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Electoral reform: Hashtag fresh thinking

06/24/2016 by the editor Leave a Comment

The most interesting and innovative idea to come out of the first meeting of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform, or ERRE, was Nathan Cullen’s suggestion, seconded by Elizabeth May, to allow members of the public access to question the expert witnesses before the committee in real time via email or twitter […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian Parliament, electoral reform, Elizabeth May, Jason Kenney, Matt DeCourcey, Mixed Member Proportional, Nathan Cullen, proportional representation, Special Committee on Electoral Reform

A choice between emotion and reason

11/16/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Montreal Simon It seems only too tragic that just 10 days after being sworn in as Prime Minister, after promising to restore our Canadian values, and bring back sunnier days, Justin Trudeau should be hit by the darkness of the Paris massacre. Only too ironic that the son of Pierre should have to choose so soon […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 9/11, Canada, Canadian military, Canadian politics, Conservatives, France, ISIS, Jason Kenney, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, middle east, NATO, Paris, Rona Ambrose, Saudi Arabia, Stephen Harper, Syria, terrorism, U.S. military

Sunny day

11/06/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Montreal Simon It couldn’t have been more of a fairy tale beginning. Prince Justin, his princess Sophie, and the Liberal cabinet marching up the driveway to Rideau Hall to be sworn in, after having toppled the tyrant. And yes what a difference a day makes … One moment we were living in his grim Harperland, […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Jason Kenney, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, newspapers, Pierre Trudeau, Sophie Gregoire, Stephen Harper

The Post’s selective MEMRI

11/02/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside National Post, flagship of the largest media conglomerate in Canadian history run by a foreign hedge fund, inhales a MEMRI “report” based on the online musings of four anonymous “known” jihadi dudes titled: “Pro-ISIS Activists React Joyously On Twitter To Canada’s Elections” Then they give it the fabulous new Trudeau-torqued headline you see at left. […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Canada, ISIS, Jason Kenney, Justin Trudeau, middle east, National Post, neoconservatism, newspapers, social media, Stewart Bell, twitter, VICE News

Narendra Modi: Harper’s kind of guy

04/16/2015 by the editor 4 Comments

By Montreal Simon You had to see it to believe it. Stephen Harper welcoming the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Canada. Then travelling on the plane with him to a massive rally in Toronto. Even though Modi is a Hindu extremist, and has been accused of enabling mass murder. Until a year ago, Modi […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: business, Canada, Charles McVety, Christians, Conservatives, corporations, crime, Hindus, India, Islam, Jason Kenney, Kathleen Wynne, multic, Muslims, Narendra Modi, Ontario, religion, Stephen Harper, Toronto, women

International law? We don’t care about no stinking international law.

03/26/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside The Con bench seals laugh and clap at Steve’s joke blowing off the UN and international law because grade six. Harper went on to explain that Canada will be bombing Syria as part of an international coalition, although the US is the only NATO member currently bombing Syria. The other coalition countries bombing […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: bad behaviour, Bahrain, Barack Obama, Canada, Canadian military, Conservatives, international law, ISIS, Jason Kenney, Jordan, Morocco, NDP, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Stephen Harper, Syria, Thomas Mulcair, U.S., U.S. military, UAE, United Nations, Yemen

Terror from within

02/21/2015 by the editor 1 Comment

Alison@Creekside The Conservative Party of Canada faces a “high probability” of a jihadist attack from homegrown terrorists, Defence Minister Jason Kenney warned Thursday as he defended toughened security laws and hinted that Ottawa will extend its military mission in Iraq into the inevitable quagmire of jihadist reprisals. “The threat of terrorism has never been greater.” […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2015 federal election, BIll C-51, Canada, Charlie Hebdo, Conservatives, CSIS, Dean Del Mastro, Department of National Defence, Jason Kenney, Jason MacDonald, Mike Duffy, terrorism

The Video: The Conservatives’ fave digital agency

01/31/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

From Is this the Conservatives’ new youth strategy? “Go Newclear‘s principals include Brendan Jones, who according to their website was ‘the creative force behind the television and digital campaigns during the 2006, 2008, and 2011 elections,’ and Hamish Marshall, who was the ‘Manager of Strategic Planning in the Office of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, where […]

Filed Under: The Video Tagged With: advertising, Brendan Jones, British Columbia, Canada, Conservatives, Desmogblog, digital media, Ethical Oil, Go Newclear, Hamish Marshall, Jason Kenney, Joe Oliver, marketing, Pierre Polievre, PMO, Stephen Harper, Vancouver

Is this the Conservatives’ new youth strategy? Part 2

01/31/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

Continued from Part 1: By Dave Hall First published on the Port Moody-Coquitlam Election 2015 blog The apparent promotion of these young candidates by party brass and sitting MPs (as noted previously), in addition to the involvement of a well-connected digital agency with clear and deep Conservative party ties, raises a number of questions. Were […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2015 federal election, Alberta, apprentice, British Columbia, Calgary Shepard, Canada, Canadian Parliament, Chris Warkentin, Conservatives, Desmogblog, Erin O'Toole, Ethical Oil, Garnett Genuis, Go Newclear, Hamish Marshall, James Moore, Jason Kenney, Marshall Neufeld, Patrick Muttart, PMO, Port Moody-Coquitlam, Rachael Harder, Ric McIver, Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan, South Okanagan-West Kootenay, Stephen Harper, Tim Laidler, Tom Kmiec, Tony Clement, youth

Is this the Conservatives’ new youth strategy?

01/29/2015 by the editor 1 Comment

By Dave Hall First published on the Port Moody-Coquitlam Election 2015 blog In researching Tim Laidler, the young Conservative candidate in my home riding of Port Moody-Coquitlam, I started to notice a remarkable number of repeated patterns and parallels between his social media feed and those of many other young Conservative candidates across the country. […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2015 federal election, Alberta, British Columbia, Calgary Shepard, Canada, Canadian Parliament, Chris Warkentin, Conservatives, Desmogblog, Erin O'Toole, Ethical Oil, Garnett Genuis, Hamish Marshall, James Moore, Jason Kenney, Marshall Neufeld, PMO, Port Moody-Coquitlam, Rachael Harder, Ric McIver, Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan, South Okanagan-West Kootenay, Stephen Harper, Tim Laidler, Tom Kmiec, Tony Clement

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Electoral reform: Hashtag fresh thinking

By Alison@Creekside The most interesting and innovative idea to come out of the first meeting of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform, or ERRE, was Nathan Cullen's suggestion, … [Read More...]

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By Jim Henshaw There have been several bewildered as well as angry accounts coming out of the USA lately about how little media time has been spent covering the Democratic Presidential Primary … [Read More...]

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From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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