Archive for the 'Canadian Politics' Category

Constitutional Crisis!

Saturday, May 14th, 2005

Andrew Coyne has usurped parliament and has been authorizing spending from the federal treasury! He must be stopped! The evidence: “I have the authorized the expenditure of $300 million of your money…” “I have asked the RCMP…” I can’t believe it either. He doesn’t even have the confidence of the House of Commons, or the [...]

BCTF bullies, backed by NDP

Friday, May 13th, 2005

“Late last night, British Columbians learned of a BC Teachers Federation secret plan to hold a strike vote days after the provincial election. [...] “I think the revelation explains why the BCTF is spending $5 million to elect the NDP and put their former president in the cabinet room. Let’s just put that $5 million [...]

The power of one

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

Who ever said one person can’t make a difference? CBC report: MP Chuck Cadman is worried that bringing down the government could give strength to separatist feelings in Québec “I just can’t see things lasting much longer,” he told CBC in an interview from his home in the British Columbia riding of Surrey North, where [...]

Blogs are advertising???

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

CBC reports that Elections BC considers Blogs advertising sponsors: They’re supposed to register themselves as advertising sponsors if they post a partisan position on a candidate, party, or referendum question. “Under the Election Act, it will fall within the definition of election advertising, and we would ask them to register,” says Jennifer Miller, of Elections [...]

What is REALLY going on here?

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

I wish I had a better understanding of what the federal Liberals are doing right now. There must be something interesting developing behind closed doors in Parliament. As an outsider with a limited understanding of how our government really works, I’m having a hard time understanding how Paul Martin’s government can claim yesterday’s vote was [...]

Pandering to special interests

Friday, April 15th, 2005

Alright! Forget STV. Forget political parties that represent a platform of issues. Why don’t we just have political parties that represent specific issues. First it was the BC Marijuana Party working hard to… uhhh… create urban jobs in agriculture I think. I’m just kidding. At least their leader has taken his role seriously enough to [...]