Federal Election and Reduced Blog
I will be busy campaigning for the Pirate Party of Canada during the upcoming Federal Election. As a result, I won’t be blogging as much on this site until the…
politics
May out of debate, again
Elizabeth May has once again been denied the opportunity to particpate in the leader's debate. It is a repeat of 2008 when the broadcasting consortium said she wasn't invited, yet…
Can Democracy and Censorship co-exist?
Censorship comes in many forms, and usually when it is included in a discussion about democracy it mean Government censorship and the control of information. In this case, I am…
Where’s the Funding: Rural Health Care
Health Care is an important issue for everyone in Saskatchewan. Our taxes are meant to provide everyone with REAL access to doctors, home care, hospitals and long term care services…
Jason Kenney’s Failed Immigration Reforms
Jim Creskey at The Embassy: Kenney—with some help from Prime Minister Harper and Public Safety Minister Vic Toews—used the arrival of two boatloads of Tamil asylum seekers in an attempt…
Every Vote is a Strategic Vote
Fellow DemReform blogger CuriosityCat has a great post today on a little tidbit that passed the lips of Jack Layton: “The way to stop Stephen Harper from getting a majority…
GPC – Finding Common Ground – High Speed Rail
The Green Party of Canada is releasing policy proposals throughout this election under the heading of “Finding Common Ground”. These are policy ideas which ALL parties should be able to…
The Conservatives are bad for democracy, but how much better are the Liberals?
The Conservatives have done many things to undermine our democracy over the years. The Liberals have opposed many of them, some of the most important ones have met with only…
GPC – Finding Common Ground – Youth
The Green Party of Canada is releasing policy proposals throughout this election under the heading of “Finding Common Ground”. These are policy ideas which ALL parties should be able to…
Harper’s Hitlist: Power, Process and the Assault on Democracy – Dobbin
The following is reproduced from the Council of Canadians website: Stephen Harper’s Assault on Democracy Author and Rabble.ca columnist Murray Dobbin details the harm Prime Minister Stephen Harper is doing…
Election is May 2nd – Time to be tired
Sitting at the table in the basement of the campaign office, fueled by coffee, needing another smoke. it is early times in the 41st Canadian election and damn, I…
Political Quadrant
I consider myself to be VERY Green and yet the CBC poll places me closer to Liberal. I am 57 years old and have seen many Liberal governments … I…
If Ignatieff doesn’t accept coalition, then a vote for the Liberals is a vote for the Conservatives
Rejected a coalition means that, more then likely, the Liberals will have to continue to support the Conservative government after the election. If the balance of power in the House…
The Real Tyrant in Canada is You
Today, as the Liberals put forward a motion to find the Conservative government in contempt for withholding information and misleading parliament, House government leader John Baird used the phrase “Tyranny…
The "Other Saskatchewan" – CCPA
Reproduced below is a 2011 Saskatchewan Budget Response by Dr. Simon Enoch, CCPA Saskatchewan: The “Other Saskatchewan” A Budget Response by CCPA Saskatchewan by Simon Enoch March 24, 2011 If…
Good Ol’ Canadian Politics
So here we go again. The 4th election in 7 years, exactly what Canadians wanted. And in the midst of an economic recovery. You have the Liberals who are the…
Libya more like Serbia then Afghanistan
In criticizing the Libyan operation people have been comparing it too the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. It would be more accurate to compare it to the bombing of Serbia…