Northern Insights / Perceptivity 2012-03-13 19:33:00
A work by Vancouver-based writer and political cartoonist Geoff Olson. His work has appeared in The Vancouver Sun, The Globe and Mail, Adbusters, The National Post, This Magazine, The Vancouver…
Harper government
The Robocon Scandal that was and wasn’t…
REPEAT AFTER ME: An issue-based call is not a voter suppression call. An issue-based call, setting out where stood on the issue — of Abortion — is not remotely the…
5 Robocon Facts
FACT: The Conservative Party of Canada is the only party presently being investigated for robocalls made during the last election. FACT: The Conservative Party of Canada was named in the…
Vancouver Observer Gives Intimate Look Into Conservative Suppression Tactics
Orwell had never been Robocalled Emma Pullman, Director of Research at Leadnow.ca, has published an article in the Vancouver Observer that promises to blow the deflections of the Conservative Party…
Vancouver Observer Gives Intimate Look Into Conservative Suppression Tactics
Emma Pullman, Director of Research at Leadnow.ca, has published an article in the Vancouver Observer that promises to blow the deflections of the Conservative Party of Canada (RE Robocalls) completely…
No more reprehensible MP than this guy
Veterans called NDP hacks, Jeff Davis, Postmedia News “OTTAWA — Calgary MP Rob Anders — who embarrassed himself by falling asleep in the Veterans Affairs committee last week — offered…
Mulcair or Dewar: My Brain or My Heart
The Federal New Democratic Party leadership race has entered it’s final weeks and I’m completely torn. Let me start off by saying that Thomas Mulcair has been floating back and…
CPC: Deceivers, deluders, dissimulators
“Losers lose, winners win, cheaters cheat, and sinners sin; Dreamers dream, cryers cry, fools believe, and Liars Lie.” Conservative MPs used U.S.-based telemarketers, Greg Weston, CBC News The prime minister…
This Just in: Conservative Government Votes No-Confidence in Elections Canada
Thanks to Glen McGregor of the Ottawa Citizen I made my way to this article, which seems to be an editorial. It’s amazing that the Conservatives show complete contempt for…
Robocon Scandal — UPDATE
An update to the continuing Robocon Scandal… Former Conservative Party of Canada/Harper government staffer, Michael Sona, has broken his silence and is denying any involvement in the robocalls that misdirected/misinformed…
Harper is now in a hurry
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.” ~ Winston Churchill Harper denies Conservative link to fraudulent…
Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It’s Off To Court We Go! Or do we?
Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It’s Off To Court We Go! Or do we? PART 20 of the Canada Elections Act discusses Contested Elections: Means of contestation 522. (1) The validity…
When Dealing With Harper, It’s About Tone
Over the years many on the political left in Canada have been quick to demonize Harper as “the devil” or “out to destroy Canada”. Demonizing Harper is one sure-fire way…
Conservatives: They Giveth, Then Accuse You of Taketh
Such appears to be the attitude towards Bonavista-Grand Falls-Windsor MP Scott Simms, who was subject to an investigation by Peter MacKay into Simms’ ride on a Search & Rescue Cormorant…
What will Canada be?
I wonder if evangelical christian Stephen Harper would agree with views of American fundamentalist Franklin Graham. That million dollar a year American preacher is the son of Billy who began…
C-10 Omnibus Crime Bill Illustrated
A whiteboard re-cap of Bill C-10, the Harper Government® omnibus anti-crime legislation that is currently being reviewed by Senate… The video urges viewers to contact the Senate to voice objections…
Stephen Harper and Vic Toews: Conservative Priorities
Safe: Child’s play. Dangerous, may warrant police raids. Conservative priorities are out of whack with reality: according to them, there’s money for fighter jets and prisons we don’t need, but…
Our government exposes itself
“We will purchase the F-35. We’re on record. We’re part of the crusade. We’re not backing down.” — Julian Fantino, associate minister of national defence, Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 8,…
RPS Podcast: Privacy and Surveillance, The Vikileaks Edition
My new podcast is up. You can listen to it here. Enjoy Filed under: Harper Government, Harper Majority, Progressives Tagged: Ethics, OpenMedia.ca, Privacy, Surveillance, Vic Toews, Vikileaks
Openmedia.ca Video on (Un)Lawful Access
An excellent video (special thanks to The Tyee where I found this video) with experts in the field of privacy, ethics, surveillance and technology. Enjoy Filed under: Harper Government, Progressives…