This just in: Global coalition demands Canada's suspension from the Commonwealth on climate grounds 26 November 2009 - A coalition of prominent figures from the developing world have joined a former UK development minister, a UN scientist and British environment and development groups to demand the suspension of Canada from the commonwealth for its record on climate change. The groups claim that Canada's...
Flaherty to axe subsidies to political parties in fiscal update: sources The Conservatives are poised to eliminate the public subsidies that Canada's five major political parties receive, a move that would save $30 million a year but could cripple the opposition. Sources told CBC News and other media outlets Wednesday that the subsidy cut is one of the key elements of the fiscal update that Finance...
There's a piece in today's Globe suggesting the Liberal Party needs to go on the attack -- pull out and publish dated stories of Harper saying Canada is second rate etc. The piece suggests that being unfair is not a bad thing -- it is a necessary thing. My thinking is different. Attack ads are good but only if they actually attack a real policy or problem. Attacking something that isn't there will,...
Crap. It was only a couple of days ago that I read this : OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper moved Tuesday to calm the political storm surrounding the handover of Afghan prisoners, vowing to release all "legally available" documents related to the matter. And the instant I read that carefully-qualified promise, I said to myself, "All Harper's going to do now is frantically...
After months of speculation, the White House announced today that President Obama will travel to Copenhagen on Dec. 9 to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference . During his brief time there, Obama will announce a U.S. emissions reduction goal "in the range of 17% below 2005 levels in 2020 and ultimately in line with final U.S. energy and climate legislation." This range...
Well. Steve is going to Copenhagen! I know I am totally jumping the gun here, but based on this report.... A White House official says President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen next month for a global climate conference. Recall Steve's whining just a few short weeks ago? Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s aides say he will attend a key climate change summit in Copenhagen next month, but...
The Fundamentals About Harper: The church he currently attends is theologically conservative and is strongly oriented toward public service and social justice, but even that tells us little about Harper. Does he accept some of his church’s tenets of faith? All? None? Does he simply go for the music and coffee after the service? In short, to state that he holds a “fundamentalist”...
"Nova Scotians won’t do it — all those no-good bastards sitting on the sidewalk in Halifax that can’t get work." -Gerald Keddy, Conservatve MP from Nova Scotia Monday, November 23, 2009 "A culture of defeat..." —Stephen Harper, describing the Atlantic Provinces, May 2001 "There is a dependence in the region that breeds a culture of defeatism," —Stephen...
Politics sunk into an unprecedented abyss last week in this country when the Prime Minister of Canada approved advertising that accused the official opposition, the Liberal Party of Canada, of being associated with anti-Semitism.
Amazing how different the Commonwealth states are. Of course, homosexual conduct was illegal in Canada until Trudeau's revisions of the Criminal Code in the late 1960's. So it's not that long ago Canada was onside with Uganda's pending legal bigotry. Uganda's anti-gay bill causes Commonwealth uproar Proposed law that would impose life imprisonment on homosexuals has the potential to divide leaders...
Day two of the in-and-out litigation at the Federal Court and the Conservative argument went to the free speech issue: "Free speech at stake in ad spending case: Tory lawyer." The argument is basically this: A lawyer for the Conservatives says freedom of expression for political candidates is at stake in a Federal Court case over $1.2-million worth of disputed party advertising in the 2006...
And here's Stephen Harper, looking to fuck over democracy, accountability and transparency one more time. First, there's the setup : David Mulroney was a senior adviser on Afghanistan at the time Colvin said he was sending his crucial reports and when he was told by superiors to stop producing written material on the issue. Mulroney, now ambassador to China, said he wants to testify, because of the...
Canada’s trade with China has never been bigger, and it’s never grown faster. According to the latest statistics, we now exchange $53-billion in goods and services with them each year, making China our second-largest trading partner after the United States. If an oil pipeline were ever built from Alberta to the west coast, you could tack on an extra $10- or $20-billion a year to those...
Great little video here, just a straight up interview but this protester is disarmingly candid and pretty effective. He conveys frustration from youth on the environment issue quite clearly here. And he's got his facts and figures all lined up and he's ready to quote them! Swats back Solomon's characterization of him and his protest band as engaging in "radical" action. A little idealistic...
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