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Divorced lesbian new Premier of Ontario!

ed_rex wrote in canpolitik Jan 29, 2013 02:39

Some thoughts on the importance of historical context

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Oops.

sorceror wrote in canpolitik Nov 23, 2012 10:21

It's been too quiet here lately. And stuff is happening today, so...

It looks like Justin Trudeau is in hot waterCan he defuse this? Trudeau himself has yet to comment. However, other Liberals are trying desperately to spin it as a drive-by smear (implausible, since there's no denying he actually said what he said), or that it was taken out of ( Read more... )

Where's the outrage?

sorceror wrote in canpolitik Oct 17, 2012 18:09

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has prorogued the legislature for no other reasons than to avoid political fallout from various scandals, and to give his own party time to regroup and reorganize after his surprise resignation.

And he's prorogued it not for six or seven weeks, but for SIX MONTHS.

So... anyone outraged?

I seem to remember that a ( Read more... )

Maybe the solution is "Out with the old, in with the new."

everard73 wrote in canpolitik Aug 13, 2012 00:56

Recently, while watching the news, it dawned on me that a youth movement of any stripe is caused because of sheer hatred for any governing party. The youth believe their voices are not being heard properly, so in their wisdom and perhaps even desperation they turn to violence, and it makes me wonder if the introduction of a new party - one that ( Read more... )

BOHITCA

sorceror wrote in canpolitik Aug 02, 2012 14:56

Hooray, Quebec is having an election.

Does anybody care?

Repeal of Section 13 of Canadian Human Rights Act

mijopo wrote in canpolitik Jun 07, 2012 15:39

Hey, hats off to the Conservatives, they're bagging Section 13 of the Human Rights Act forbidding hate speech over phone or internet, in a vote that was party line. this is the first time I've been pleased they won a majority. link

Also, this quote is priceless, "Freedom of speech is an American concept, so I don’t give it any value." I'd think it ( Read more... )

conservative, human rights

David Frum on Reddit

mijopo wrote in canpolitik May 04, 2012 16:10

I've become increasingly impressed with David Frum, GWB's Canadian Axis of Evil speechwriter, of late. It's not that I agree with him increasingly, but he's such a breath of fresh air within the Republican party, the GOP ignores him at their peril (or, I certainly hope it's to their peril) He did (is doing?) an interesting Reddit AMA today (link) A ( Read more... )

u.s. relations, conservative, health care

Has Mr.Putin been cloned?!

hannarainolds wrote in canpolitik Apr 24, 2012 19:30

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And, after all, we cannot allow a person, in determination of whose identity we doubt, to become the president.

Different people (Putin's body doubles) speak, on behalf of Vladimir Putin. They have different manners, shape of the skull (the width of the eye sockets, the shape of the chin, the shape of the zygomatic bone), different amounts of soft ( Read more... )

Alberta, what just happened?

mijopo wrote in canpolitik Apr 24, 2012 11:13

I'm not sure I've ever seen a situation in which the polls got things as wrong as they did in the Alberta election this year. So, what happened? Were people were turned off by the bigotry and changed their minds about the Wildrose at the last minute? Did strategic voters, aided perhaps by the "viral" video that was circulated, move to the PCs to ( Read more... )

provincial election, alberta

The Liberal race is on!

sorceror wrote in canpolitik Mar 07, 2012 12:23

At least, it now has its first declared candidate. Sort of - he has to pay the entrance fee first, and that may be in the range of $50,000 or so. Let's hope he has a Kickstarter account ( Read more... )