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By David Climenhaga, on May 16, 2013, at 1:21 am Just to set the mood, it’s Left-Leaning B.C. Premiers Day on Alberta Diary. Here’s your blogger with some former NDP premiers from that province – Dave Barrett above, Mike Harcourt and Ujjal Dosanjh below.
No one can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory quite like the New Democrats in my native British Columbia.
Still, while Tuesday’s upset B.C. election victory by Premier Christy Clark and her un-liberal Liberals is inevitably going to be, well, upsetting to a lot of New Democrats, it is not really bad news for Thomas Mulcair and the federal NDP.
This, we (Read more…)
By Simon, on May 15, 2013, at 5:02 am As you know I have long believed that Stephen Harper's Cons are not a political party like any other Canadians have ever known.That they are more like a cult than a party.But even as their deranged leader drags us into his ghastly darkness, muzzles the truth, lies about everything, and bullies his opponents, still some of my friends say to me: Simon, don't exaggerate, it couldn't happen HERE.Read more »
By David Climenhaga, on May 8, 2013, at 1:03 am How Albertans should see Progressive Conservative and Wildrose policies and procedures. Below: The clever Wildrose Facebook attack on PC Premier Alison Redford’s faintly unsavoury taxpayer-funded mail out, which makes it look a little worse than it really is.
Am I the only one who sees irony in the leader of Alberta’s ultra-conservative Wildrose Party working up a full head of steam because the merely very conservative government of Premier Alison Redford plans to mail a colourful budget brochure to every household in the province – at taxpayer expense, of course?
After all, the Wildrose Party of Danielle Smith is effectively (Read more…)
By Simon, on May 7, 2013, at 3:12 am
OMG. I don't know whether to celebrate or send out an Amber Ape Alert eh? But it appears as if Stephen Harper is missing in action.He hasn't showed his face in the House of Commons for DAYS, and I'm starting to fear the worst.Great Leader is not only hopelessly lost. Like the Ikea monkey. He's also losing his mind !!!!! Read more »
By Jeff Jedras, on May 6, 2013, at 9:50 am Received an email this morning; Liberal leader Justin Trudeau “has a message for me.” And a few million other people, but whatevs. Here it is:
Much discussion in the online world about the clothing tastes of casual Justin. The suit and tie pundit crowd seem confused or annoyed. I think it’s fine, but neither of us are the target audience. The Canadians that probably didn’t wear a suit and tie while enjoying 20 degree summer weather last weekend are, and I’ll let them draw their own conclusions.
If there’s anything that annoys me about this video, its that whoever (Read more…)
By Greg Fingas, on May 5, 2013, at 11:41 am Assorted content for your Sunday reading.
- Aviva Shen looks at Monsanto’s history of regulatory capture – with the recent “Monsanto Protection Act” serving as just a minor example in a long list of control over U.S. law: Monsanto insists that its revolving door is in overdrive because Monsanto employees are simply the best qualified for positions in these agencies, who certainly don’t hold onto their loyalty to the company in their new roles.
Yet it’s hard to ignore how Monsanto has benefited from these connections. The USDA has never denied a single application for Monsanto’s genetically engineered crops. (Read more…)
By James Calder, on May 4, 2013, at 2:53 pm Canada’s Conservative Party abandoned Premier Alison Redford and the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta during Alberta’s last provincial election – they chose instead to support Alberta’s far-right Wildrose Alliance Party.
Now, Justin Trudeau seeks to build bridges with Albertans and their government; all the while pushing for sustainable and environmentally-sound development for Canada’s oil industry.
Said it before, and I’ll say it again – Tories underestimate Trudeau at their own peril.
National Post, Trudeau praises Redford for Keystone XL efforts, slams Harper for not pushing ‘critical’ project:
Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has praised Alberta Premier Alison Redford for (Read more…)
By Scott Tribe, on May 2, 2013, at 6:47 am I find the revelations that several Conservative MP’s are uneasy and not willing to participate in the “10 percent’er” mass mail attack ad campaign that the Conservative Party plan against Justin Trudeau to be rather fascinating (privately as well, apparently). I’m curious of course why there is unease now at this, when there certainly wasn’t or wouldn’t be if this was Stephane Dion or Michael Ignatieff, and this mailing was planned for Conservative-held ridings – mostly friendly territory you would think, for the usual smear stuff like this.
