Tories Release “It Gets Better” Video
The federal Conservative party has released an “It Gets Better” video, telling GLBT teens to stick through the tough times after another bullying-related suicide made headlines last week. Now, I…
Vic Toews
Jane Taber and Candy Hoeppner Are Now Into Fiction: Part 2–Inconsistencies Between Scrapping C-391 And Tough On Crime Agenda
Part 2 doesn’t really have anything to do with Janie Taber’s little apparent attempt at fiction regarding Candy getcherguns Hoeppner’s little ego trip, but it did raise questions in mind…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- Armine Yalnizyan points out what a "Buffett tax" could do for Canada:Put Larry and his 99 fellow CEOs together, and they could put…
Deep thought
If there's any more important qualification for a Harper Con cabinet member than being described as "incredibly stupid" with a "colossal lack of judgment", it's a willingess to mislead the…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. - The Halifax Chronicle Herald pushes back against the Cons' and Libs' anti-Bloc witch-hunt: For partisan reasons, involvement with the Bloc has become a…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - Marc Lee tears into the "unfunded liabilities" spin on public benefits which is now making an appearance in Canada: (W)hat’s missing from this…
Conservative government now monitoring unreported crime
Ministry of Justice officials confirmed Friday that the government has recently started compiling statistics of unreported crimes. A spokesperson for MP Rob Nicholson told reporters "We are carefully tracking crimes…
Harper’s War on Women Was Launched in the USA
A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE: History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada "The woman who is truly Spirit-filled will want to be totally submissive to her husband . . . This…
If Vic Toews Had Lived Then …
I spent several years researching my family history, not only to create a genealogy, but to find the stories that brought my ancestors to Canada.The first arrived in 1632 as…
OH Harperland! The Beginnings of The Police State, Where Women Are Second Class Citizens
Yes, that horrid omnibus bill that it is to come out in about a hundre days ; that lawn order ‘n’ morality themed omnibus bill. Now, no one is exactly…
New column day
Blogging may be on hold for the week, but columnizing isn't. Here's my latest, on the Cons' disaster response and the broader question of what we expect from our elected…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- thwap is among a few bloggers to rightly slam the Cons' obscene message to flooded Quebeckers that the only way they can hope for…
We’re all in this together…except when it’s bad for business
Totally agree with Patrick Lagacé this morning. There are 500 Canadian troops at present in the Richelieu River valley. Peter MacKay toured the area yesterday. He and the federal government…
Canadian Immigration, Conservative Xenophobia
In the United States, debate surrounding Arizona’s new harsh immigration policy – the ‘papers please‘ law – moved from arguing the merits, necessity and constitutionality of SB1070, to a nonsensical…
Canadian Immigration, Conservative Xenophobia
In the United States, debate surrounding Arizona’s new harsh immigration policy – the ‘papers please‘ law – moved from arguing the merits, necessity and constitutionality of SB1070, to a nonsensical…
Mark Holland asks Vic Toews some tough questions about the G20
http://www.liberal.ca/en/newsroom/media-releases/18441_letter-to-the-hon-vic-toews-minister-of-public-safety. I'm sure Mr. Toews will be prompt with his answers... A Side Note: Today is Tuesday, less than 48 hours since the summit ended in Toronto. ...
Pardons
Apparently, there is great fear among politicians that Karla Homolka is going to be pardoned (http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/824284--mps-look-for-ways-to-derail-homolka-pardon-bid). I'm not an expert on pardons, but I didn't think they were...
Playing With Guns
“An Albatross and an embarrassment.” On Saturday, that’s how Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner labelled the gun registry during her address at the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Annual General…