Healthcare in China-Largely An Individual Responsibility
Cowichan Bay’s Dr. Connie Harris and Tom Shandel are in Shanghai for a month. Connie is teaching baby pharmacology at a children’s hospital in Shanghai and sent this report along.…
Canadian Politics
Stuff Happens, week 36: Another (yawn) debate; Trump blows hard; new look Journal just blows
The federal election is now into the home stretch, which in previous years would have been referred to as ‘at the starting line’. The Big Three (The Little One, Green…
Stuff Happens, week 36: Another (yawn) debate; Trump blows hard; new look Journal just blows
The federal election is now into the home stretch, which in previous years would have been referred to as ‘at the starting line’. The Big Three (The Little One, Green…
Here is a limerick that will set you all a twitter
Elizabeth May is no quitter So when the Globe wouldn’t admit her Elizabeth Said,”I reckon instead I’ll simply debate them on Twitter “ This was posted in the National Post…
a historic opportunity for residents of peel region: vote ndp on october 19
In the upcoming federal election, Peel residents have an opportunity to make a real difference for ourselves, our neighbours, and all of Canada. We can support a platform aimed at…
Inside Canada’s Defence Lobby
Photo by Fernando Serna The increasing influence of defence lobbyists over Canadian politics has lead to the appropriation of billions for programs with no conceivable peacekeeping purpose while establishing a…
British Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn Hails Huge Mandate as He Sets Out His Green Left Wing Agenda
Many have wished that we would have a political voice of relevance and have cast eyes south to Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders. Bernie does not beat around…
Jeremy Corbyn: The Green Britain I Want to Build
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is an address from British MP Jeremy Corbin while he was running to become the next British Labour Party leader. Pegged as a long shot, turns…
The election of Jeremy Corbyn to lead Labour is proof that, sometimes, hope triumphs over fear mongering
PHOTOS: Jeremy Corbyn on Sept. 5, campaigning in Margate. (Photo by Chris Beckett.) Below: A young Mr. Corbyn, always true to his principles; the catastrophic Margaret Thatcher; 1970s Labour prime…
Harper Hires Infamous Australian Political Strategist From ‘Spin Doctors Without Borders’
Richard Hughes Here we are in a three way race, according to the polls, with Harper hugging the margins of being the underdog to both the NDP’s Mulcair and Liberal’s…
Stuff Happens, week 35: Refugees keep coming; Liz sets employment record
The European refugee crisis continued unabated this week, and the numbers are staggering. For example, Germany has announced that it will accept 500,000 refugees. Every year. For several years. Germany…
Stuff Happens, week 35: Refugees keep coming; Liz sets employment record
The European refugee crisis continued unabated this week, and the numbers are staggering. For example, Germany has announced that it will accept 500,000 refugees. Every year. For several years. Germany…
Thomas Mulcair comes to Edmonton bringing the promise of flinty eyed fixes to our national malaise
PHOTOS: NDP supporters lined up to take selfies with the man they hope will be the next prime minister of Canada. And if Thomas Mulcair wasn’t available, as below, there…
The Greens: A party that plays politics just like the others
Photo by ItzaFineDay After a visit by the Green Party’s Elizabeth May to Powell River on July 31, she was quoted in the local newspaper: “There is no chance of…
Give some credit to Jerry Bance for improving the quality of Conservative public discourse
ILLUSTRATIONS: Is it time to give Jerry Bance a break? After all, he’s raised the tone of Conservative discourse in Toronto, and raised our national profile abroad. (Image grabbed from…