This afternoon, we find out which of the 50+ policy resolutions get adopted by the CPC. Back here, I reviewed 3 policy resolutions in context, and questioned just how “broad” the conservative tent really is. If any of those 3 resolutions is adopted, we can safely conclude that the CPC
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Cathie from Canada: Today’s News: Shot / chaser
The shot: From six years ago The chaser: From Friday Obviously the news agenda for at LEAST the next 72 hours is CANCELLED while we decide what we think about Justin Trudeau’s new Caesar haircut. pic.twitter.com/WXf1J6ICXs — Mike Gibbs🏳️🌈🇺🇦 (@Mikeggibbs) July 16, 2022 The shot: So this happened —
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: COVID-19 PSA
A virus cannot mutate if it cannot incubate. We know how to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, but we conflate and complicate perceived rights and freedoms w/ public health mandates and related precautions. No one has the right to infect others. No one has the freedom to be infected by
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: What I’ll be watching for Election night (PPC – Rural ON/AB) #Elxn44
We’ve had a month of campaigning in the Federal Election 2021. I don’t need to recap everything that’s gone on, except to say it APPEARS (with large emphasis on that word) that the Conservatives seem to have stalled momentum with 3 days to go, and that the Liberals appear to
Continue readingScott's Diatribes: What I’ll be watching for Election night (PPC – Rural ON/AB) #Elxn44
We’ve had a month of campaigning in the Federal Election 2021. I don’t need to recap everything that’s gone on, except to say it APPEARS (with large emphasis on that word) that the Conservatives seem to have stalled momentum with 3 days to go, and that the Liberals appear to
Continue readingPop The Stack: Strategic Voting in a Toss-Up Riding
Just had a very nice chat with one of my local candidates for #Elxn44 in #KitchenerCentre. It was @morricemike of the @CanadianGreens. He does bookable short calls with voters to talk about issues. It’s a great idea and shows a lot of confidence. After watching some debates between local candidates
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: “Take Canada Back” ?!?!?
“Take Canada Back” to when/what/where, etc., exactly?!? ICYMI Erin O’Toole is the newly-minted leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Erin O’Toole ran on a leadership campaign platform that courted nationalists and populists, AKA hate/fear-mongering, racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, etc. pieces of garbage. Erin O’Toole’s leadership campaign slogan? “Take Canada Back”.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Apology by Kristin Raworth
Kristin Rayworth is a woman who works for the Alberta government and who used to follow me on Twitter. About two years ago, Rayworth publicly tweeted at me that she had been sexually harassed by Kent Hehr, a Liberal member of the federal cabinet who represented a Calgary riding. I
Continue readingPop The Stack: On the Burning of Bridges
So we just got another call from the Peter Mackay campaign to ask for our support. I don’t think he gets it. We just laughed and laughed. Sigh…. Many people who used to vote Progressive Conservative, including some in our household, will NEVER support Mr. Mackay. He betrayed that movement
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Evidence that a Trumpism strain is alive and well within the Conservative Party.
Witness this humdinger of an interview by Sarnia-Lampton MP and current Conservative Party leadership contender Marilyn Gladu. Apparently we should be following the lead of President Trump: Sarnia-Lambton’s MP wants Canada to implement COVID-19 cures she says have been proven in the United States… “In the United States they’ve been
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: We have a new Speaker of the House…
Congratulations/Félicitations Anthony Rota! We have a new Speaker of the House… A little bit about the Speaker of the House, just in case you skipped, failed, or otherwise have no recollection of Civics class… In addition to some administrative, ceremonial, and diplomatic duties, the main role of the Speaker of
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Justin Trudeau Prime Minister Lawrence MacAulay Veterans Affairs, Associate Minister of National Defence Carolyn Bennett Crown-Indigenous Relations Dominic LeBlanc President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada Navdeep Bains Innovation, Science & Industry Bill Morneau Finance Marc Garneau Transport Marie-Claude Bibeau Agriculture & Agri-Food Diane Lebouthillier National Revenue Harjit Sajjan National Defence David Lametti Justice & Attorney General Chrystia Freeland Deputy Prime
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Welcome to Scheerless Tuesday!
OK… LPC 157 : CPC 121 : BQ 32 : NDP 24 : GPC 3 : IND 1 : PPC 0 A Liberal minority government it is, eh Canada. A Liberal minority government is NOT the worst thing ever. In fact, w/ the seat count, either the NDP, or the
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Why Canadians need to vote strategically in 2019…
Most people do not remember Stephen Harper’s 2006 and 2008 minority governments… Jack Layton and the NDP propped up Stephen Harper’s 2006 minority government for 2 years and Stephen Harper’s 2008 minority government for 3 years… There were many opportunities to bring both minority governments down! Instead, the NDP propped
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Vote splitting is not progressive…
REPEAT AFTER ME: Vote splitting is NOT progressive. That’s not Canada… that’s the reality of this election. PLEASE DO NOT SPLIT THE VOTE. Vote strategically. Find your riding and vote for the candidate with the best chance of stopping the Conservative Party of Canada from winning a minority, or a
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: The NDP never did explain…
THE NDP NEVER DID EXPLAIN… WHAT IS WRONG W/ RANKED BALLOT?! In case you forgot, the House of Commons Special Committee on Electoral Reform, AKA ERRE, was an all-party Parliamentary committee convened and empowered to “conduct a study of viable alternate voting systems to replace the first-past-the-post system”, as well
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: YOU. BOUGHT. A. PIPELINE. — THREAD ALERT!
THREAD ALERT! Anyone remember FIPA? The Canada-China trade agreement that Stephen Harper signed w/o ever tabling it in Parliament? #cdnpoli #elxn43 1/10 FIPA has given China UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS to Canada’s natural resources, specifically the #tarsands. PetroChina, for instance, bought a 60% interest in two undeveloped tarsands projects. #cdnpoli #elxn43 2/10
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: NO MORE DEAD BABIES ON A BEACH!
NO MORE DEAD BABIES ON A BEACH! Alan Kurdi’s death was a direct result of Stephen Harper’s immigration and foreign policy. REMEMBER: Andrew Scheer propped up the Harper government for a decade. FYI: Andrew Scheer wants to bring back Stephen Harper’s immigration and foreign policy… What happens when the immigration
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: From the “A lie is a lie is a lie!” Dep’t:
From the “A lie is a lie is a lie!” Dep’t: NOTE: There are better ways to beef up your resume w/o blatantly lying… FYI Jobs in Saskatchewan you cannot fake accreditation and/or operate w/o certification: police officer, security guard, private investigator, lawyer, doctor, nurse, electrician, plumber, carpenter, welder, crane
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: Build a Wall? Canada’s Response to Trump
Donald Trump’s main export to Canada has been a sense of national smugness, that his outrages and absurdities could never find purchase here. But it would be an act of monumental self-deception for Canadians to believe that we are an island set above the rage bubbling across the world.
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