Erin Weir is the New Democrat member of parliament for Regina – Lewvan. In the House of Commons on Monday, Weir used alternative facts – i.e. stuff that is utterly false – in a speech on the European free trade implementation bill: There was the AbitibiBowater case where that company
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Alternative Facts: Prairie Dipper edition #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Erin Weir is the New Democrat member of parliament for Regina – Lewvan. In the House of Commons on Monday, Weir used alternative facts – i.e. stuff that is utterly false – in a speech on the European free trade implementation bill: There was the AbitibiBowater case where that company
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Trash, Give-aways, and Conservative Policy #nlpoli
Friday is trash day in the world of political communications. It’s the day when you slip out stuff that is unpleasant in the hopes people will miss it. If you can slide in another story, like say the completely unnecessary appointment of a finance minister who will have the job
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Every extractive capitalist economy needs a mechanism that allows corporate heavyweights to snuggle up with elected officials. In the US, there’s American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and if you haven’t yet been horrified by Bill Moyers’ piece on how ALEC essentially enables corporations to write state laws, you’re in for
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Consider the latest failure of a lawsuit launched by the Greatest Legal Mind and Premier Ever in light of another case, Henley v. Cable Atlantic, a post that originally appeared in August 2006. “Forgive us for believing NalCor, Premier,” about the Abitibi expropriation former Liberal leader Yvonne Jones pleads on
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