Liberal Nomination ’12: the Race for Calgary Centre
On the 22nd of September Liberals from across downtown Calgary will vote from 9:00 am and 5:00 pm at the Kahanoff Conference Centre, and vote for one of three…
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On PEI Smoking may be helping gov’t!
Walking into the grocery store an hour or so ago, I had to stand and wait while husband went to buy a lotto ticket. Good thing because I picked up…
Parliamentary privilege should not be overused
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee recently began legal proceedings against the Auditor-General because he was refusing to deny an access to information request. Access to information is a…
Parliamentary privilege should not be overused
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee recently began legal proceedings against the Auditor-General because he was refusing to deny an access to information request. Access to information is a…
Parliamentary privilege should not be overused
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee recently began legal proceedings against the Auditor-General because he was refusing to deny an access to information request. Access to information is a…
Parliamentary privilege should not be overused
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee recently began legal proceedings against the Auditor-General because he was refusing to deny an access to information request. Access to information is a…
End of an Era: ex-Premier Peter Lougheed Dies
Peter Lougheed (1928-2012) died on September 13th. After decades of service to the public, heart problems and, coupled with pneumonia, he died at the Peter Lougheed hospital. His family has…
Lougheed
Was always a Canadian first. I didn’t always agree with him, but there was no denying that. (4) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
The Natural Gas Game Is Fracked! BC Liberal Government Deficit Hits 1.4 Billion
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger The BC Liberal’s may be many things but good business operator’s they ain’t. Little wonder former finance minister Kevin Falcon was overcome for a families first…
Province Cartoonist Dan Murphy Creates Video To Help Christy Clark Win!
BC Premier Christy Clark-’Lovely Plumage’ Dan Murphy has been harpooning politician for many years and this video showing Christy Clark how she can win the next election is no exception!…
down the rabbit hole
It feels a bit like I fell down a rabbit hole yesterday. I spent part of the day with a couple that might be getting evicted from their apartment. They…
Election Issues Will Focus On Enbridge and Fracking!
The polls tell us that the BC NDP will form the next government unless a political earthquake shakes up the political environment between now and the scheduled May 2013 election.…
No Go Argo
When I saw the trailer for Argo, I had a flashback to the Tommy Douglas Story. It was obvious from the focus of the plot that the CIA was going…
Immigration
Working on campus: allowed. Work a shitty job at Walmart for two weeks, and declare the income: deportation. It’s the reality that international students face in Canada. Those students placing…
CT Group Comment on the CVRD’s Ill Fated Eco-Depot Controversy
Joseph (Larry) Gollner-CT Group On 27 June, Warren Jones, the Chief Administrative Officer of the CVRD finally delivered his report on the failure of the CVRD Eco Depot venture. The…
The good thing about sinkholes…
(8) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Quebec Students Were Right! Students Debts Are Crippling!
Quebec Students Protest Started Over Tuition Hikes It was University Students in Quebec who raised the profile of challenges facing students seeking post secondary education. Tuition hikes ignited the protests…
Polls, Politicians and Messages #nlpoli
Cabinet is where the real political power sits in a parliamentary democracy. Ministers have enormous power both individually and collectively. Only the first minister – the prime minister or premier…
Why Don’t The NHL Players Form A Co-operative?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger What is it exactly that the NHL Owners do to justify the money they make? They don’t skate, check, shoot or score and yet they control professional…
Great Lakes get More Protection
In a demonstration of the usefulness of having an embassy in another country, Canada and the USA have renewed a pact to protect the Great Lakes. This is a good…