are polling almost equally, with…
The NDP and the Election
Photo by Canada’s NDP At this moment, it seems that Harper’s Conservatives are losing ground, headed for possible defeat or minority status, if recent polls are to be believed. If…
Where Mulcair stands on oil sands and climate change
Photo by Matt Jiggins The leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party talks tough on the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, Energy East pipeline proposal and Keystone XL. But a National Observer…
B.C. Liberal candidate resigns amid backlash over 9-11 comments
Richard Hughes Independent Strategic Voter Although it is not yet clear it appears that Cowichan-Malahat-Langford’s Liberal candidate Maria Manna has stepped down over her logical comments posted on Facebook doubting…