Canadian Political Opinion – Current Events & News
At least I think I am defending democracy. Perhaps I'm just out of touch, too. I read and comment on dozens of online news sources daily but few of them do I ever circle back around to see if anyone has replied to my comments. The Kingston Whig Standard's comment section (since it's my local newspaper) is one that I do, however, re-check regularly. Today, while rechecking previous comments, I noted ... Read More
There's nothing worse than seeing a really great price on an item in the weekly flyers that includes that worst of the small-print caveats "limit 5" per household or some-such. In this election cycle we have found ourselves with exactly that, in candidate form. It's no surprise that Mr. Harper wants to run his campaign far from media contact. For one thing he's the front runner, and the best way to ... Read More
Now, I'm not a mathematician; I went to librarian school. I do, however, understand a little bit about statistics and I can count as high as my fingers allow. Recently I was forwarded to a video that supposedly proves that the CBC Vote Compass is Liberal biased (or "totally rigged"). The author of the video then goes on to "prove" that it's rigged by going through all the questions ... Read More
Gilles Duceppe has jumped into the ring this morning with a great sound bite. He said that Stephen Harper "wants to regain the hearts of Newfoundlanders with Quebeckers’ money". Hydro-Quebec is a source of huge pride among Quebeckers and it was built without federal money. It is a net exporter of electricity and it has helped bolster the Quebec economy through its success. On the same token Quebec is the largest single ... Read More
So the boys have thrown down. The Conservative Leader, Mr. Harper, issued the challenge this morning to Mr. Ignatieff, the Liberal Leader, that they should have a one-on-one debate between the two candidates who, at least in the words of John Baird, are the only men running to become Prime Minister. Leaving aside the fact that NDP Leader Jack Layton is rather clearly running to become Prime Minister - insomuch as he's ... Read More
At least I think I am defending democracy. Perhaps I'm just out of touch, too. I read and comment on dozens of online news sources daily but few of them do I ever circle back around to see if anyone has replied to my comments. The Kingston Whig Standard's comment section (since it's my local
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There's nothing worse than seeing a really great price on an item in the weekly flyers that includes that worst of the small-print caveats "limit 5" per household or some-such. In this election cycle we have found ourselves with exactly that, in candidate form. It's no surprise that Mr. Harper
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Now, I'm not a mathematician; I went to librarian school. I do, however, understand a little bit about statistics and I can count as high as my fingers allow. Recently I was forwarded to a video that supposedly proves that the CBC Vote Compass is Liberal biased (or "totally rigged"). The author
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Gilles Duceppe has jumped into the ring this morning with a great sound bite. He said that Stephen Harper "wants to regain the hearts of Newfoundlanders with Quebeckers’ money". Hydro-Quebec is a source of huge pride among Quebeckers and it was built without federal money. It is a net expor
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So the boys have thrown down. The Conservative Leader, Mr. Harper, issued the challenge this morning to Mr. Ignatieff, the Liberal Leader, that they should have a one-on-one debate between the two candidates who, at least in the words of John Baird, are the only men running to become Prime Minist
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In the House of Commons on Friday when the historic contempt motion was being debated Deputy Liberal Leader Bob Rae shouted across the aisle that it was the "four Cs": Contempt, Corruption, Carson & Conservatives! On the second day of the election campaign it seems that the four Cs have found
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The Governor General, as expected, has agreed to drop the writ and dissolve parliament. The first day of the election period seems to be shaping up to be about the coalition and whether or not the Canadian public is being lied to by the Liberal Party and their sneaky agenda to run a coalition thr
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For the first time in history the presiding party in Canadian government has been found in contempt of parliament. It's exceptional that this hasn't happened before now given the often-contentious mood of parliament. The Harper Conservatives, however, have shown themselves to consistently and u
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So it seems that we’re on the verge of an election. An election that we’re told is going to be a referendum on the Harper government. A referendum that’s going to decide whether or not Canadians want to live in Harper’s Canada. Harper’s Canada that includes thousands of well paid, wel
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Yesterday I wrote about my wish that the government would make moves to reduce the personal tax rate rather than continue to lower and already low corporate tax rate. Today I'm at it again. It seems that overnight, a bunch of people have jumped on the bandwagon in agreement that corporate tax
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I am a liberal. Period. So the leadership race hasn't been something that I've been tracking with any significant prec...
Now this is just one of those things that makes me shake my head. I bet you expect that I'm going to come down on the...
I had been waiting, hoping to read that Stephen Harper had come to his senses, denounced the violence between Israel and...
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