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…
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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…
The more things change, the more they stay the same
It's like Dsert Storm in 1991 all over again. Back then I was a youngin of 14 years of age and what I saw on CNN was awesome to me…
The mantra of flexibility
In the Italy where I grew up (in the 70s and 80s), most jobs were for life. Most workers, not just government or state ones but also those employed in…
PMO Scandal – Carson’s E-mail Says He Spoke With Harper and Things Were Not Going to Slow Down
The latest scandal besetting the Prime Minister Office (PMO) involved a former top advisor of Harper – Bruce Carson. Carson was lobbying on behalf of an Ottawa company. He allegedly…
Open letter to Premier Brad Wall – CPP Improvements
Today I sent the following "open letter" to Saskatchewan Premier, Brad Wall respecting proposed improvements to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). It is self explanatory: (PDF version here) March 18,…
A Time For Politics and A Time For Action
Well, this is going to be an interesting week isn’t? In case you haven’t heard, the UN Security Council just approved a No Fly Zone over Libya. The wording was…
Tyranny of the Majority
Ok, some somebody doesn’t know what Tyranny means or actually, what democracy means. That somebody today is Scott Armstrong. Here’s the quote from the Globe and Mail article regarding this…