PHOTOS: St. Albert-Edmonton candidate Michael Cooper with his campaign manager, former St. Albert mayor Richard Plain. (Photo from Mr. Cooper’s campaign Facebook page.) Below: Screen shots of the Campaign Life…
Richard Hughes Independent Strategic Voter PM Steve Harper has neither respect nor acceptance for the Supreme Court or the Constitution. Once again the courts have trimmed his sails, this time…
Richard Hughes Independent Strategic Voter As the election countdown continues you can dismiss any thoughts of a lacklustre non eventful race to the wire. The TPP card has been played,…
Richard Hughes Independent Strategic Voter Here we are in the last two weeks of the election and the TPP bomb hits us. CBC newscasts are treating it like an endorsement…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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:…
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.…
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…
PHOTOS: Russian President Vladimir Putin – creating new realities for Canadian leaders to talk about … or not. Below: The three Canadian debating amigos, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Prime…
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…
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…