Save the Earth and Vote
There is no environmental crisis, and global warming is just “a socialist plot” – at least according to Prime Minister Harper, when he was denouncing the Kyoto Accord. But while Harper’s many sins are serious – ignoring child poverty, sending Canadians to fight in Afghanistan, attacking women’s rights – the worst one is his minority [...]
Politics, Re-Spun on Coop Radio, 8.16.10: The HST, Tamil Ship, Haiti…
Last night it was Imtiaz Popat and I on “The Rational” talking about the HST, HST petition oddities, recall of MLAs, a fall legislative session, the BC Conservatives and the NDP on the HST, a new BC Liberal leader, Kim Campbell and Rita Johnson, a fall federal election, direct democracy, Vic Toews being an immigrant [...]
Capitalists: The Flat-Earthers of the 21st Century
I’m not just talking about the old white guy with the mustache and top hat in Monopoly. I’m talking about all the folks who think the market will save us and that the economy must grow and that to be critical of all that is to be unpatriotic or a threat to social order. And [...]
Canadian Authoritarianism: Then and Now
Something has been rotting in the State of Canada for a long, long time.
The BC NDP Channels Brian Mulroney
I want a BC NDP that is a beacon of hope, clarity, vision and inspiration to address the dire economic, energy and environmental challenges we have created for ourselves by the start of the 21st century. But now the party is merely channeling Brian Mulroney’s “open for business” approach to becoming dependent on odious foreign [...]
Minority Governments in Ottawa and Victoria
Politicians who only seek power are easier to spot in an era of minority parliaments. Working from the reasonably solid premise that majority governments are inherently tyrannical, I prefer as merely a marginal improvement: minority governments. They’re no ProRep, but at the very least, they force more cooperation, though I use the term loosely. We’re [...]
Prime Minister Layton, Redux
The last time we saw a coalition possibly forming, I wrote about the unlikely but conceivable possibility of Jack Layton being prime minister since at the time there was no firm Liberal leader and no one would allow a separatist to be prime minister. Now we have polling to show that once Canadians start thinking [...]
Live-Blogging Layton/James the CUPE BC Convention
Today I’ll be live-blogging Jack Layton and Carole James at the CUPE BC convention in Vancouver today. Enjoy! CUPE BC Convention with Jack Layton and Carole James Share the Love: Twitter del.icio.us email RSS Facebook Google Bookmarks Digg LinkedIn StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Buzz
Nova Scotia NDP Increases the HST by 2%
Today, as BC’s formal initiative campaign against the regressive HST begins, the Nova Scotia NDP government’s budget includes a plan to increase their HST by 2% back to the original 15% to pull in $214 million more revenue this year. This will look bad for the BC NDP unless they become more direct in their [...]
On Missing the BC NDP Provincial Executive
So the election today was disappointing, getting only 140 votes for one of the 6 Vice-President positions. The “Unity Slate” swept everyone into power that they stood for election. Great thanks go to all the people talking about the ideas I was running on, particularly the viral champions who were spreading word widely. 140 was [...]
On Carole James Being a Woman
On Monday and Tuesday I wrote about reasons I had been hearing from people about why they think we lost the election. It was a list of reasons I had heard, presented in no particular order. The only order jigging I did was to put my belief at the end, the one about engaging with [...]
Gary Mason’s Advice Fits with Think Forward BC NDP
Gary Mason’s Friday piece in the Globe and Mail has some recommendations for the BC NDP to improve its effectiveness. When you review the 7 main points in the Think Forward BC NDP consensus document, there is some strong convergence. Read them here, then review some of Mason’s points: 1. Talk about the economy more [...]
Live Blogging at Convention
My live blogging items will show up, not so much live, but on the website. Sean Holman of Public Eye Online, however, is live blogging in real time. You can read his impressions here. Share the Love: Twitter del.icio.us email RSS Facebook Google Bookmarks Digg LinkedIn StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Buzz
BC NDP Convention: 2 Hours to the Call to Order
The sun was up today in a cloudless Vancouver sky to welcome the BC NDP Convention. It has been an inspiring morning checking in with developments with the YND convention and the Women’s Caucus meeting. Delegates are starting to arrive and buzz about while I’m finalizing the ideas for my video message as candidate for [...]
BC NDP Convention Opening: Building Relationships
Convention starts in 8 hours. During these next hours, I will be at the Bayshore speaking to people about how to mobilize their vision for the party. I have some ideas I’ve been working through since 8:35 pm on May 12, 2009. Then the Think Forward BC NDP dialogue sprouted from Vancouver-Kensington’s planning to help frame [...]
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