Why Canadians need to vote strategically in 2019…
Most people do not remember Stephen Harper’s 2006 and 2008 minority governments… Jack Layton and the NDP propped up Stephen Harper’s 2006 minority government for 2 years and Stephen Harper’s…
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Vote splitting is not progressive…
REPEAT AFTER ME: Vote splitting is NOT progressive. That’s not Canada… that’s the reality of this election. PLEASE DO NOT SPLIT THE VOTE. Vote strategically. Find your riding and vote…
Hypocrisy It Isn’t
Notable climate crisis musician and activist Laura Stewart in the Leader Post explaining why climate activists aren’t hypocrites for pressuring governments to take action they cannot personally: leaderpost com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-editor-oct-17-2019-climate-change-protesters-arent-the-major-emitters Climate…
The NDP never did explain…
THE NDP NEVER DID EXPLAIN… WHAT IS WRONG W/ RANKED BALLOT?! In case you forgot, the House of Commons Special Committee on Electoral Reform, AKA ERRE, was an all-party Parliamentary…
YOU. BOUGHT. A. PIPELINE. — THREAD ALERT!
THREAD ALERT! Anyone remember FIPA? The Canada-China trade agreement that Stephen Harper signed w/o ever tabling it in Parliament? #cdnpoli #elxn43 1/10 FIPA has given China UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS to Canada’s…
Greta Goes To Edmonton, Alberta Goes Nuts
If you want to read something funny about bad people, here it is. Climate activist and hero Greta Thunberg is in Calgary and on her way to Edmonton for a…
LIberals the Best Bet for Climate Change
A climate scientists, Katharine Hayhoe, and economist, Andrew Leach, seem to suggest that the Liberals are our best bet for tackling climate change if you averages the grades they gave…
An Open Letter to Boris Johnson’s Hair
Dear Boris Johnson’s Hair, It’s really not going very well, is it? But it’s not your fault. It really isn’t. In the history of British… Continue ReadingAn Open Letter to…
NO MORE DEAD BABIES ON A BEACH!
NO MORE DEAD BABIES ON A BEACH! Alan Kurdi’s death was a direct result of Stephen Harper’s immigration and foreign policy. REMEMBER: Andrew Scheer propped up the Harper government for…
Making a difference
Sometimes I feel helpless in the face of all the problems of the world. Then I remind myself there’s lots I can do to make a difference. I can: write…
Grandview Kids Gala
Omar Ha-Redeye attended the Grandview Kids Pure Imagination Gala on Oct. 4, 2019, at Deer Creek Banquet Facility in Ajax, Ontario. From Left: Omar Ha-Redeye and Lorne Coe, MPP
From the “A lie is a lie is a lie!” Dep’t:
From the “A lie is a lie is a lie!” Dep’t: NOTE: There are better ways to beef up your resume w/o blatantly lying… FYI Jobs in Saskatchewan you cannot…
teaching civics with reflections on a small town council meeting
It is Saturday morning and I’m watching a video recording of a town council meeting that took place several provinces away. I’m taking notes to write the story up for…
The numbers don’t lie…
The numbers don’t lie, but CPC-friendly newspapers, radio stations, television programs, and assorted CPC pundits do! Across NFLD = more than 5,000 Halifax = 10,000-20,000 Charlottetown, PEI = almost 1,000…
“500 climate change denying scientists” – yeah, no.
I’ve been bothering to engage with some of the climate change deniers on the Sudbury Star’s Facebook page. They link to a Brietbart article saying that there’s over 500 scientists…
Biblical history and Israel
Did you know there’s a political component to the question of the literal truth of the Bible? There are people who argue for it being true not just because they…
“How dare you!”
“This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be standing here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to me for hope?…
On the Trail of Ella McLean
As a child growing up in Smoky Lake, I remember my dad, newspaper editor Lorne Taylor, taking me up to the graveyard off Victoria Trail. We pushed through the bushes…
Global Climate Strike in Regina
The #ClimateStrike was in Regina again this morning, and hundreds of people marched from the RSM to the Legislature to show their displeasure with the government for doing nothing to…
Politely, uh…. no…..