You should be concerned: Trustee Election 2013
With the mayoral race likely being a snoozer this year (87% favorables for the reigning Mayor does that) the media and people engaged in the political process will likely focus…
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Tomorrow on EG Radio: food glorious food!
Tomorrow on Earthgauge, we’re discussing food (in)security. From the geopolitics of global food security to the benefits of eating locally, this special program will consider how the food choices we…
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Good Morning, I pondered about whether or not I should put Michael Moore’s latest up on the blog this morning. It is not pretty but it is…
the complicated problem of sweatshops
Have you ever heard of the island of Saipan? It is an American territory in the pacific, where I had never heard of it until an email arrived from Walt…
the complicated problem of sweatshops
Have you ever heard of the island of Saipan? It is an American territory in the pacific, which as a Canadian I had never heard of it until an email…
PEI’s Anti-Choice Legislature – Abortion in Canada
A couple Tuesdays from now, March 26th our PEI Legislature is to sit after it’s Winter break (or whatever you call it). To mark that occassion I sent all our…
Hugo Chavez Was A Tyrant! Umm Are You Sure?
Richard Hughes Political Blogger The framing battle spinning around the death of Venezuelan President Hugh Chavez pits the oil interests against the rest of us. They pretend that democracy and…
Liberals Should Blame Trudeau For Few Supporters
If Justin Trudeau was more concerned about winning the Liberal leadership than winning the next election, not only would his party have more registered supporters, but 2015 would almost certainly…
Let’s Vote For Better Schools! BCTF TV Advertising Is Pathetic!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger I have watched the BCTF campaign ads over the years. They squander hundreds of thousands of dollars on some really well produced ads and then choke and…
Spin Alert: BC NDP Scheming with Public Funds? Not quite.
Spin alert! So, BC political news is all a-twitter this morning with rumours that the BC NDP has been scheming around with legislative funds, to the tune of $200k a…
WikiLeaks: Hollywood Hatchet, Swedish Swindle
The problem with how Sweden, the UK, and the United States have been treating Julian Assange of Wikileaks, has dragged on for years. It’s left the foremost journalist in the…
Subsidizing Reality in BC
B.C. premier’s office mobbed over child-care costs CBC News Posted: Mar 9, 2013 4:49 PM PT Lots of people complain that those who cannot afford childcare should simply stay home,…
On Misplaced Admiration
Damian Cooper’s out to reform education, and our board has come up with yet another a new assessment document as a response. The article of the day that he co-wrote…
Developing the political will to end poverty
I had the opportunity to attend a meeting hosted by Poverty Free Ontario. There were about a hundred attendants listening to presentations and discussing how we can work to get…
Developing the political will to end poverty
I had the opportunity to attend a meeting hosted by Poverty Free Ontario. There were about a hundred attendants listening to presentations and discussing how we can work to get…
Canada doesn’t have a sexism/racism problem
International Women’s Day is a good reminder of how far we still have to go toward gender equality. Women represent just 11 per cent of board members on companies listed…
Wall’s Leaky Logic
Brad Wall went to Washington in order to pitch the Keystone XL pipeline project. In doing so, he made some really absurd claims, that CTV failed to juxtapose against the…
Experts Question Human Rights Watch’s Venezuela Report
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger As the condemnation of Hugo Chavez and his efforts to improve the lives of his nation accelerate the straight out revisionist flapdoodle is in high…
C-279 amendments made, in afternoon of impassioned speeches.
Update / Correction: The amendments were given a voice vote, but not actually passed. Because there was visible opposition, it’s subject to recorded division, and the amendments will be voted…