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Worse than Trudeau’s elbow

05/19/2016 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Yeah, that was a dirty check Trudeau threw at Ruth Ellen Brosseau. It doesn’t look inadvertent to me. Trudeau wades into the gaggle of NDPers blocking Tory whip Gord Brown as he tries to get back to his seat. He reaches for Brown, has a few words with Mulcair, one of the linebackers, then […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bill C-14, Canada, Canadian House of Commons, Canadian Parliament, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Gord Brown, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, NDP, Ruth Ellen Brosseau, Thomas Mulcair

The Mulcair vote: Unfair but essential

04/11/2016 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher The NDP’s cashiering of Tom Mulcair as leader is both deeply unfair and plainly essential, at least for anyone who wants to see the Party remain able to influence public policy, and maybe one day win an election. As has been widely remarked, Mulcair was for four years one of the best opposition leaders Parliament […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2011 election, 2015 federal election, Bernie Sanders, Canadian House of Commons, Canadian Parliament, Canadian politics, Liberals, NDP, socialism, Thomas Mulcair, U.S. politics

The Video: “Extraordinary, living in a Canada where that sort of idiocy passes for argument.”

03/28/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

March 25, 2015: The Leader of the Opposution doesn’t quite call the Prime Minister an “idiot,” but pretty much. From International Law? We don’t care about no stinking international law. “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 […]

Filed Under: The Video Tagged With: Canada, Canadian House of Commons, Canadian Parliament, Canadian politics, Conservatives, international law, ISIS, NDP, Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair, United Nations

The Video: Rick’s Rant: The Speaker who wouldn’t

10/10/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

“Enter the Speaker of the House of Commons, our referee, our saviour of democracy, Andrew Scheer. He says it is not his job to ensure that the government answers direct questions in question period; despite the fact that it’s been in his job description since 1894. “Well, that’s not the way Scheer sees it. No, […]

Filed Under: The Video Tagged With: Andrew Scheer, Canada, Canadian House of Commons, Canadian Parliament, Canadian politics, CBC, Conservatives, Mercer Report, Rick Mercer

War: Hey, it worked for Bush

09/29/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Last week at Goldman Sachs in New York in a Q&A with the WSJ editor, Harper seemed keen to give the impression that the US had taken the initiative and come to Canada cap in hand requesting further military contribution in the fight against ISIS in Iraq: Transcript excerpt : WSJ : “Would you rule […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Canada, Canadian Alliance, Canadian House of Commons, Canadian military, Canadian Parliament, Department of National Defence, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Rob Nicholson, Stephen Harper, Stockwell Day, Syria, U.S., U.S. military, United Nations

Saucy Senate should learn its place

07/03/2013 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By David@Sixthestate.net I’m intrigued by the battle lines drawn over the Senate’s recent decision to reject a terrible and churlish piece of legislation which would attempt to impose an improper and hypocritical set of financial disclosure regulations onto unions — only unions — that don’t apply to charities, corporations, political parties, or even the government […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bill c-377, Brent Rathgeber, Canada, Canadian House of Commons, Canadian Parliament, Canadian Senate, Conservatives, Senate reform, unions

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Fort McMurray: Shopping time!

By Brady Tighe We’re now officially in the aftermath phase of the northern Alberta wildfire crisis. The fire is long gone, and everyone with a home to return to is back in its … [Read More...]

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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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The Trudeau gush fest is getting old

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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My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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Triumph of the drama nerds

By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

From “Our Rape Blog”: Shooting the Moon

Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

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The video: Lelu Island: “They will come.”

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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