One progressive party under one banner?
“Nope,” I said. “They’re too goddamn stupid.” That’s what Warren Kinsella told Bobby Kennedy Jr. when asked if the NDP and Liberals could ever be persuaded to work together. And…
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For Kevin Falcon, There Seems to be a Disconnect From Reality
BC Finance Minister Kevin Falcon recently announced a welfare-to-work program where, if you agree of course, you will be put on a plane and sent north to be trained and…
Thomas Mulcair Explains Youth Strategy
In this brief video from Huffington Post Canada Thomas Mulcair gives some insight into his strategy for not just increasing the parties presence among progressive voters but also details briefly…
For Stephane Dion, a Quick Math Lesson/Thoughts on Seperation
Stephane Dion penned an op-ed for the National Post. (there’s an odd combination) detailing how the NDP’s position on Quebec separation, detailed in the Sherbrooke Declaration, threatens national unity. There…
Firms Use #CPC Tactics To Halt Bad PR
Many of you will remember yesterdays post about John Fryer, the UVic professor who wrote a letter to the editor of the Globe and Mail about the two day Manning…
Vancouver Observer Gives Intimate Look Into Conservative Suppression Tactics
Emma Pullman, Director of Research at Leadnow.ca, has published an article in the Vancouver Observer that promises to blow the deflections of the Conservative Party of Canada (RE Robocalls) completely…
For #NDPLDR, It’s Thomas Mulcair or Bust
I made a Storify story out of my most recent decision to support Thomas Mulcair for NDP leader but seem to be having some trouble embedding it to my wordpress…
BC Liberals Need To Stretch the Truth, They Already Know We Don’t Believe Them
There is a lot of rhetoric going around in the current BCTF/BC Liberal Government battle over teachers contracts. To set a context; BC teachers have been without a contract since…
Mulcair or Dewar: My Brain or My Heart
The Federal New Democratic Party leadership race has entered it’s final weeks and I’m completely torn. Let me start off by saying that Thomas Mulcair has been floating back and…
Update-Odd Happenings in Mont-Royal (Investigation Edition)
This is an update to my first post on the Irwin Cotler affair wherein misleading calls were made to his constituents telling them he was resigning. You can find a…
Enough Scandals to Make Sponsorship Perps Blush
A great read from Lawrence Martin today, c/o the Tyee and iPolitics. Also this very funny cartoon: The Tyee – The Tories’ Dirty Tricks Catalogue. Filed under: Progressives Tagged: Harper,…
Dean Del Mastro Has a Sudden Case of Memory
The Robocall controversy that been front and center for the last few news cycles has been interesting to say the least. We now have about forty to fifty ridings that…
This Just in: Conservative Government Votes No-Confidence in Elections Canada
Thanks to Glen McGregor of the Ottawa Citizen I made my way to this article, which seems to be an editorial. It’s amazing that the Conservatives show complete contempt for…
When Dealing With Harper, It’s About Tone
Over the years many on the political left in Canada have been quick to demonize Harper as “the devil” or “out to destroy Canada”. Demonizing Harper is one sure-fire way…
RPS Podcast: Privacy and Surveillance, The Vikileaks Edition
My new podcast is up. You can listen to it here. Enjoy Filed under: Harper Government, Harper Majority, Progressives Tagged: Ethics, OpenMedia.ca, Privacy, Surveillance, Vic Toews, Vikileaks
Openmedia.ca Video on (Un)Lawful Access
An excellent video (special thanks to The Tyee where I found this video) with experts in the field of privacy, ethics, surveillance and technology. Enjoy Filed under: Harper Government, Progressives…
Vikileaks is Vic-ciously Ironic
A new twitter account popped up today that lit a real fire over Canadians citizens private information and how it’s dealt with. After introducing bill C-30, which many have called…
Murray Dobbin Repost: Bow Down Canadians, Corporations Are King
Two recent stories out of Ottawa underline the ongoing political and economic assault on ordinary Canadians. More Canadians are now working for low wages than at any time in decades,…
Christopher Evans Get’s No Sympathy from Me
If you haven’t heard about Christopher Evans and his ridiculous lawsuit against the VPD, he’s this guy: Nice guy eh? According to Evans he was frustrated after four buses passed…
The Response to Toews’ List Should be one of Absolute Outrage
http://goo.gl/qswg The response from both the media and politicos to Toews’ list seems remarkably tepid to me. Shouldn’t an appropriate response be one of absolute outrage? I certainly consider this…