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Parliament shooting: What the leaders said

10/23/2014 by the editor

Stephen Harper: “My fellow Canadians: for the second time this week, there has been a brutal and violent attack on our soil. Today our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Cpl. Cirillo was killed today — murdered in cold blood — as he provided […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Conservatives, crime, Elizabeth May, Green Party, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, NDP, Ottawa, Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair, violence

The Video: Is there a Speaker in the House?

09/24/2014 by the editor

From Speaker Scheer and the death of Parliament: “For years Stephen Harper and his Cons have been slowly killing our Parliament. They have have debased it, they have rendered it impotent. They have reduced it to a scripted horror show, where every question is answered with an attack on the opposition. But yesterday with their […]

Filed Under: The Video Tagged With: Andrew Scheer, Canada, Canadian Parliament, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Iraq, NDP, Paul Calandra, Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair

Speaker Scheer and the death of Parliament

09/24/2014 by the editor

By Montreal Simon For years Stephen Harper and his Cons have been slowly killing our Parliament. They have have debased it, they have rendered it impotent. They have reduced it to a scripted horror show, where every question is answered with an attack on the opposition. But yesterday with their ghastly leader out of the country […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Andrew Scheer, Canada, Canadian Parliament, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Iraq, NDP, Paul Calandra, Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair

Manly candidacy denied: WTF, NDP?

07/03/2014 by the editor

By Alison@Creekside Dear Mid Islanders, Friends and Supporters I would like to thank you all for your support and encouragement for my bid for the nomination to be the NDP candidate for the new federal riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith. It is with regret that I write to tell you that the federal NDP has refused to […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Ann McGrath, British Columbia, Canada, Gaza, Israel, James Manly, Nanaimo-Ladysmith, NDP, Palestine, Paul Manly, Thomas Mulcair

Cons drop cover charge for foreign musicians

06/30/2014 by the editor

By Frank Moher We’re kind of hard on the Conservative government around here, so when it does something right, it’s only fair we note it. You might want to print out and laminate this post for safekeeping as we’re not likely to do this again anytime soon. The government has dumped the fees it was […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: Andrew Cash, arts cuts, arts funding, Canada, Canada Council, CBC, Chris Alexander, Conservatives, James Moore, music, National Film Board, NDP, Shelly Glover, Telefilm Canada, Temporary Foreign Workers Program

L’affaire Butt: What’s not to get?

03/05/2014 by the editor

Are you confused by the Brad Butt affair? We can’t imagine why. Look, it’s simple: The Con MP for Mississauga-Streetsville rose in the House twice on February 6th to say, in defense of the Fair Elections Act, that he’d personally witnessed voter fraud going on in the lobby of “an apartment building.” Then he rose […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: "Fair Elections Act", 2011 election, Alexandra Latendresse, Andrew Scheer, Blake Richards, Brad Butt, Canada, Canadian Parliament, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Craig Scott, Dave Christopherson, Elections Canada, House of, Jenni Byrne, Joe Preston, Kevin Lamoureux, Liberals, Marc Mayrand, NDP, Peter Van Loan, robocall scandal, robocalls, Scott Reid, Steven Fletcher, Ted Opitz, Tom Lukiwski

Problem: Too much democracy. Solution: Fair Elections Act.

02/11/2014 by the editor

By Alison@Creekside “What problems are the Conservatives really trying to solve with bizarre Fair Elections Act?” asked Andrew Coyne in an excellent column two days ago. I’d like to pillage that question and expand on it a bit. Problem: Investigation into election fraud in 2011 Election, 33 months ago, being rushed along at dangerous breakneck […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2011 election, Andrew Coyne, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Dean Del Mastro, Elections Canada, Green Party, Liberals, Marc Mayrand, NDP, voter suppression

What’s in the Duffy e-mails?

10/25/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside According to Mike Duffy, the PMO blackmailed him into taking a bribe to save his own skin and that of the Cons from the wrath of their base. Questions … It seems no amount of $90K carrots or Senate expulsion sticks were spared to shut down that Duffy/Deloitte senate audit. Where was it […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, Canadian Senate, Conservatives, Marjory LeBreton, Mike Duffy, NDP, Nigel Wright, Pamela Wallin, PMO, Ray Novak, Senate scandal, Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair

Changing the channel on Justin

04/23/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside On Thursday, three days after the Boston Marathon bombings, the Cons still had an opposition day scheduled for Monday — a day on which the opposition parties set the day’s agenda. But then on Friday, an hour after learning that Justin Trudeau would spend it introducing his “Backbenchers’ Spring” motion, Government House Leader […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Boston Marathon bombing, Canada, Canadian politics, Candice Bergen, Conservatives, Francis Scarpaleggia, G20, G8, Justin Trudeau, law, Liberals, NDP, Peter Van Loan, police, S-7, Stephen Harper, terrorism, U.S., Vic Toews

Trudeau’s coat tails won’t get the Liberals elected

04/15/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By Frank Moher I joined the Liberal Party in order to vote in the leadership thing. Having done so, I will now duly unjoin. The idea of me being a Liberal is ridiculous. I am sufficiently an Albertan (albeit ex) of a certain age (getting on) to regard the Liberals as the party of the […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Elizabeth May, First Past the Post, Green Party, Joyce Murray, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, Michael Ignatieff, Nathan Cullen, NDP, proportional representation

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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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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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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...]

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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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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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