Where Canada Is Going
It’s very important to Canada’s economy that we send a resource (we can’t use without killing the planet) to Communist China so their economy can continue to pollute at record…
Conservatives
On condoms and omnibus bills
Just like when using a condom, it’s good policy to check any omnibus bill for holes before using them. That is, unless you are our current government who expect Parliament…
A (re-)Introduction
We live in interesting, but not unprecedented political times. Darth Harper, the Controller-in-Chief, has done an admiral job of keeping things quiet, but the fruits of his autocratic nature are…
I’m coining a new word
Well, a new hyphenated word, really. base-whisperer This refers to someone who knows how to communicate to his or her political base, and forms all of their communication and political…
It’s Just a Small Change
We’re trying to start this blog up again. To that end here’s a quick proposal. I propose that in light of recent Senate scandal allegations, and frankly, everything else we…
Speech From The Throne
As expected, yesterday's Speech From The Throne was a mixed bag of feel good items and attempts to set political traps for future governments. As expected Harper starts off by…
Full Text Of Throne Speech, Delivered By Gov. General David Johnston
Here is the full text of the throne speech, delivered by Governor General David Johnston in Parliament on Wednesday, October 16, 2013. The post Full Text Of Throne Speech, Delivered…
Seizing Canada’s Moment: The Speech from the Throne
The big news yesterday is of course that the Tea Party finally caved and allowed the United States government to reopen amidst its continued partisan deadlock (between the corporatist and…
Conservative Confusion #nlpoli
When they were high in the polls it was because they were making the right decisions. Now that they are in the political polling basement it is because they are…
Harper Conservatives continue to rewrite Canadian History
From the government that is still celebrating the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 (a war fought between Britain and America) and that refused to celebrate the 30th anniversary…
PRISM: Top Secret BS
The latest leak from Snowden reveals the shocking aim of Canada’s signals intelligence. Now that the global ware on terrorism is apparently won, the prodigious number of analysts apparently are…
Conservatives: Punish, Punish, Punish
Canada’s Harper Government once again revealed the ugly side of its views this past week. First up, we have the Harper Government axing the pittance that inmates are paid for…
Kevin Page at Journalism School and #UofR
Former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page, now a professor at the UofO, was a guest at the UofR’s J-School, then CCPA sponsored lecture on Thursday night. I live-tweeted the events,…
Coal Hard Facts #cdnpoli
It’s super embarrassing to have these sorts of puppet, lying people in office, when it’s so critically important for Canada to be making REAL, FACTUAL efforts against climate change. .@leonaaglukkaq…
ConCalls: About Effing Time; Del Mastro Charged #RoboCon #cdnpoli
Dean Del Mastro charged nationalnewswatch.com/2013/09/26/new… #cdnpoli— Will (@natnewswatch) September 26, 2013 .@torontodan @stribe39 Leaving the question, when will #Penashue be charged for overspending and illegal contributions? #elxnfraud #cdnpoli— Saskboy K.…
Only 36.5 per cent of unemployed Canadians now qualify for EI: NDP
by: Obert Madondo Statistics Canada reported last week that Employment Insurance (EI) recipients dropped by 2.1% in July to 503 900 after the Harper government toughened the rules earlier this…
Climate Change According to Sask Party Government
This government page will almost certainly disappear at some point on the original website, so here is a backup: Climate change is a long term shift in weather patterns. Since…
Duffy and Conservative Senators with Bagmen
Good old visitor logs, shining light on the hogs. These are also the only times that the names of Tkachuk, then chairman of the Senate’s internal economy committee, and Gerstein,…
Greens Catch Harper in a New $100M+ Lie
The Canadian government is spending our tax money on Enbridge’s impossibly risky scheme that will ruin BC’s coast. “Documents obtained from Environment Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans…
Tory MPs defy government
No, the above headline most certainly does not refer to Canadian Tory MPs. In the recent vote in the British House of Commons on Prime Minister David Cameron’s motion to…