The Canadian Progressive: Canada Politics News Watch on Monday, February 11, 2013: Morning Picks

By Obert Madondo, on February 11, 2013, at 11:59 am

By Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 11, 2013: Senator Patrick Brazeau: Brazeau symbolic of Harper’s indifference to First Nations – Winnipeg Free Press Brazeau, Harper and Idle No More – The Tyee Let’s talk about punishing mentally ill – Winnipeg Free Press Brazeau Just Latest Thrown Under Bus by Harper – The Tyee Editorial: Unreformed senator – Calgary Herald Canadian Senate: READ MORE

 
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Alberta Diary: It’s time for Ezra Levant to apologize or explain his hateful Roma commentary

By David Climenhaga, on January 3, 2013, at 1:12 am

Canadians struggle to cope with the offensive noise from the Sun News Network. Typical TV viewers may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Commentator Ezra Levant.

It’s 2013, and it’s time for Sun News Network commentator Ezra Levant to either apologize for or explain his comments on Sept. 5, 2012, about the Roma.

Now, Mr. Levant appears to be the kind of young man for whom a phrase like “never apologize, never explain,” would take on mantra-like authority. Nevertheless, it’s time, or certain conclusions about Mr. Levant’s views about the Roma people will be impossible to avoid.

More important, the

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Alberta Diary: Toews an ill-timed Johnny-on-the-spot justifying imposition of U.S.-style gun-show anarchy

By david, on December 21, 2012, at 2:42 am

Victor Toews, Canada’s Minister of Public Insecurity and Zombification, rendered by Edmonton artist William Prettie. Below, a shifty looking Mr. Toews as he appears in the halls of Parliament. Pat Martin is a Great Canadian. ™

What a perfect way to throw a little red meat to your gun-nut money machine!

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s so-called Conservatives – of whom it cannot be said too many times are radicals bent on remaking Canada in the image of the worst aspects of the United States – managed to hit on a moment of worldwide horror at the slaughter of 20 small

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Alberta Diary: Who’s censoring Ezra now? Has Sun News Network seen the light?

By david, on September 12, 2012, at 3:22 am

A screen shot of the blank spot on Ezra Levant’s website: no link, the plug pulled, presumably by Sun News Network. Below: Mr. Levant in full rhetorical flight.

Where is Ezra Levant’s Sun News Network rant on Roma immigration to Canada, which has been depicted as ethnic stereotyping to foment hate?

For that matter, where is the uncharacteristically silent Mr. Levant?

Just a week ago, on Sept. 5, the Sun News Network commentator – who as Rabble.ca’s Karl Nerenberg astutely observed yesterday, has carved himself a niche as the “nasty buffoon of the Canadian Right” – delivered one of

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CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: Until Friday the 13th to become a rabble.ca member

By Obert Madondo, on July 11, 2012, at 7:01 pm

I believe in independent and progressive Canadian journalism. The kind that’s free from corporate control and manipulation. I believe wholeheartedly. So do you. Let’s go Rabble then.

This just received from rabble.ca, via email:

“rabble’s annual membership campaign is coming to an end – extended to Friday this week. Sign up to support rabble at $5/month by Friday and you not only help us reach our goal of 500 new members: you get a free one year subscription to your choice of fabulous print magazines! And yup, that’s right, the deadline for this offer is Friday the 13th,

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A Different Point of View....: ‘Dinner for two’ for first journalist who dares to explain Conservative ideology

By Nick Fillmore, on January 11, 2012, at 7:41 pm

Journalists in the mainstream Canadian media are being intimidated from fully describing the soulless ideology practised by the Harper Conservative government – at least this has been my impression for some time now. 

Wanting to find out what journalists are really writing about the Tories and neoliberalism, I spent some time this week searching the Internet for any 2011 articles that would link the two.

I felt that, if the mainstream media is involved in an unspoken conspiracy of silence to hide the evil economic philosophy of the Harper government, the public needs to know.  (Read more…)

 
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