A Scar on the land and the people – PEI
I spent over a week in a ravine, in Churchill, standing with a small group of people, holding an invisible line while machines roared through the land. It was something…
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Maroc Has Dusted Off His Keyboard And Is Out After The Frackers!
Political Blogger Don Maroc longtime journalist and historian pops up on Cowichan Conversations as a valued contributor from time to time. Many will recall his many years as a Cowichan…
Calgary-Centre By-Election: Forum Poll has Tory at 48%, Harvey Locke (L) at 28%, Greens and NDP at 8%-11%
Forum Research released a poll of the Calgary-Centre byelection to gauge the support of each candidate in the riding. Conservative candidate Joan Crockatt sits at almost half of the support…
The Katz Katastrophe
The bending of election rules by the provincial Conservatives isn’t new. It’s a regular affair by now. Kevin Taft’s lawsuit against Elections Alberta, the ongoing debacle of large union and…
Both the BC NDP and the BC Liberal’s Support Shale Gas Fracking!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Fracking is the latest profit making bonanza for the already too rich and powerful oil and gas corporations and they seem to have our politicians by…
Message to my American friends. Please vote.
It is election time in the States and some of my political friends are posting on facebook text-in-box images that say that voting is legitimizing whatever government gets elected and…
Green Candidate Calls Calgarians Smug and Immature: Chris Turner’s Contempt For Industry, Calgary
It’s hard to take the Green party seriously. “ emerging power and prominence come across from some angles as pure teenage bluster. I think I first heard it said about…
Sandy Wind Blows
The largest hurricane recorded is underway, and it’s hitting the US and Canada. Is it because of climate change? The short answer is, yes. If you’re asking that question because…
Rafe Mair is Back In the Saddle and Ready To Go!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Welcome back Rafe, I see that you have mellowed considerably during your time away. I sense absence did not make your heart grow fonder regarding the…
FIPA Treaty to go into Effect Thursday…Is It Right For Canada? Why the Hurry?
This Thursday a new treaty is due to come into effect between Canada and China without debate or public discussion. It is called an Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement…
FIPA Treaty to go into Effect Thursday…Is It Right For Canada? Why the Hurry?
This Thursday a new treaty is due to come into effect between Canada and China without debate or public discussion. It is called an Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement…
No Debate: How the Conservatives Will Campaign in Calgary-Centre… and how to fight back!
It’s about absolute radio silence. The Conservative candidate will not speak to the public without speaking points… if she even does try to speak to the public. There will be…
Green Party MP Elizabeth May Speaks Truth To Power in 60 Seconds
The Green Party’s only sitting MP-Elizabeth May-Saanich North & the Islands continues opposition to the sovereignty threatening China Trade Deal. She has only 60 seconds, thus democracy under the anti…
NDP MP Don Davies Calls For Debate On China Trade Deal
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Federal Opposition Parties have made considerable effort to ahve this far reaching China Trade Investment Deal dealth with in parliament as it should be. In this…
Premier Christy Clark and Her Fading BC Liberals Have Abandoned These Students!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger Premier Christy Clark with her tired remains of her caucus and with imported help from a gaggle of old Conservative MP’s preach renewal at their last…
The Long Form Census Debacle Starts to Show Its Impact
As predicted the dropping of the mandatory long form census last year is starting to be felt in the statistical results being collected. First problem: Language Data. New language data…
The Long Form Census Debacle Starts to Show Its Impact
As predicted the dropping of the mandatory long form census last year is starting to be felt in the statistical results being collected. First problem: Language Data. New language data…
Hey! Ottawa peeps!
The Pleasant Park PS / Hawthorne PS Giant Booksale is tomorrow (Saturday)! 9am – 1pm! Woot! THOUSANDS of books for all ages and all (well, most) tastes! The forecast calls…
CARBON TAX! ON EVERYTHING!
Especially relevant if you are a Canadian, or paying any attention at all to our present political situation in Canada, where the governing party fantasizes its opponents. Filed under: art,…