Photo: Lorne Dach, Allie Tulick, Roop Rai, and Mickey Amery. Here are some of the latest updates to the list of candidates running for party nominations ahead of the 2019 Alberta provincial general election: Banff-Kananaskis – Scott Wagner is seeking the United Conservative Party nomination in this district. Wagner was the Wildrose
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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Wednesday Morning Alberta Candidate Nomination Update
Photo: Danielle Larivee, Tanya Fir, Lori Sigurdson, and Sonya Savage. I took a short break from writing about Alberta politics while I was on vacation over the past few weeks, so I am catching up this morning on the latest Alberta nomination candidate news. Fir defeats former Ontario MP Jeff
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Sturgeon River-Parkland by-election to replace Rona Ambrose to be called by end of 2017
A federal by-election will be held in Sturgeon River-Parkland in the coming months following the resignation of Conservative Member of Parliament Rona Ambrose. Ambrose served as MP for this riding from 2015 to 2017 and as MP for the now defunct Edmonton-Spruce Grove riding from 2004 to 2015. A by-election
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why James Moore Shouldn’t Be a University Chancellor
I must admit I was both surprised and shocked to see that James Moore has been named chancellor of the University of Northern British Columbia.After the way he handled the oil spill in Vancouver's English Bay. Which defied reason.And after his ye…
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Big Media Influencing Canadian Election For Political Favoritism
As the debates over the debates has raged on over the past several months, one thing is becoming increasingly clear. Journalists in Canada seem to be throwing out their duty of independence and holding our political parties to account for political favors; thus Canadians can’t rely on the media to do their traditional role of […]
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Media Should Be Talking About This
It was in Frank, apparently the one day last month when I was not on the Internet. It’s seedy, a sex scandal, although everything between the two parties appears to have been consensual. And the Minister is a “nice guy”, and anyway it turns out he’s leaving politics. For the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: "Less is Moore": The best and the worst of the Honourable James Moore
As many of you have already heard, Industry Minister James Moore is leaving politics, today announcing that he will not be running in the upcoming federal election. Our community has had many ups-and-downs with Minister Moore over the years, and we thought we would spend a few minutes reflecting on
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Clown James Moore Jumps Off the Harper Ship
Well the last time we saw James Moore he was bobbing up and down in English Bay claiming that the Con's pathetic oil recovery effort was "world class."But now I'm delighted to report, the Con beluga has spouted his last blast of hot air, slipped below the surface.And become the latest
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Another One Bites The Dust
Bye, bye, James Moore. Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Shit Harper Did gives Conservatives taste of toxic debris from Vancouver oil spill [VIDEO]
Shit Harper Did warriors ambushed Industry Minister James Moore’s little party and rebuked the Conservatives’ “pathetic response” to the recent Vancouver oil spill. The post Shit Harper Did gives Conservatives taste of toxic debris from Vancouver oil spill [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Con Clown Circus Strikes Again
They were already the worst government Canada has ever known, a freakish horror show and a fascist circus. But as the economy heads south, and their desperation grows, Stephen Harper's Con clowns are sinking to new levels of depravity and incompetence.Because everywhere you look they are making fools out of themselves…Read
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The BC Oil Spill and the Con Clown James Moore
It couldn't have been a more monstrous or absurd sight.A day after a ship leaked about 3,000 litres of bulk oil into Vancouver's beautiful English Bay, And a few hours after the province's premier and the city's mayor blasted the slow federal response.The monstrous Con beluga James Moore broke through the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Latest Shameless Con Scam
Well as we know only too well and too painfully, Stephen Harper has many screaming voices in his head. And he likes to play many roles.One moment he's Great Warrior Leader, the next moment he's Great Mother Leader. But now, if you can believe it, he's posing a Great Used Car
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On reality barriers
Shorter Brian Crowley: It turns out that finding “facts” and “evidence” about mythical trade barriers is tougher than I’d realized. In light of this adversity, can’t we just agree to accept my unsupported assertions as fact, and impose the most extreme anti-government policy my corporate benefactors can imagine in response?
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Joseph Heath responds to Andrew Coyne in noting that an while there’s plenty of room (and need) to better tax high personal incomes, there’s also a need to complement that with meaningful corporate taxes: (A) crucial part of the Boadway and Tremblay
Continue readingTHE CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE: Northern Gateway pipeline: B.C. Conservative MPs put on notice
Earlier today, citizens reacting to Stephen Harper’s approval of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline put B.C. Conservative MPs on notice. The post Northern Gateway pipeline: B.C. Conservative MPs put on notice appeared first on THE CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Also, James Moore is firmly devoted to swatting flies which threaten the very fabric of space-time
No, the Cons still can’t be bothered to try to actually identify mythical “trade barriers” as they push to give the corporate powers that be a practical veto over provincial governments. But they’re certainly trying to make the myth sound more terrifying – and they won’t meet anything more than
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Financial Post: Industry Minister Moore blocks Bell and Rogers from obtaining Nextwave’s wireless spectrum
Ottawa has blocked telecom giants Bell and Rogers from gobbling up even more scarce and valuable wireless spectrum. Let’s keep up the pressure on Industry Minister Moore to rein in Big Telecom at https://openmedia.ca/gatekeepers Article by Christine Dobby for Financial Post TORONTO – Ottawa has blocked a bid by two
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Herr Harper: Master Of The Twitterverse
Given the Prime Minister’s penchant for control, I suppose this story should come as no surprise, but does rather conspicuously give lie to his claim of running an open and transparent government, doesn’t it? OTTAWA – Pity the poor government tweet, nearly strangled in its cradle before limping into the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Day of Reckoning
He's still hiding from Canadians, still huddled with his closest advisers. Still inviting us to enter his sinister parallel universe. Have you seen 24 Seven yet? Watch the first one here: http://t.co/7z2DqhgtVS #cdnpoli— Stephen Harper (@pmharper) January 11, 2014 Still running from the media, still dodging responsibility from the sheltered
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