Joe Clark blasts PM Harper for attacks on environmentalists
On a US book tour, Joe Clark had some strong words from one Conservative PM to another by Alexander Panetta, The Canadian Press WASHINGTON – Former prime minister Joe Clark…
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How to get involved in politics
Politics can be a deeply disenfranchising experience for many people. For an individual, it seems like we have no power, no way of influencing what is going on. So we…
Akaash Maharaj: Gold Medal Hypocrisy at the Sochi Winter Olympics – Toronto Star
Nothing in Sochi did more to honour and advance the Olympic ideals than the worldwide fight for equality unleashed by Russia’s infamous homophobic law. My post-Olympic analysis in the Toronto…
The Blustery Winds of Stupidity Hit Weyburn Hard #skpoli
At least 2 Weyburn City Councillors were not duped by anti-Wind propaganda that afflicts many municipalities. There’s probably no bylaw against this family running a noisy, polluting diesel generator in…
Comment trolls might just be NSA agents
Or CSIS, CSEC or whatever. Glen Greenwald (The Intercept) has this item on some of the Snowden docs which would seem to be a training manual on how to discredit…
Justin Trudeau backs Kinder Morgan oil pipeline to Vancouver
Justin Trudeau in Kamloops, where the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline would pass (Graham Hughes/CP) Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau sat down recently with Metro Calgary, discussing everything from legalizing marijuana to…
#Tarsands Polluting Groundwater and Rivers
As scientists have demonstrated in the past, the strip mining and tailing ponds employed on a Mordorific scale in northern Alberta are polluting ground and river waters. Sorry #tarsand shills,…
TRANSCRIPT: Justin Trudeau’s speech to the Liberal biennial convention
by: Obert Madondo Speech by leader Justin Trudeau to the Liberal Party of Canada’s biennial convention convention, held in Montreal, Quebec, over the weekend: My friends, my fellow Liberals; what…
Proof that special day statements are pointless
A cost benefit analysis of why we must have a one year moratorium on special day statements in the house of labour.
WikiLeaks: How the NSA Endangers a Free Society
Some NSA efforts to destroy Assange and intimidate people supporting Wikileaks have been revealed. ANTICRISIS GIRL was a system to spy on Wikileaks searchers. – This other item is big…
Priority Policy 159 – Fracking ( #lib14 #lpc #NoPickeringAirport )
Another priority resolution I'm interested in following is Resolution 159 - Fracking.There is some conjecture that the reason the federal Conservative government is keen on developing the airport lands to…
Priority Policy 159 – Fracking ( #lib14 #lpc #NoPickeringAirport )
Another priority resolution I’m interested in following is Resolution 159 – Fracking. There is some conjecture that the reason the federal Conservative government is keen on developing the airport lands…
Nature blasts Swiss anti-immigration referendum
As part of Switzerland’s system of direct democracy, Swiss voters recently approved immigration caps by a narrow margin. This means that the country, which has remained independent of the European…
Interview with Brian Rice ( #lib14 #lpc #cdnpoli )
Brian is well known to many members of the Liberal Party. He has toured the country delivering electoral district association training. His message is to build strong riding associations to…
Hudak drops ‘right to work’ policy
CBC is reporting that Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak has dropped the mandatory representation, voluntary dues policy for union membership from his party program. It’s nice to know that he…
Day One Recap + Jeremy Broadhurst Bloggers’ Briefing ( #lib14 #lpc #cdnpoli )
Yesterday, the convention opened with a conversation about the economy between Toronto Centre MP Chystia Freeland and Larry Summers. An interesting discussion about the importance of the health of the…
Photos Streaming to ProgressiveBloggers.ca ( #lib14 #lpc )
I have begun posting some photos to the Progressive Bloggers site and more will be coming through the weekend. They’ll stream automatically as they get added.
Discriminatory engineers?
One of my undergraduate classmates linked to an article on a recent Alberta Human Rights Commission tribunal finding that Alberta’s professional association for engineers (APEGA, formerly APEGGA – which it’s…
Free Ukraine
I won’t claim to be well-enough versed to provide any deep commentary on the deteriorating situation in Ukraine. Despite a truce between protesters and the government, more violence and bloodshed…
Montreal 2014
Let’s talk about what’s really happening at Montreal 2014. It’s not about a race between Liberals jockeying for positions in the party. That’s essentially sewn up, except for membership chair…