Are individual MP’s getting more flack from their riding’s voters then we (Read more…)
By Simon, on May 1, 2013, at 12:51 pm Uh oh. It looks as if Stephen "Raincoat" Harper is not only having trouble controlling his base impulses.Controlling his depraved desire to portray Justin Trudeau as a girly man.*Pant* *Pant."He's also having trouble controlling his own caucus.Because believe it or not, some of his Con stooges are refusing to peddle his porn Read more »
By The Ranting Canadian, on April 27, 2013, at 2:53 pm
It’s April 27, 2013: a few days after my blog’s first anniversary, the weekend of Rebelfest in Hamilton, and a few days before International Workers’ Day (aka Mayday, aka the real Labour Day). Additionally, April 28 is International Day of Mourning for workers who were killed or injured on the job. A lot has happened since my last post, and here are just a few tidbits.
● Rita MacNeil – singer, political activist and sex abuse survivor – died on April 16 at the age of 68. The down-to-earth artist was always on the (Read more…)
By Simon, on April 27, 2013, at 3:23 am Well afterwards the experts did agree on one thing eh? It wasn't exactly the bout of the century, but it was both horribly revealing, and deeply disturbing.For there was Big Boy Harper rushing out of his corner to accuse Justin Trudeau of being a girly man.Only to lead with his belly, trip on his thong, fall flat on his face, commit defecation, and cry uncle sociologist.Read more »
By Obert Madondo, on April 26, 2013, at 3:06 pm By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Stephen Harper wants us all to believe that the Conservatives’ new anti-Trudeau household flier is part of “democratic debate.” The Harper Conservatives greeted Justin Trudeau‘s election as Liberal leader with a below-the-belt TV ad rejected by Canadians. This week, the Conservatives launched a tax-payer-funded flyer campaign attacking [...]
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By Obert Madondo, on April 26, 2013, at 12:35 pm Canada, meet Justin Trudeau, the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada! We recommend:A great betrayal: Trudeau and the Liberals voted for Harper’s sell-out FIPAAt Last, Marc Garneau Challenges Justin Trudeau To Talk Policy Harper Conservatives attack Trudeau on his first day as Liberal leader (VIDEO)Justin Trudeau to defend [...]
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By Greg Fingas, on April 26, 2013, at 9:40 am Assorted content to end your week.
- Sadly (if perhaps unsurprisingly), the Trudeau Libs’ vote with the Harper Cons against civil rights has received relatively little notice compared to the two parties’ attack ad posturing. But there’s still plenty worth reading on the subject – including another post from pogge, a discussion led by David Ball, and Michael Harris’ assessment as to the likely targets of Con-fueled hysteria in the years to come: (W)ith S-7 the law of the land, some dark possibilities present themselves in this country.
The federal government already has established five Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams (Read more…)
By The Liberal Scarf, on April 25, 2013, at 9:29 pm Been meaning to toss up a post about the Conservatives preparing to launch a tax payer funded attack ad blitz again Trudeau, but this social media image put out by Trudeau hits the nail on the head way better than I could. Go show Team Liberal.
By Simon, on April 25, 2013, at 8:54 pm We know he is a brutish political thug who would do anything to cling to power.A cold, cruel man who can't feel the pain of others.Those who have worked with him say he turns the air around him blue, or yellow, with the dirtiest swear words. But now he's so desperate he's publicly channeling his inner monster.Read more »
By LeDaro, on April 25, 2013, at 2:02 pm
I think this is a much better ad than Harper’s bullying ads.
By Politics Freak, on April 25, 2013, at 7:06 am
Best ad Liberals have produced in a VERY long time.
By David Climenhaga, on April 25, 2013, at 1:16 am
Justin Trudeau’s riposte to the first blast of the Tory Slime Machine. So far, it looks like Mr. Trudeau is winning. Below: Mr. Trudeau with fake tattoo gets ready to punch out a Tory, for real; Calgary developer Cal Wenzel.
