A minority progressive government would be the best result of the election
I wouldn’t dare to be so bold as to play the prophet and predict the shape of the government that will result from Monday’s federal election. Polls and electorates are…
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Yes Men and SHD release film about Conservative Problems
Comedy Team To Release 1 hour film about Conservatives, Surveillance and Climate change From Executive Producers The Yes Men and Mark Achbar (The Corporation, Manufacturing Consent) The political comedy pranksters…
Lying and Hiding PM Hides Again
Note: we've interviewed @ThomasMulcair @JustinTrudeau and @ElizabethMay this campaign. @pmharper was to join us this week but cancelled 1/2 — The West Block (@TheWestBlock) October 11, 2015 His team told…
Say it with Song
After six and a half years of writing about our failing democracy under the Harper Regime there is little more that I can say that I have not already said…
Random Thoughts: Directly-Elected Executives Vs. Legislatures?
The US Senate in all its impotent glory. While commenting on one of Warren Kinsella’s older articles(comment has not appeared as of this writing due either toconnection failure or queuing)…
Contemplating the Jays and Democracy
Right now we’re determining who the best baseball team is in the AL East, over 5 games played over more than 5 days. The winner will go on to play…
Canada gave U.S. Republicans $8 million to strengthen democracy… in Ukraine
While implementing draconian cuts to essential social services through the 2014 federal budget, the Harper government contributed $8 million to the Republican Party-linked International Republican Institute to fund projects in…
Do Not Be Muzzled.
Do not be muzzled Oct 19th, get out and have your say on who you wish to represent you in parliament, bearing in mind that many of the promises are…
Another Conservative “cover-up”
It’s bad enough that there’s no sight of Conservative candidates campaigning to public crowds in Regina, but Conservative-friendly orgs are also trying to cover-up their interview contents. Sloppiest. Cover-up. Ever.…
Conservatives in Canada swing further to the far right – the other two major parties are little better
The Conservative party of Canada is clearly playing into fear, xenophobia and racism as a way to win votes, as its “War on Terror” narrative, its racial baiting and its…
Vote, Vote, Vote – Vote ABC
Are you Registered to Vote? By this time you should have received your Voter Information Card telling you where your polling station is located, if you have not received one…
CBC Wrecks Another Debate #elxn42
I’ve long called for More Debates, Not Fewer Debaters, and CBC again disappoints. Not much watchdog press left in Canada. No wonder people reject mainstream journalism for real reporting online.#cbc…
Bernie Sanders? This man deserves to win – and he just might.
Bernie Sanders? This man deserves to win – and he just might. He should also read my book, Enlightened Democracy: Visions For A New Millennium. We’re very much on the…
Knox Met Candidates Forum in Regina, Sept. 29, 2015 #elxn42
Here’s a portion in High Definition: And another segment (it’s also included in the long video at the top, so if you’ve seen that, there’s probably nothing new in this…
I Feel Like I’ve Had To Say This Before
Vote for your favourite with a RT or Favourite on Twitter: I feel like Liberals have forgotten they have to defeat Harper much more urgently than they must defeat Mulcair,…
Free Trade, CETA, TPP, and the US and Canadian Federal Elections: Some Critical Perspective
The following is critical to understand – for the people of Canada, the US, Europe and the world: “free trade” deals such those already signed (NAFTA), and those being pushed…
Harper History – Conclusion, Index
It is all but impossible to cover all the things that the Harper Regime has done to diminish our democratic institutions or the contempt that he has shown for democratic…
Electoral Reform in our Future?
With all parties except the Cons promising electoral reform and with what appears to be a lot of support for such a change we must look at exactly what is…
Ottawa’s war on data
Macleans recently published an article outlining the failure of the Harper regime to not only collect information on the true state of Canada’s citys, towns and villages and economy but…
Be Prepared, Voter Identification
Much has been made of late of the removal of the voter card as a piece of identification, there was even a court case in Ontario to challenge the provision…