“Have dinner with me, Susan.” What a charming invitation. Too bad it’s part of a fundraising campaign directed at 300,000 supporters of the federal Liberal party. But wait…let’s think about…
Photo: Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press Read this story from the Associated Press on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s bold statement on Keystone XL at a talk in New York. Harper’s true climate…
OTTAWA – The Conservative government has responded to an international report on “unequivocal” global warming by slamming past Liberal inaction and renewing its warning of an alleged NDP carbon tax.…
It’s super embarrassing to have these sorts of puppet, lying people in office, when it’s so critically important for Canada to be making REAL, FACTUAL efforts against climate change. .@leonaaglukkaq…
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The days of easy-going top down manipulation and disregard for almost everyone could be drawing to an end for PM Steve Harper. In todays National…
Dean Del Mastro charged nationalnewswatch.com/2013/09/26/new… #cdnpoli— Will (@natnewswatch) September 26, 2013 .@torontodan @stribe39 Leaving the question, when will #Penashue be charged for overspending and illegal contributions? #elxnfraud #cdnpoli— Saskboy K.…
Rick Kleer giving introduction to Simpson. 7:01pm non fiction book writing award winner. Written many political books since the early ’80s. 7:05 Simpson starts. Was a baseball fan. Persuaded the…
At the Filmpool , where an overfull crowd has gathered for a UofR religious studies lecture. 7:06 introductions are done by Luther College and another. Luther HS students present for…
By Joe Fantauzzi @jjfantauzzi At the core of many modern democracies is the concept of freedom. Variations of the word “free” appear 27 times in the text of Canada’s Charter…
A recent rally for science in Vancouver (photo: Damien Gillis) Even The New York Times is starting to question Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s anti-science agenda, which recently spurred 17 cross-Canada…
Stephen Harper has been trying to win over Barack Obama on the stalled Keystone XL pipeline (Adrian Wyld/CP) Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks increasingly desperate to find ways for expanding…
Chinese demand for the fins of sharks (I have no idea what they are good for) has gone up over the past couple years. India is one of the largest…
One thing we share is an abundance of unsafe Quebec chrysotile AKA asbestos. Most of the world stopped using the miracle mineral once they realized what a global disaster its…
Stephen Harper meets with National AFN Chief Shawn Atleo in 2011 (Reuters) So Prime Minister Stephen Harper and members of his cabinet have been meeting with BC’s First Nations chiefs…
The Huffington Post has a piece comparing open atheists in government in the USA with the UK. They note that only two American legislators have only ever really professed non-belief:…
This government page will almost certainly disappear at some point on the original website, so here is a backup: Climate change is a long term shift in weather patterns. Since…
I follow politics pretty closely and among the first things I did upon arriving here was register myself and Sonia to vote (I’m a citizen through descent and Commonwealth citizens…
Kate MacEachern and The Long Way Home Post by The Long Way Home. There is a kind of trauma when people leave chapters in their life: graduating, retiring, marriage, childbirth,…
Wrestling with Democracy is an ambitious, historical examination of the changes in voting systems across a large number of Western liberal democracies over the course of the twentieth century that…
The BC NDP’s outgoing leader, Adrian Dix (photo: BCGEU) Today’s decision by Adrian Dix to step down as BC NDP leader, pending a leadership election next year, comes as no…