Round One in the fight started with Justin Trudeau by the Tory Slime Machine pretty clearly went to Mr. Trudeau – well, to Mr. Trudeau and the Canadian Liver Foundation.
Now, Round Two, Mr. Trudeau’s riposte, a 30-second video ad released by the Liberal Party yesterday, seems to have gone his way too.
I am speaking here as a (Read more…)
By calgarygrit, on April 24, 2013, at 12:30 pm When the Conservatives launched attack ads against Stephane Dion in January 2007, it took the Liberal Party three months to respond. Never again, they vowed. Next time we’ll fight back!
Just Visiting first aired in May 2009, yet we didn’t see a rebuttal until Labour Day .
So the first thing you need to know about the new Justin Trudeau ads, released today, is that the Liberal Party has learned its lesson (and all it took was the near destruction of the party!). In politics, you must define or be defined, and those who let themselves be defined wind up (Read more…) guest lectures rather than governments.
The form this counter-punch has taken is to briefly address the attacks then, quite literally, change the channel to Justin’s more positive message. It’s exactly what I called for last week – use the attack ads as a foil to further define . . . → Read More: Calgary Grit: Liberals Respond Justin Time
By Jeff Jedras, on April 24, 2013, at 11:30 am As mentioned earlier, the Liberal Party of Canada this morning released two new ads featuring Justin Trudeau that will be running on television and online, one in English and one in French (you can donate here to help keep them on the air). Both are similar in tone, although only the English one responds directly to the personally negative Conservative ad campaign. We needed to respond Content aside, I’m pleased that we’ve responded at all. And we had to, for several reasons. For one, Liberals have been asked several times in recent years to donate in order (Read more…) respond to Conservative attack ads. When ads were ran against Bob Rae, the party asked for money for a response; Liberals donated, the party never responded. At the time I outlined why a response would be problematic, but those Liberals that donated certainly expected one. We also voted at the . . . → Read More: A BCer in Toronto: Thoughts on the new Liberal/Justin Trudeau ads
By Jeff Jedras, on April 24, 2013, at 7:45 am The Liberals and Justin Trudeau now have ads of their own, and they stand in stark contrast to the negative Conservative personal attack ads of last week. Take a look:
And a French ad that’s a little different visually:
Have to run; I’ll have some thoughts later.
By Scott Tribe, on April 24, 2013, at 6:39 am As soon as Justin Trudeau won, the Conservative attack ads came out. Everyone knew they’d be coming, but they came out far earlier then they did after Dion and Ignatieff became Liberal leaders, hinting and indicating that the Conservatives are very concerned about Justin Trudeau, even 2 years out from the next election.
Debate has raged of course, whether JT’s declaration that he was going to stay positive would work or not. Some believe it to be needlessly unilaterally disarming themselves, others feel that Trudeau is already a known quantity and that this alone should allow him to resist the (Read more…) battering.
What we didn’t know however was whether the [...]
By Obert Madondo, on April 23, 2013, at 1:42 pm By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Justin Trudeau and the Liberals abandoned us during our greatest hour of need. And if there’s a greater act of betrayal, please let me know. On Monday, Trudeau and the Liberals voted with the Harper Conservatives to kill an NDP motion to stop the Canada-China Foreign Investment [...]
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By Greg Fingas, on April 23, 2013, at 10:35 am I’ve already pointed out the NDP’s opportunity to differentiate itself from the Libs as a truly progressive party. And the Libs’ corporatist votes against democratic decision-making and basic civil liberties will certainly help that cause.
But if it’s possible to draw a clear distinction between Mulcair and Trudeau on basic knowledge of current events, then so much the better: Mulcair told reporters after question period that the ruling did affirm that Page “had the right to demand those documents” (ie. the information from departments) in the first place.
He was referring to paragraph five of the ruling, which stated (Read more…) “neither on the basis of parliamentary privilege nor on the principles of statutory interpretation has Parliament reserved the right for itself to answer Mr. Page’s questions. That task falls upon this court.”
Mulcair told reporters that this effectively destroyed the Senate’s attempt to argue that the PBO’s . . . → Read More: Accidental Deliberations: On distinctions
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