By Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 18, 2013: In, 2004, Stephen Harper described Canada’s Senate as a “dumping ground for the favoured cronies of the Prime Minister.” He…
National unity is back in the news after the NDP tabled a private member’s bill yesterday, a bill that would repeal the Clarity Act and set the bar for Quebec…
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger When it comes to the CVRD Directors penchant for spending our money and doing it in a deceptive and sneaky manner this group of Director’s win…
It’s about absolute radio silence. The Conservative candidate will not speak to the public without speaking points… if she even does try to speak to the public. There will be…
Dear Prime Minister Stephen Harper: I am writing today in response to reports that you will seek a Supreme Court reference on the constitutionality of your proposals for Senate reform.…
Pauline Marois, the premier-elect of Quebec, has a shaky minority government, with the balance of power being held by the new Coalition party, and a handful of seats separating the…
Showing adept footwork (almost as good as that of Justin Trudeau in the boxing ring a short while ago), Thomas Mulcair has succeeded in persuading the media that he not…
I think Governments should consult with the people. The amount of public involvement with our federal democracy is essentially voting in a general election once every four years. We call…
The NDP leadership race is heating up and the most interesting development to me is that there seems to be a competition growing for who can be the most concerned…
The NDP leadership race is heating up and the most interesting development to me is that there seems to be a competition growing for who can be the most concerned…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and French President Nikolas Sarkozy threaten Greek taxpayers with expulsion from the Eurozone if they don’t shape up and destroy the Greek middle class. European…
Two final thoughts today on the Greek crisis: 1) Under immense political pressure from within his own party, the opposition, and the EU - i.e., Germany - Papandreou was forced…
Qui aurait bien de retour en mai, après que les conservateurs du Canada baigné dans leur glorieuse victoire sur les libéraux autant haï dans l'élection fédérale, que l'un des plus…
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…
(After this, I may just go ahead and write that Israel thing I've had kicking around in my head for a few years. While I'm stepping on landmines, I might…
Much has been made of Jack Layton's "controversial" comments on a possible Quebec sovereignty referendum.The fact is that it is a very rational and defensible position. Based on the closest…
Dear Wise Races of the United Kingdom of Middle Earth, Please forgive a humble Hobbit for bothering you but I just wanted to write about an urgent matter of democracy.…
Much as been written recently about the NDP's recent breakthrough in polls in Quebec. Like Brian Mulroney, the NDP seems to be drawing well among the so called "soft nationalist"…
That’s what I said. The Liberals out manoeuvred the NDP by tricking the NDP MLA’s to support the notion of the province-wide referendum in 2011. In one fell swoop, the…
Just a housecleaning post with a bunch of random stuff I’d like to get out there. Canada is awesome and Vancouver’s not bad at all, at all. This site went…
