Canada, we have a problem!
Canada, we have a problem! We have a problem and its name is the Conservative Party of Canada. Sovereignty not the boogeyman it once was. Really, it’s not. If you…
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Analysts remarks reveal underlying bias, I say
Sometimes PostMedia News goes so far as to almost parody itself. One might even think that this article from the Vancouver Sun could have been written by Fox News North…
As much as I hate snow…
… this nice and light dusting looks far nicer than the brown and grey that has been predominant lately. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Ethical Oil is Communist Owned Oil
“Radical Foreigners” and “adversaries”, and environmentalists take note. You’re the new Communists, the “enemies of the state”, while the Chinese Communists are the new America – free trade partner to…
Why Canadians, ALL Canadians…
… should fear Bill C-30! Here I am on my morning commute going through downtown Ottawa and reading about how Vic Toews is called opponents to the Bill supporters of…
The census is invasive, but warrant-less monitoring of internet use is not?
Is it me or do the Tories seem like they’re trying to suck and blow at the same time? Perhaps not, because of course the mandatory census is done as…
The Harper government’s us vs them mentality resurfaces in Internet privacy laws
“He can either stand with us or with the child pornographers” So says Public Safety Minister Vic Toews defending the proposed Lawful Access legislation which would give sweeping new powers…
Waging or Resisting Unwinnable Wars: A Response to Donald Gutstein
Across Canada and every other place where austerity has become a household term, the idea of generational conflict has come out of retirement (pun intended). In Canada, intergenerational issues and…
I Stand for My Rights & Privacy: The Coming Online Police State
“He can either stand with us or with the child pornographers.” This was Mr. Toews’s, the Minister of Justice, counterattack to a question in the house regarding concerns of letting…
Why you should register (by Feb 18th) to vote in the NDP Leadership Election
NDP Candidates at the Quebec debate February 18th is the last date for which new NDP members are eligible to vote in the NDP Leadership elections that will occur on…
Cattle Starved for Globalization & to Preserve Self
A few weeks ago, my friend Seong (he’s from Korea), told me about the effects of Globalization on South Korean farmers. With cheap beef flooding into the country, farmers have…
More on the Cullen plan #ndpldr
It’s always interesting when I post a piece that was mainly intended to give an extended response to one of my friends on Facebook, and then suddenly Macleans picks it…
In defense of partisanship
I touched on many of the reasons I disagree with Nathan Cullen’s (pre-)electoral cooperation proposal a few days ago, which was primarily a reiteration of my previous statements on the…
Liveblogging Today’s NDP Leaders Debate
Today’s NDP leadership debate lands in Quebec. I’m using 14 criteria to evaluate who I’ll be voting for. Let me know if you have suggestions for improved criteria. 2012.02.12 NDP…
The Long RUN!
Well Romney, Rick , Gingrich and Paul congratulations you have now become Obama-Hillary. AT least I think so. I think this is going to go much further than super Tuesday.…
Don Drummond will propose eliminating full day kindergarden
I will get to some evidence as to why killing the still-not-completely-implemented full day kindergarden in english public school boards is a really bad idea. I swear. But first, some…
Save the ecoEnergy program
I’m a homeowner. So that puts me in a fairly privileged position, I admit. Nevertheless when the federal government came up with the notion of the ecoEngery program the environmentalist…
Why Offbeat?
Why would CBC post a story about a major census mistake, likely indicative of a widespread counting problem, as “offbeat” news? This is potentially big news, with no fewer than…
How MPs voted on Opposition Motion to Protect OAS
The motion to maintain the age requirements for OAS at 65 was defeated. The motion read: That the House reject calls by the Prime Minister to balance the Conservative deficit…
Harper and the abortion issue…
…or non-issue… depending on where you stand. I had an extensive back and forth with some conservative friends the other day on FB. I was referring to a piece by…