Yas A., Kagan Goh and Carmen Aguirre: Monday at 6pm on COOP Radio
Monday night at 6pm on The Rational on COOP Radio , 102.7fm in/around Vancouver: Yas A with another instalment on Italian political song writers. Alnoor Gova interviews Kagan Goh and…
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Robocall Scandal May Blow Over
It’s been more than two days now since the media caught hold of the latest Conservative election fraud scandal. Are they going to let go? Only time will tell. For…
Cell phone plan calculator: an innovative, digital service government would have offered
Had it not been killed by Tony Clement Treasury Board President, mister innovation and open government. Most likely at the behest of the companies whose labyrinthine, usurious and deliberately devious…
Push for Access and Equality going strong – PEI
Another Saturday, another look back at news articles, this time a certain PEI ‘Right to Life’ (otherwise known as Anti-choice) spokesperson (whose name I refuse to type) has (and I’m…
Robocall Roundup
Robocalls A pre-recorded message with a female voice, in both French and English, claimed to be calling on behalf of Elections Canada. This message directed voters in ridings across the…
Robocall voter “suppression”: who does that?
And more to the point, who orders that done? I don’t for an instant believe it starts and stops with the dude who was offered to the bus wheels this…
This would be…
… my Dad. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Republicans No Fiscal Conservatives
According to the independent committee for responsible federal budget most Republican candidates aren’t at all fiscally responsible. In fact 3 out of the 4 Republicans would increase the debt over…
The giant squirrel and fish this time
Earlier versions of this one had an end-of-reel shot of the squirrel fishing, which I quite liked. But in the name of brevity, it’s gone.
Niki Ashton’s Vancouver visit #ndpldr
I should have posted about this ahead of time, but here’s a video I took of Niki Ashton on Tuesday evening when she spoke at the Lion’s Pub in Vancouver.…
The Trashette and I…
… are most definitely allergic. Anaphylactic, in fact. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Foreign Policy: Nuance Matters
This video (from April, 2011 before the election) was brought to my attention today. Some thoughts: We should not forget, nor should we let Canadians forget that Stephen Harper lost…
Toronto stops fielding email inquiries – oh what have you done?
So the City of Toronto’s answer service is going to stop fielding queries by email as of March 15. Because Mayor Rob Ford wants to save $280,000. Because he doesn’t…
The staggering ignorance of the public on Iran
A new CBS/Opinion Research poll indicates that 71% of Americans believe that Iran already has a nuclear weapon. Sigh. While it certainly should not be a surprise anymore given numerous…
Child Predator Tax
Look for the latest charge to appear soon on your Bell, Rogers, Telus, (or MTS, or SaskTel) bill by next year when Vic Toews Bill C-30 comes into effect. It…
Where has Vincent been?
Everywhere, that’s where this one blogger has been. Last month’s convention in Ottawa was a roaring success–with the open primary system that the Alberta Liberal championed and now the federal…
Canada Can Be Civil Or It Can Stand With Child Pornographers
The long-gun registry is endorsed by Hitler, Liberals should help Quebec separate to get rid of Harper, and Canadians are either Conservative or child pornographers. With a few recent cases…
The NDP Only Sign up 45,000 New Members for their Leadership Race.
The Federal NDP signed up 45,000 new members to bring their national membership to 128,000 members. NDP Leadership Candidates (Clement Allard/Canadian Press) That sounds like a lot. But to put…
"Ross not right for Abortion Debate" – Abortion on PEI
Another response to the article (Climate not right for Abortion Debate) written Feb. 15th, by Shane Ross a new columnist for The Guardian here in PEI. This reply is from…
Grant Gordon: The Real New Progressive Politics
These videos are both fantastic for similar reasons. They both show how positive and energetic Mr. Grodon is and how he is the progressive voice that Toronto-Danforth needs in Ottawa.…