ConCalls: Where There’s Smoke – There’s Fire and Mirrors
The problem with evidence that you don’t like, is that it doesn’t “feel” right. Our brain actually connects with what feels right, which is why con-artists can stay in business…
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Canadian MP’s: Turn your Back on the Debate
Here’s an idea! Dear Canadian MP’sI would like to formally request that in April, when Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth rises in the House of Commons to discuss his interest in…
ConCalls: It’s the Liberals Calling, No Wait, Conservatives?
RoboCalls were not the only illegal voter suppression strategy used against non-Conservative voters last general election. There was also someone or some party paying big money for live-calls purporting to…
ConCalls: Still Not Enough Proof
I don’t care if hundreds of Canadians, with specific details, recordings, and corroborating stories (some reported to authorities almost a year before the crime became famous), confirm the Conservative Party…
To Be Fair
What’s “fair” in politics. Is is necessary to do everything you’ll say you do, and nothing of what you say you won’t and don’t like? A clear cut answer would…
ConCalls: How Secure Was CIMS and Your Data?
Sixth Estate has learned that if Pierre Poutine had just asked nicely (or bribed the right people?), they could have had a duplicate copy of CIMS, potentially. It’s not clear…
Yeah….
… that’s pretty much it. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Of COURSE the CPC won’t…
… tear up PS Collective Agreements! Not a chance! “tearing up” is so gauche. So unimaginative, so 19th century! Famous for being a very detail-oriented little party, the ReformCons have…
NDP Leadership Convention 2012 (#ndpldr)
I will be attending the NDP leadership convention as an accredited blogger in my capacity as a moderator for Progressive Bloggers. You can follow my coverage here, on Twitter (@progright),…
War on Women comes to Canada
If you’ve been watching TV you’ll know that there is a war on women happening in the United States, and it’s scarey. Well, to be sure, it seems as if…
On Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 Campaign
If there was a prize for the NGO who best commodifies white man’s burden on the African continent, and more specifically in Uganda, Invisible Children would win.They recently struck again…
The National Concerns of Busting Unions & Health Care
Marking a complete reversal by the Conservatives in intergovernmental relations, on Friday the process of creating a new health agreement between the federal government and the provinces will be announced.…
A Scandalous Opinion
Kelly McParland’s article title intrigued me at first. “A scandalous absence of scandal in robocalls scandal” However, while reading it, I got angry. It wasn’t about the scandal behind how…
Now This, This Makes Me Furious
So, I read this news article today, and it’s really REALLY stuck in my craw, to the point where I’ve been so angry I haven’t even known where to start…
ConCalls: Prime Minister’s Guilty Mind
The Prime Minister is acting like someone with a guilty mind. It’s been hard on all Conservatives I’ve spoken with to admit this is the case. Consider you’re a Conservative…
NDP fights for secularism
With the recent robocall scandal, upcoming budget, and NDP leadership race, it’s easy to forget some of the other controversies that Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have thrown us over the past…
The Cremation of Canadian Democracy – RoboScam
Reading poetry is apparently cool; At least as cool as the Maple Leafs are. I hope I did a service for my country in reading this. Service was a pun,…
Ontario Chooses to Protect Old-Growth Forest
In northern Ontario there is a region called Temagami and it is absolutely stunning as it holds Ontario’s oldest old-growth forest and is the home to a diverse wildlife. In…
Quick Hit: A Great Rebuttal to More Subway/Rob Ford Nonsense
So, there’s a flyer going around from a crappy group called S.A.F.E telling us the “truth” about Rob Ford’s subway plan. Side note: how self satisfied do you think the…
Who’s winning Google? #ndpldr
Despite the random number of polls and media speculation, there’s really only one way to know who’s doing the best in a race like the NDP leadership race – the…