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The “Help Stephen Harper Name His Next Senator” Challenge127 comments

Scott Feschuk wrote 1 week ago: *Update: Challenge winner announced in the Comments below. In today’s Ottawa Notebook, Jane Taber de … more →

Tags: Feschuk on the Famous, Andrew Coyne, Scott Feschuk, Stephen Harper

Bill C-6 - Precursor to Codex Alimentarius2 comments

atomcat wrote 1 month ago: Editor: I received the information below via email today and decided to make some phone calls.  I sp … more →

Tags: Canada, Bill C-6, Bill C-6 - Precursor to Codex Alimentarius, canadian government bill c-6, Codex Alimentarius, Dr. Rima Laibow, food freedom, Ottawa, Shawn Buckley

Women's History Month

andrewdsmith wrote 1 month ago: In honour of women’s history month, the Ottawa Citizen newspaper published this quiz designed … more →

Tags: In The News, famous five, Women's History Month, Senate, senate reform, unelected Senate

Controlling the Senate14 comments

redtory wrote 3 months ago: Does anyone on planet Earth (aside from these two guys) really give a toss whether the Conservatives … more →

Tags: wingnuts, You Know He’s Drunk, Pictou Mike, Socialist Gulag Guy

Saying One Thing – Doing Another 58 comments

redtory wrote 3 months ago: It’s the hypocrisy, stupid. To be honest, I don’t really have any problem with Harper’s appointments … more →

Tags: conservative hypocrisy, STEPHEN HARPER Govrnment of Canada, “Grit Girl”

The myth of political vendetta in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Airbus Affair investigation, the politics of Brian Mulroney and Jean Chretien, and some social undercurrents in Canada (Part 6)

Feng Gao wrote 5 months ago: (Continued from Part 5, previous blog post) American James C. Kopp, long-time anti-abortion activist … more →

Tags: News and politics, Airbus Affair, Canadian politics and social undercurren, Jean Chretien, Gun Control, Brian Mulroney, Gary Romalis, James Kopp, Jean-Claude Angers, Allan Rock

Sheila Finestone dead at 82

mmasooga wrote 6 months ago: My condolences to family and friends – she was a great help in time of tremendous need. Finest … more →

Tags: Sheila Finestone, Liberal Party of Canada, Jewish community worker

adventures of the karate kid24 comments

shmohawk wrote 7 months ago: Otherwise known as Patrick Brazeau, the youngest person ever appointed to the Canadian “cash-f … more →

Tags: Aboriginal peoples, Canada, Canadian politics, Canadian Politics, Indigenous peoples, Human Rights, Patrick Brazeau, tokenism, Stephen Harper

The Strange Case of Donna Routliffe1 comment

mediamelon wrote 7 months ago: This story is further proof of why the Senate and its members have little credibility with most Cana … more →

Tags: Donna Routliffe, Senator Colin Kenny

Mike Duffy's Maiden Speech

mediamelon wrote 10 months ago: Mike Duffy rose in the Senate this week to give high praise to Prime Minister Harper’s budget. … more →

Tags: Senator Mike Duffy, Premier Robert Ghiz, Premier Danny Williams, Vice President Spiro Agnew

Here's A Tip: Don't Get Old

Adrian MacNair wrote 11 months ago: Two seemingly unrelated articles in the news yesterday that I present for your scrutiny. The first r … more →

Tags: military widows, B.C. Supreme Court, Patrick Brazeau

what is at stake is not the Canadian senate but rather the shape and scope of the stimulus package

casuist wrote 11 months ago: In an Ottawa Citizen story titled Harper’s message to the Senate is change or die: minister, w … more →

Tags: Political communication, Economic Crisis, Mia Rabson, ottowa citizen, federal conservative government, Canada, Canadian Politics, manitoba liberal senator sharon carstairs, steven fletcher

P.M. Harper makes Senate appointments5 comments

totalrecoil wrote 11 months ago: Today (December 22nd) Prime Minister Stephen Harper bit the bullet and made 18 appointments to the S … more →

Tags: Canadian Politics, Politics, Canadian Senate appointments, Harper and Senate

Senate Solution

mediamelon wrote 11 months ago: The Rodney Dangerfield of public institutions, the ‘Canadian Senate’, gets little respec … more →

Tags: Stephen Harper, Senate vacancies, abolish Senate, tom brodbeck

I'll back Jack on Senate whack

PolicyFrog wrote 2 years ago: It’s a rare day — a very rare day — that I’ll agree with Jack Layton on anyt … more →

Tags: Jack Layton, Senate, triple-e senate, senate referendum

Precarious Stability

epimetheus wrote 2 years ago: In California and Nevada there are hundreds of large stones which appear to be balanced precariously … more →

Tags: Canada, Electoral Reform

Dr Sheila Laredo's Senate Testimony on ABA as Evidence Based Autism Intervention

autismrealitynb wrote 2 years ago: [Dr. Sheila Laredo, above right, with lawyer Mary Ebert] The Canadian Senate heard testimony from a … more →

Tags: ABA, Applied Behavior Analysis, autism disorder, Dr. Sheila Laredi, evidence based interventions


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