Posts tagged as: conservative

Canada’s big right turn?

Share French paper La Presse has summed up my fear all along…. that the Canadian general public is making a right turn in social and political stance after 4 years of conservative leadership. In a La Presse column Monday, Alain Dubuc argued the Harper government’s stance on abortion funding is just another example of a [...]

Salute to Nancy Ruth

Share I may not agree with Nancy Ruth on her proposal to neutralize gender difference in our national anthem, but I do applause her courage to speak out the truth yesterday — in the capacity of a Conservative senator — when she tells womens’ groups to “shut the f* up” or else no government funding. [...]

LOL: Tories table non-abortion abortion legislation

Share These people are always trying to make baby step to chart our course towards their conservative boundaries. But this one? It’s completely laughable! What a well written article, well done G&M! Tories table non-abortion abortion legislation Globe and Mail – Let me make sure I have this right; Conservative MP Rod Bruinooge is chair [...]

Canada does invest in research eh…

Share Hmmmm…. who said our government doesn’t invest (and here) in university research? Yes, we do!… when the topic is not about the climate but religion! March 23, 2010 Canada Announces Four New Major Research Partnerships in Key Areas of Interest to Canadians OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – March 23, 2010) – Canada will have a leading [...]

This is what I fear….

Share This is what I’ve been fearing all along that this country is heading towards: Conservatives accused of ‘willfully ignoring’ contraception research Globe and Mail Jack Layton accused Stephen Harper today of adopting a “no-condoms-for-Africa strategy” for the government’s signature initiative at this summer’s G8 summit. The NDP Leader said it was “incredible” that “the [...]

Censorship, Canadian (conservative) style

Share Talking about censorship… China? Small potato. This IS how western “democracy” works. Climate-change scientists feel ‘muzzled’ by Ottawa: documents Montreal Gazette — A dramatic reduction in Canadian media coverage of climate change science issues is the result of the Harper government introducing new rules in 2007 to control interviews by Environment Canada scientists with [...]

What Canadians are conerned about is determined by…?

Share OK, PM has determined that Canadians aren’t concerned about the Afghan-detainees-gate controversy. And he told us that we only care about the economy. Well, he’s really getting closer in thinking with the Chinese Communist Party. The CCP has always believed that as long as the people flourish economically, they’ll turn a blind eye to [...]

Harper kills parliament until after Olympics… what kind of democracy Canada has?

Share I’m very, very angry. Last year when the opposition threatened to bringing down the Tories with a coalition — which is completely legal and constitutional in Canada — Harper could still remotely, barely able to justify to ask GG for a prorogue. But this year… it’s absolutely unjustifiable… it really is an abuse of [...]

Tories anti-gay??

Share With time passes as Tories continues to rule this land, something like this should be expected to happen — only more. >:( CanWest — Tourism Minister Diane Ablonczy has been stripped of responsibility for administering a major tourism funding program after she signed off on a grant for Toronto’s gay pride week. Ablonczy, who [...]

1 in 5 Canadians don’t think Tories have strength at all: poll

Share Nanos National Poll – Strengths and Weaknesses of the Conservative Government (Completed June 1) The latest Nanos poll helps one understand the overall image of the Conservative government of Canada. By asking Canadians, unprompted, to articulate their views of strengths and weaknesses we can get to the nuance of what people associate with the [...]

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