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The contemptible actions of the Harper government have reaped a little more protest in the chambers of Parliament. A few years ago it was a Gallery protest in the House…
The contemptible actions of the Harper government have reaped a little more protest in the chambers of Parliament. A few years ago it was a Gallery protest in the House…
Some thoughts on Brigette DePape: I don’t like Stephen Harper or his government but I also think that what Ms. DePape did was stupid. What she did during the June…
The race for Obama's opponent is now almost at the beginning. It's not quite there to say many candidates are still not fully in. Candidate's like Bachman, Palin and Giuliani…
So naturally I spent most of the morning at Home Depot buying lumber, plywood, fence fittings and what not. Hey they may be a big box, but at least they…
You are not alone if you did not even know there was a public consultation on cross-border talks. Link to Pirate Party of Canada Press release: Transparent Public Consultation Needed…
With three weeks to go in her job as a Senate Page, Bridget Marcelle decided to quit that job with a splash. She decided that her political allegiance to a…
In our democracy we are allowed to have opinions, and I encourage all those who have opinions to express them. I do on the other hand am against a page…
Final point I want to consider on this issue. Some objections to Quebec separatism or nationalism seem to turn on a fear of "opening up" -- that is, amending --…
Or something. This woman has guts. I've been thrown out of the visitor's gallery with a group of people, but to do it solo - while sacrificing your job? That…
It’s hard to run a country with everyone squawking in your ear about how you have to be just like them, even if they are failures. The war on drugs…
Updated: Presser from Brigitte Marcelle: “Harper’s agenda is disastrous for this country and for my generation,” Brigette Marcelle says. “We have to stop him from wasting billions on fighter jets,…
Now that the house is now going to work we will see the the truth of the Conservative Government. The Conservatives now have there first speaker of the house. The…
So far, I've argued that there are good reasons to favour Quebec's right to determine, on its own, whether to separate from Canada. One option that has come up under…
Not exactly a shock, I suppose, since I worked at CUPW for seven years. But I'm reading a bunch of stuff online about how we 'must' support postal workers because…
Is Quebec a nation? Is Canada a nation? Can there be a nation within another nation? These are difficult points, but some committment on these issues seems to underlie both…
A new poll shows that a majority of Canadians don't really support Conservative policies. 53% said that they didn't want the Corporate taxes to drop and only 39% agreed. On…
I don’t really like the looks of mobile homes either, but banning their use as an emergency shelter after the tornado disaster? That’s just ridiculous. Scores of homes, businesses and…
Premier of Ontario said to just abolish the senate all together. There is really no use of the senate. We have a house that is actually elected and only need…
In 1935 a group of farmers in Regina, Saskatchewan pooled their savings, re-mortgaged their farms and build the Consumer Co-operative Refinery Limited (CCRL). CCRL is the oldest and largest co-operative…