Majority Rule by the Few
The wasteful, unelected monarchy is bad and democracy is good. Since most Canadians don’t require a more indepth argument than that, let’s use the democratic system to finally severe Canada’s…
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Ontario passes Anti-Homophobia Law, BC next?
Today’s good news is that the Ontario Liberals and NDP cooperated long enough to pass anti-bullying legislation which specifically supports gay rights. Furthermore, the bill forces Ontario’s publicly funded Catholic…
Dutch polls: not quite diseased
Just when you thought I had successfully limited my international political obsessions to Malta, Ireland, and New Zealand, I remembered my interest in Dutch politics. Way back when (by which…
A Lesson from Quebec – PEI
It feels like so many issues have burst on to the political scene in PEI, in less than a year. Seems to me our Premier is taking a lesson from…
Yes.
He does. But don’t do it. (0) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
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Canadians Black Out and Speak Out to Defend Democracy
BlackOutSpeakOut is an online protest running in Canada today about the omnibus budget bill that the anti-democratic Conservative government is trying to force through parliament without debate. This is bad…
#BlackOutSpeakOut today to protest the environmental assaults of Conservative Budget Bill C-38
For more info: http://www.blackoutspeakout.ca/index.php
Consider this site blacked out
I would have added the splash screen but the anointed WordPress module didn’t work with my theme or my site or whatever. But technical glitches aside, Black out Speak out…
An unprecedented letter to PM Harper from former Fisheries Ministers
Four former ministers of Fisheries and Oceans – from both Progressive Conservative and Liberal governments – took the extraordinary step of writing an open letter to “Prime Minister” Stephen Harper…
Mosaic 2012 #WHYQR
I had an excellent evening out in Regina with my wife, family, and friends. I met some Ward 1 residents too along the way, including Joe and his wife. Joe’s…
MAN!
That is a big bird! Airbus 380 that had to make an emergency landing at YOW today! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
It’s the tar sands, stupid!
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; Act II, Scene ii, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare The Athabasca tar…
Calgary-Centre By-Election: Lee Richardson Resigns
Two days ago Lee Richardson resigned to work with the Progressive Conservatives and Ms. Redford in Edmonton. The first thing that is apparent is that a federal Tory joined the…
Mainstream Media + [UN]Ethical Oil = Minimal Oil Spill(s) Coverage
Déjà vu! Around this time, last year, Mainstream Media was providing minimal coverage of the Rainbow Pipeline leak. Fast-forward 1 year and yet another oil spill — an oil spill…
Mexico Subway Flu Ice
Just testing a theory. Yahoo! News, Don’t say ‘flu’ or ‘subway’ online if you want to avoid Homeland Security The list of words used by to monitor online activity for…
ConCalls: Robo-Out-of-Con-trol Delay #RoboCon
CEO Marc Mayrand tells MPs, who swept to government on a wave of fraudulent phone calls, to police themselves better. How’s that worked out so far? Well, there are now…
Charest is screwed…
And here’s an apt cartoon to depict his sad situation: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario