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Will Canada’s Progressives defeat themselves?

11/29/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By Montreal Simon In the growing darkness of Harperland, it’s hard to know what’s the truth, what is illusion, and what’s just another Big Lie. But sometimes the truth is so blinding, like a fire in the sky, that it’s impossible to ignore it. Or to live, like so many Canadians, in a state of […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bloc Quebecois, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Green Party, Liberals, NDP, Stephen Harper

Election 2011: The Liberals elect the Conservatives

05/03/2011 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside Just a 2% increase in the popular vote took the Cons from 143 seats in 2008 to a 167 seat majority tonight, thanks to our fucked up first-past-the-post system and because of what happened in key ridings in Ontario where presumably the Lib voters moved over to the Cons: ie., in Toronto the […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2011 election, Bloc Quebecois, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Elizabeth May, Gilles Duceppe, Liberals, Michael Ignatieff, NDP, Ontario, Quebec, Stephen Harper, Toronto

Doing the Orange Wave

04/28/2011 by backofthebook.ca

By Montreal Simon As you know I have always tried to be as non-partisan as possible. All I want is ANYONE but Harper. But these days, like most people in my neighbourhood, I’m also hoping for an orange wave. I’m hoping for that because I honestly believe that what Jack Layton has managed to achieve […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2011 election, Bloc Quebecois, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Jack Layton, Liberals, Michael Ignatieff, NDP, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Stephen Harper

Debate: By not losing, Harper won

04/13/2011 by backofthebook.ca

By Montreal Simon I wish I could say that the three opposition leaders smoked Great Ugly Leader last night, and that they were still hoovering him off the floor. But they didn’t, so I can’t. Because at this point delusion could kill us. They held their own, they landed some good blows, but their attacks […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2011 election, Bloc Quebecois, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Gilles Duceppe, Jack Layton, Liberals, Michael Ignatieff, NDP, Stephen Harper

Cons on the G20: “An unmitigated success”

03/28/2011 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside The Public Safety Committee report on the G-20 tabled in the House on Friday calls for an independent inquiry into the decision-making by all levels of government that resulted in – the outrageous cost – the unprecedented arrests of over 1100 people, including journalists and people on their way home from work – […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bloc Quebecois, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, G20, Liberals, NDP, Tony Clement, Toronto, Vic Toews

The G20: Bill Blair and “preventive detention”

11/05/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside At the Public Safety Committee yesterday, Toronto Chief Bill Blair lobbed the following statement about “preventive detention” at the G20 into the proceedings [just before the 4 minute mark]: “I think you are all familiar with images of members of that group who were smashing windows, burning cars, looting stores, and generally causing […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bill Blair, Bloc Quebecois, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, G20, law, Liberals, NDP, Toronto, Toronto Police Service

The Librocons’ favoured tax haven

10/06/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside A week ago Stephen Harper pledged to go after some 1,800 Canadian foreign bank accounts in Switzerland in a crackdown on off-shore tax evasion, amounting to an estimated $1 billion in lost federal tax revenues. The Cons — tough on white collar crime. Meanwhile back in the House, Lib and Con MPs are […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bloc Quebecois, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Liberals, NDP, Panama, Stephen Harper

A G20 public inquiry? Not at this rate.

07/13/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside A special meeting of the Public Safety and National Security Committee was held Monday, “Requested by Four (4) Members of the Committee to Undertake a Study of the Issues Surrounding Security at the G8 and G20 Summits.” Will there be a parliamentary study on G20 security issues? Well, first they had to agree […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bloc Quebecois, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Dave MacKenzie, Dean Del Mastro, G20, Garry Breitkreuz, Liberals, NDP, Paul Dewar

Blocking the Bloc on Afghanistan

05/04/2010 by backofthebook.ca

Alison@Creekside The Sun: “The Tories’ house leader Jay Hill told QMI Agency the government has not agreed to allow members of the Bloc to review confidential documents related to the transfer of Afghan detainees.” Haven’t said no; haven’t said yes. “Bloc MPs would ‘have to swear allegiance to Canada and the Queen’ if they want […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Afghanistan, Bloc Quebecois, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Gilles Duceppe, James Bezan

Rights and Democracy, and Hypocrisy

03/31/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside On the same day we are hearing from the three fired members of Rights and Democracy at the Foreign Affairs Committee (see below) comes an op-ed in the National Post by R&D board member Marco Navarro-Genie. And what a gong show stinker it is too. According to Navarro-Genie, the Foreign Affairs committee is […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bloc Quebecois, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, human rights, Israel, Jim Abbott, Liberals, Marco Navarro-Genie, NDP, Rights and Democracy, Stephen Harper

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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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