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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

Proud

07/04/2013 by backofthebook.ca

It was as fabulous as I knew it would be, just even bigger than I imagined. Downtown Toronto was given a jolt of extra colour on Sunday as more than 1 million people, some toting rainbow flags, marched the city’s streets for the 33rd annual Pride Parade. Crowds of revellers lined the parade route behind […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Conservatives, GLBT, Justin Trudeau, Kathleen Wynne, LGBTQ, Pride, Rob Ford, Thomas Mulcair, Tim Hudak, Toronto

The Plan, Part Deux

07/25/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By Frank Moher Previously on The Plan, I explained why, despite the depredations of the current federal government, the Canadian political universe is unfolding as it should — or at least as I hoped it would when I was a young journalist in Alberta in the 1980s. The Harperites are doing what they can to […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canadian politics, Elizabeth May, Green Party, Liberals, NDP, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, separatism, Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair

Parliament’s latest protesting Page

06/20/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By Montreal Simon It’s an inspiring sight, and a chilling one. Kevin Page, the parliamentary budget officer standing up for the right to know the truth, in a country where the Big Lie rules. As the Cons try to smear him and muzzle him as they have so many others. They have attacked him for […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bill C-38, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Jim Flaherty, John Baird, Kevin Page, NDP, Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair

Why Mulcair is winning

05/16/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By Montreal Simon OK. So I was wrong. When Christy Clark became the latest Con stooge to denounce Thomas Mulcair,  for simply pointing out that the Dutch Disease is killing our manufacturing sector, I said it could only mean one thing. Big Oil and its Con puppets were scraping the bottom of the barrel. But […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Alberta, Canada, Christy Clark, Conservatives, Liberals, Mike Duffy, NDP, oil sands, Ontario, Pamela Wallin, Saskatchewan, Stephane Dion, Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair

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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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