A Scheer Abundance of Lies
A collection of lies spread by Andrew Scheer and the Conservative Party of Canada over the course of the 2019 election campaign.
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Talking the Last Few Days of #Elxn43 with Bill Carroll
This afternoon I had the chance to join Bill Carroll on “The Bill Carroll Show” with Jason Lietaer and Lindsay Maskell. Today e talked about the last week of the…
ACC Longtime Host Bob Kingsley Passes Away
For a lot of years I listened to the American Country Countdown with Bob Kingsley. In more recent years he’s had another countdown show, while Kix Brooks hosted American Country…
TikTok the Vote
For those who read here on a regular basis you’ll probably have noticed something about me: I’m a complete poli-geek, and proudly so. As someone whose spent a lot of…
What You Need to Know – Week 6 of #Elxn43
The newest episode of “What You Need to Know” is recorded and now up. Every Friday during the campaign we’ll be releasing a new episode where we’ll talk about the…
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…
Doing Politics Not-So-Differently
As we go into the last few days of this campaign there have been many interesting subplots running through out it that have been hard to ignore. A big one…
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…
SaskPower/SaskParty Stabs Solar Industry Again
The corrupt, oil money taking Sask Party has again let SaskPower attack the renewable energy industry in Saskatchewan. Worse, they’re lying to do it. They’re convincing many in the media…
Talking The Last Week of #Elxn43 with Rob Snow
This afternoon I had the chance to join Rob Snow on CFRA’s “News and Views”, along Melissa Lantsman. We talked about potential coalitions, what this close race could mean at…
Earthgauge News – Oct. 15, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/mixdown-19-10-15-forair.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online…
The Home Stretch
Here we are on October 15th, a grand total of six days to go before Election Day and we know what Canadians will have chosen for their Parliament to look…
On the home straight.
We are in the final week and nobody really knows how this election will play out. We tend to confuse what we hope will happen with what is really happening.…
Talking Party Platforms & #Elxn43 with Bill Carroll
This afternoon I had the chance to join Bill Carroll on “The Bill Carroll Show” with Jason Lietaer and Gabriela Gonzales. We talked about the release of the NDP and…
What You Need to Know – Week 5 of #Elxn43
The newest episode of “What You Need to Know” is recorded and now up. Every Friday during the campaign we’ll be releasing a new episode where we’ll talk about the…
The Morning After: #DebatDesChefs
Last night marked the fourth and final debate of the 43rd General Election, with the French Leaders Commission Debate in Gatineau. it was the last chance to see all the…
Meet the (Oil) Money Behind Climate Denial
It’s time we gave billionaires the bill for their anti-climate change funding.
The Final Showdown
Here we are at Day 30 of the 40 day 43rd General Election and tonight we’ll see the last big showdown of this campaign, the French language Leaders Debate. While…
Canadian Political Economy on Staple Thesis
In an impressive overview of the state of Canadian Political Economy, a new book Change and Continuity ed. by Mark P. Thomas et.al. includes two important articles on the continuing…
The Good and the Bad: A Day on the Campaign Trail
As we enter the last two weeks of the 43rd General Election, we’ve reached a point where you have a good idea about how the parties are doing, who has…