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Has Harper Outsmarted Himself In Attempts To Buy Election?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Our Prime Minister Stephen Harper is cunning, driven, stubborn and up against a wall of his own making. His too smart by half ploy of extending the…
Pre-Election Polls Are Not To Be Trusted –They Are A Joke
Don Maroc Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau At the best of times pre-election polls are not to be trusted much and 78 days before an election they are a joke. At…
From CBC Polls Éric Grenier’s Poll Tracker-From ThreeHundredEight.com
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called on the Governor General to dissolve parliament and schedule an election for October 19th. This will be a Harper big…
Obituary–Womans’ Last Request- Send Steve Packing!
Her last wish is our command. Defeat Steve Harper, Drive him into the Deep Blue Sea- Click on Flash to view
Start your engines: Stephen Harper to call election as early as Sunday
Steve Harper makes a mockery of of fixed date elections Prime Minister Stephen Harper will call an election as early as this Sunday, kicking off what would be the longest…
Atwood–It’s Not Climate Change-It’s Everything Change
As we speed through Social Media, our email and various blogs occasionally a piece that demands that you make a date to read the entire post. This is Margaret…
LNG Lobby (Resource Works) Fakes Partnerships With Prominent Organizations
Rafe Mair has been scrutinizing the efforts of Resource Works, a slick front for the slime-balls from Malaysia that want to build and LNG Plant at Woodfibre in a treacherous…
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps and Council Are Facing the Homeless Issue With Class And Commitment.
Canada has turned its back on the poor, homeless and those facing mental health issues for decades now and the impact is being faced more and more by our cities.…
A Curious Situation Has Developed the Cowichan Valley Regional District.
Dara Quast A curious situation has developed at our Regional District. Our staff is leaving, in droves. In a large organization such as the CVRD there is bound to be…
Harper Offers A Slippery Snow Job-Calls It Christmas In July
The following was published as a letter to the editor on the Langley Times. Don’t spend that child care benefit, mom and dad Editor: The barrage of blatant vote buying…
Chief Harry and the Malahat Nation– Reconsider Your Position!
The following is guest post by Georgia Collins Georgia Collins “Sitting in a hot gym in the middle of summer, listening to Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Energy and…
Norm Farrell–Patronage, Corruption and Cronyism
Richard HughesPolitical Blogger Norm Farrell’s contributions to untangling BC Government numbers are well established. A retired economist he takes the time and has the skill to share pieces like this…
It’s A Beautiful Day In The Neigbourhood
Richard HughesPolitical Blogger So many of us check our email while still half asleep and the coffee is being made, I am no different in that regard. It can be…
What Would Harper Do? Anything he wants, mostly.
Richard HughesPolitical Blogger Another insightful analysis by Michael Harris that points out that Emperor Steve is as naked as a jaybird and it ain’t pretty. In spite of the ever…
RAFE: Blatant Media Bias -Vancouver Province Partners With Woodfibre LNG
Rafe Mair As you know, the Vancouver Province is an official partner of Resort Works, who are essentially the public relations arm of Woodfibre LNG. That means, of course, that…
Opinion: Will future of food be an election plank?
This piece comes from the Edmonton Journal and applies to all of Western Canada, very much including our Cowichan Valley. We can look back and see significant increases in our…