How to get engaged in Canadian politics: an educational resource
Here is a handy guide that will help you, disenfranchised Canadian, get engaged with and get involved in the upcoming (eventually, at the end of several more weeks of pre-election…
Canadian Politics
Federal leaders must come up with a substitute for oil
Photo by Dawn Ellner The longest election campaign in recent Canadian history is an opportunity to point to the contradictions of the major parties on the question of ecology. If…
Margaret Atwood column pulled, re-posted on National Post website
One of the advantages of the second longest campaign in Canadian history is that there is more time for voters and pundits to observe and comment on the various leaders,…
Green Parties Interim President Responds to Steelhead LNG -Malahat Nation LNG Announcement-Audio
The BC Greens Interim leader came out shortly after the Steelhead-Malahat Nation public announcement. Here is a release from Adam Olsen Interim BC Green Leader. Malahat LNG by Adam…
Standing there tongue tied
I have never voted for a Conservative candidate in my entire life. Sometimes it’s because I don’t like the candidate themselves or what they stand for (looking at you, Maurice…
Malahat Nation- Steelhead LNG Deal Suspect!
There is an odious smell emanating from this deal. The BC Government’s involvement through this via Treaty negotiations raises many questions. The LNG deal has been under negotiation for…
The #AngryCon: he learned those attitudes about the media from the party he supports
PHOTOS: A screen shot of the man identified by the Toronto Star as Earl Cowan at the moment he informs a reporter she’s a lying piece of … something. Below:…
Jason Kenney sails close to the wind on Anti-Terrorism Act at picnic visit
PHOTOS: Liberal candidate Adam Vaughan’s photo of the Kurdish Peace and Cultural Festival in Toronto Saturday, with an image of PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan visible in the background. (Grabbed from…
Get to know
I’m pretty sure some of my local candidates in the NINE WEEK ELECTION CAMPAIGN (thanks for wasting taxpayer money on THAT) have me on all of their “do not call”…
Is there enough Orange Wave left in Alberta to propel more Dippers to Ottawa?
ILLUSTRATIONS: A typical Alberta conservative voter, with orange hair, flirts with NDP leader Thomas Mulcair while Prime Minister Stephan Harper, in the background, tries to warn her to stop. Actual…
John Koury Withdraws From Tory Nomination Process
John Koury News Release August 17, 2015 John Koury Withdraws From Tory Nomination Process Duncan BC – Recent North Cowichan Councillor and Conservative Candidate hopeful, John Koury, announced today that…
NDP Candidate Alistair MacGregor’s Duncan Office Opening
(Click the picture above, to watch a video showcasing the launch of the Duncan Campaign Office) Friends, Many thanks to the 150+ supporters who came out to the opening of…
5 Q’s Interview with Haley Brown, Liberal #LPC candidate for Calgary-Midnapore
I’ve not done one of these interviews in awhile, but an opportunity came up to send some questions to Haley Brown, the LPC candidate who is running against Jason Kenney…
Canada Embraces Its Watergate Moment And The People Will Decide, Maybe.
We could call the latest scandal in Canadian politics Duffygate, our version of the Watergate scandal that rocked America during the 1970s. There are of course differences (tape recorded conversations…
Canada Embraces Its Watergate Moment And The People Will Decide, Maybe.
We could call the latest scandal in Canadian politics Duffygate, our version of the Watergate scandal that rocked America during the 1970s. There are of course differences (tape recorded conversations…
Craig B. Chandler: He’s baaaack (in Ontario)! And he’s gonna get Linda McQuaig … elected!
PHOTOS: A screen grab of Craig B. Chandler telling immigrants to Alberta to vote Conservative or get lost back in 2007. Below: NDP Toronto Centre candidate Linda McQuaig. Brace yourselves,…
Death of a Candidacy
Photo by Takver Morgan Wheeldon seems like the ideal NDP candidate. Young, energetic with a good mix of the thoughtful and the practical – just the kind of person the…
Canadian government spent millions on secret tar sands advocacy
Photo by Fibonacci Blue Canada’s Conservative government spent several million dollars on a tar sands advocacy fund as its push to export the oil faltered, documents reveal. In its 2013…