Watson Quits The Star
This story is worth mentioning, because it’s about a Canadian journalist who stood up to censorship by their paper’s editors. It’s the sort of courage also described by Wab Kinew…
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Conservative Senate Overthrows Speaker #cdnpoli #SenCA
Whoa, whoa… chaos reigns…. they might have just overthrown the speaker… — Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) June 26, 2015 Housakos rules the government’s attempt “violates a fundamental distinction in our rules…
ConCalls: Conservative Defender of Robocalls now Jailed for #elxnfraud
Dean Del Mastro is going to jail for a month, house arrest for longer, and cannot run (for office) for at least 5 years. Hey, kids, remember Stephen Harper from…
Difficult To Talk About, Important To Try
This is a difficult subject to talk about, because highlighting it could easily be viewed as hypocritical. In my defense, I’m not defending Trudeau because I want him elected, and…
#C51 Is a Brazen Power Grab
Canadians are so trained to accept power grabs, that we didn’t fight sufficiently to stop it. The police state usually pads up behind you on cat’s paws. But this time,…
C-51 Stops a Veteran From Being a Liberal Candidate
I wondered why Peter MacKay’s Liberal challenger was quitting too, and it seems the reason was how Trudeau mishandled the C-51 “anti terrorism” vote by supporting the bad bill. Since…
“I wonder if she gets paid.”
I wonder if she gets paid. “@GreenpeaceCA: Arctic drilling is obscene. @Janefonda http://t.co/MRRx4vvo6o pic.twitter.com/2vAlfXhw5e” — Vivian Krause (@FairQuestions) June 12, 2015 I wonder if she gets paid, to ask that.…
The Boom With the Bomb Train Boom
CBC is a funny beast now. Along with their story parroting what the latest Canadian Energy Research Initiative report says, is RBC/tarsands shill Amanda Lang staring at you from the…
Saving Canada $90,000,000/year not worth Wall’s “effort”
“The Senate is never going to run properly and it’s never going to be worth the money we put into it. So it should be scrapped.” .@PremierBradWall Couldn't SK start…
Buffy Sainte-Marie
“”You talk about all the foster home kids, some of those parents they grew up without parents. They never knew a parent. How were they supposed to know how a…
Buffy Sainte-Marie
“”You talk about all the foster home kids, some of those parents they grew up without parents. They never knew a parent. How were they supposed to know how a…
Interview in Western News
My authorial compadre at the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Kane Faucher, did a great job of interviewing me a while back, and it appeared in print today. Seriously.…
Alberta Getting a Climate Change Plan?
If they enact what is known to be good policy, but the previous government was afraid to do, that’d be a start anyway. I found it interesting that the newspaper…
This is Your Daily Economic Action Plan Reminder
Canada is not a Petrostate, I repeat, Canada is Not a Petrostate. There is no evidence that Canada places more value on oil than democracy. Remember, don’t “attack the Canadian…
The Establishment And Your Phone
In the good old days, Canada’s spy agencies were not supposed to spy on Canadians. Government departments are also supposed to benefit from their research into vulnerabilities in computer systems,…
This Isn’t Going To Work #skpoli
.@laurengolosky Why isn't the Environment Minister up to speed on #climatechange? It's basic knowledge for Environment portfolio. #skpoli — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) May 21, 2015 It’s 2015, and the entire…
ConCalls: Documentary Rolling Across Canada #RoboCon
Peter is making a film about the RoboCon election fraud. His tour gets started tomorrow in Guelph, where the most famous incident in hundreds of ridings took place. . @edayfilm…
Conservatives Take Their Debate Ball and Hide In A Closet
After so much effort from the Greens to ensure all Canadians can hear an inclusive debate, what the Conservatives are doing now is absurd and frustrating. So the Cons are…
Ontario Made $226.00 on Diamond Royalty
And I thought Saskatchewan/Alberta’s oil royalties were too low. I wonder how much we make on salt, compared to Ontario.
Oh My
Monday morning CBC news with David Common led with the story of Elizabeth May’s failed PPG skit on Saturday. How’s that for perspective? These are the people who until last…