Category: canadian election

Follow all of my rants concerning the upcoming Canadian Election. It’ll be fun. I promise you. And if you don’t like what I have to say, then off to the Tar Sands with you!!

October 11, 2008

Canadian Election: Cadman Tape Not Altered

From this CBC story : A tape recording at the centre of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s $3.5-million defamation suit against the Liberal party was not altered as the prime minister has claimed, a court-ordered analysis of the tape by Harper’s own audio expert has found. What does this mean?  It means Harper isn’t fit to run as Prime Minister. Harper has made a mockery of […]

October 10, 2008

Save the Planet: Stop Harper

Avaaz.org has mobilized a noble effort to stop Harper.  I was kind of ignoring their pleas to make donations. Until now. I just made a financial pledge and I encourage you to do the same.  They are using contributions for media spots (mostly radio) in the ridings where they believe (and I do as well) that they can make a difference. Please feel free to […]

October 10, 2008

Afghanistan: Karzai’s Brother Linked to Heroin Trade?

This report is a little stale , but this report came out yesterday . I’ll get to the connection in a sec.  You can probably guess where it’s going to go. But first, allow me to rant about the cost of the Afghan mission.  Why is that Conservatives are so inept when it comes to managing budgets.  They pretend they are fiscally responsible.  They are […]

October 9, 2008

Canadian Election: The Harper Conservatives Absent Again

Democratic Media did a survey of all major Canadian political parties, asking about a range of issues related to media, including net neutrality and the CBC.  The Conservatives refused to respond. Really.  What the hell are the Conservatives afraid of that they can’t even spend 10 minutes to fill in a basic questionnaire? Why are the Conservatives so silent on these kind of things?  Who […]