‘Harper in the Hot Seat’: Michael Harris on The Agenda
In “Party of One,” journalist Michael Harris argues that Stephen Harper has given Canada a radical makeover – one that fundamentally threatens Canadian democracy. He lays out his arguments and…
In “Party of One,” journalist Michael Harris argues that Stephen Harper has given Canada a radical makeover – one that fundamentally threatens Canadian democracy. He lays out his arguments and…
A dark week in Edmonton. Const. Daniel Woodall, performing what should have been a fairly routine arrest at a west Edmonton home, was greeted with a hail of gunfire that…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It seems that for some considerable time the whole fracking and LNG play was over there, up north, away from our direct experience, and to a degree…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is out, many of us have welcomed the report, its’ findings, and its opportunity to face but not accept the incomprehensible abuse that native families…
Some of you may have read this at Rabble the other day, about a theory Karl Nerenberg has as to why Harper seems to not support the report of the…
Alistair MacGregor Campaign Party Our NDP Candidate for Cowichan-Malahat-Langford Rob Douglas-North Cowichan Councillor Hello Everyone: I am hosting a campaign party for my friend Alistair MacGregor, our new NDP candidate…
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger We are living in a state of political turmoil and uncertainty. Never in our history have we as Canadians looked into the face of facism, until…
Photo by Alex Guibord With its legacy of peacekeeping and respect for the United Nations, one notable feature of Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s foreign policy was his willingness to disagree openly…
Today’s announcement that Peter MacKay is not going to run for his seat in Parliament this fall has me thinking that maybe this is a sign that Stephen Harper is…
Peter McKay has been one of the most significant players in the Harper government from the beginning. No loss to Canada but this significant departure hurts Steve’s re-election efforts. Is…
It’s so thrilling to see a foundling cracking the shell for its first few pecks at freedom. (And never has a better beak been built to crack one, too!) And…
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger Steve Harper and his thugs in suits are in high gear cheating, lying, rigging the system. They are desperate, and for good reason. When they lose…
Given the furore over the past couple of months on social media – most of it NDP activist driven – you’d think that the entire country hated Bill C51, the…
PHOTOS: A screen shot from the new Harper Government anti-Tom-Mulcair advertisement. Actual Harper government plagiarism may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Scenes from the nearly identical 2011 Manitoba NDP…
With the new round of polls in the hopper and the NDP surge from their surprising provincial victory in Alberta quantified, if it didn’t before, it looks like the national…
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger Tommy Douglas remains one of Canada’s most inspirational political figures. He was recognized as ‘The Greatest Canadian 2004. We are at a cross roads in Canada…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Political turmoil generally signals a shift away from the governing parties. It is easy to assign a shift to the NDP in Alberta and apply that across…
For the third week in a row, Deborah Drever reigned as Alberta’s most talked-about NDP MLA. Or, more to the point, Alberta’s most talked-about former NDP MLA. The last straw.…
So says ipolitics (pay wall), referring to the NDP surge that was confirmed this week by polls released by EKOS and by other groups. They go on to demonstrate that,…
It’s not exactly news that Stephen Harper and his merry band are willing to cut a few corners when it comes to getting democratically elected. It’s also probably not news…