Christy Clark Loses & So Does Gender Equality
*UPDATE 05/15/13: With Christy Clark's amazing upset I am happy to admit the below post is wrong. BC has its first popularly elected female Premier. Congratulations, it is an incredible…
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Peter Penashue: Harper’s “strong voice” rarely heard in the House
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: A new analysis by democracy advocacy group, Samara, suggests that the Conservatives’ characterization of Peter Penashue as a “strong voice” for Labrador in…
NDP demands action on missing $3.1 billion in anti-terrorism funding
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Last week, the Auditor General reported that the Harper Conservatives can’t account for $3.1 billion of the $12.9 billion allocated to the Public…
The NDP is bad… blah blah blah…
Is there really any point in talking about it? Almost every blogger I’ve read in Manitoba who’s covered political issues had mentioned that the NDP has been up to something.…
Hoping for a change of government in BC
This is a post that some (but not all) of my BC Liberal acquaintances may not like, but as the BC Election draws near and the polls tighten, I’ll say…
All lawbreakers will be punished … unless they happen to be Alberta Conservatives
“’Ave you got a leesence for your minkey?” An investigator for Elections Alberta pauses momentarily in his probe of political donations made to the Progressive Conservative Party by seeing-eye monkeys.…
Normalizing secrecy
I haven’t commented yet on the story surrounding Tom Mulcair’s request for basic investigation into back-channel information between the Trudeau government and the Supreme Court of Canada – which seems…
NDP resolutions on “Building a clean and sustainable Canada”
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Canada’s Official Opposition, the New Democrats, passed all of the following resolutions during the second day of the party’s recent biennial Convention in…
Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Jason Kenney’s 15% Rule Selective Amnesia
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: In the House of Commons Monday, Jason Kenney denied that the Harper Conservatives implemented the 15% wage rule, the cornerstone of the scandal-ridden…
Not Impressed with NDP Climate Motion Ploy
Today the NDP’s environment critic used an opposition day to have the House of Commons vote on this motion: “That this House: (a) agree with many Canadians and the International…
Harper’s Defence Minister Peter MacKay Dreams Of An “NDP Government” (VIDEO)
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: During Question Period in the House of Commons last week, NDP House Leader Nathan Cullen questioned Defence Minister Peter MacKay’s voting record on…
Thomas Mulcair: Conspiracy Theorist
Back in 2011 when he was deputy-leader of the NDP, Thomas Mulcair questioned whether or not the United States government had photographs of Osama bin Laden’s body after the famous…
That Decision Just Got a Lot Easier
Looks like I’ll be voting NDP in the upcoming British Columbia elections. I had some qualms about backing the NDP or my party of choice, the Greens, especially when it…
Mysterious 2011 review of Alberta Labour Code explained – corporate influence, of course!
Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan, right, speaks to yesterday’s AFL news conference at the Edmonton’s Shaw Conference Centre. Your faithful blogger can be glimpsed at the far right.…
The Liberals’ Renaissance in Quebec.
Quebec’s federal and provincial Liberals appear to be enjoying something of a renaissance. The Toronto Star’s Chantal Hebert figures the Trudeau Libs now give Mulcair’s New Dems’ Quebec-centric power base…
What the NDP Is and Isn’t Promising on the Environment
In the wake of the NDP’s Earth Day announcement unveiling its environmental platform in Kamloops, BC’s environmental movement has been falling all over itself in praise of the party sure…
Torries want ability to Jail Canadians without Cause
The Senate Bill S-7 being debated at third reading today will give authorities the ability to detain people for up to 12 months even if they are not suspected of…
Torries want ability to Jail Canadians without Cause
The Senate Bill S-7 being debated at third reading today will give authorities the ability to detain people for up to 12 months even if they are not suspected of…
Torries want ability to Jail Canadians without Cause
The Senate Bill S-7 being debated at third reading today will give authorities the ability to detain people for up to 12 months even if they are not suspected of…