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Paulitical Satire: Donating to Charity – Sometimes Politics is All About the Love

Posted May 17th, 2012 by Paul

What politicians look like when they do something for charity, and are not self serving losers. Wait… So, yesterday’s post was well read and clearly got some people riled up. As always, human beings like to look at the darker, sinister sid…

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Beliefs and Causes

What goes round, comes round!

Posted May 12th, 2012 by Allan W Janssen

That evening he noticed a woman standing on the side of theroad, so he stopped his truck in front of her BMW and approached her to get in. She was afraid might be because no one for the last hour had stopped or so. She had a typical smile on her face with a gut [...]

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Energy

Hypocrisy revealed

Posted May 11th, 2012 by Norm Farrell

Federal Conservatives complain that environmental charities use money from outside Canada to campaign for effective regulation of energy industries. Contradicting the rhetoric, CRA records show that environmental groups are not the leading recipients o…

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Northern Insight: Hypocrisy revealed

Posted May 11th, 2012 by Norman Farrell

Federal Conservatives complain that environmental charities use money from outside Canada to campaign for effective regulation of energy industries. Contradicting the rhetoric, CRA records show that environmental groups are not the leading recipients o…

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Ethics

All the Conservatives’ corporate-like donations

Posted May 9th, 2012 by Nancy Leblanc

Well, what else would you call this happy set of events? Those SNC-Lavalin execs sure are of a like-mind politically. They all donate to the same two riding associations in Quebec too. So happenstance! A big Conservative winner from the series of donat…

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Impolitical: All the Conservatives’ corporate-like donations

Posted May 9th, 2012 by Nancy Leblanc

Well, what else would you call this happy set of events? Those SNC-Lavalin execs sure are of a like-mind politically. They all donate to the same two riding associations in Quebec too. So happenstance! A big Conservative winner from the series of dona…

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Beliefs and Causes

Not that stupid Jesus T-shirt again!

Posted May 9th, 2012 by Allan W Janssen

Well folks, this is the third time at bat for this kid here on Perspective on Canada, but the story continues to make waves, so we continue to report it! Like I said a few days ago the Perspective Research department found out that the T-Shirt is not really the point in this story, but [...]

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Northern Insight: BC Liberal closing out sale

Posted May 8th, 2012 by Norman Farrell

Monday, I linked to Guardian columnist George Monbiot, a writer whose work I often find compelling. He said: “Since the 1980s, in Britain, the US and other nations, the primary mission of governments has been to grant their sponsors in the privat…

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BC Liberal closing out sale

Posted May 8th, 2012 by Norm Farrell

Monday, I linked to Guardian columnist George Monbiot, a writer whose work I often find compelling. He said:
“Since the 1980s, in Britain, the US and other nations, the primary mission of governments has been to grant their sponsors in the private sect…

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Northern Insight: Coverup defines Conservative Party character

Posted May 5th, 2012 by Norman Farrell

If you surmise the sum of two plus two is four, you’ll be quite certain of the result, even if no independent authority confirms it. So too with Canada’s election robocall and voter suppression scandal. Listen to a fake robocall. First, Ca…

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Coverup defines Conservative Party character

Posted May 5th, 2012 by Norm Farrell

If you surmise the sum of two plus two is four, you’ll be quite certain of the result, even if no independent authority confirms it. So too with Canada’s election robocall and voter suppression scandal.

Listen to a fake robocall.

First, Canada’s Con…

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Business

Blast Furnace Canada Blog: Blast Furnace Canada Blog 2012-05-02 20:15:00

Posted May 2nd, 2012 by BlastFurnace

So today, a former exec at Ornge ™ was disputing the idea that her rapid rise from an ex-lifeguard to a top executive position there had nothing to do with her relationship with her boyfriend who ran the company.   Perhaps she is telling the truth, …

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Ethics

How bigotry survives

Posted April 27th, 2012 by Norm Farrell

For more than 25 years, the Catholic Church has been entangled in sexual abuse scandals, costing billions in settlements, debasing the church and wrecking the faith of many devout members.

BBC published a lengthy list: Catholic Church sex abuse scanda…

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Northern Insight: How bigotry survives

Posted April 27th, 2012 by Norman Farrell

For more than 25 years, the Catholic Church has been entangled in sexual abuse scandals, costing billions in settlements, debasing the church and wrecking the faith of many devout members. The BBC published a lengthy list: Catholic Church sex abuse sc…

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Ethics

*Cough*

Posted April 26th, 2012 by Nancy Leblanc

Riddle me this. How many days does it take a Harper cabinet minister to do the right thing? If you’re Bev Oda, too many! “Bev Oda coughs up cash for ‘ad hoc’ London limo rides.”International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda has agreed to repay almost $3,0…

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Impolitical: *Cough*

Posted April 26th, 2012 by Nancy Leblanc

Riddle me this. How many days does it take a Harper cabinet minister to do the right thing? If you’re Bev Oda, too many! “Bev Oda coughs up cash for ‘ad hoc’ London limo rides.” International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda…

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Blast Furnace Canada Blog: To what possible end with …

Posted April 26th, 2012 by BlastFurnace

… the “human life” thing? Yes, I’m pro-life.   Yes, I have argued here in the past there is a need to open up a debate — not necessarily on banning the abortion procedure but how far along a pregnancy is before restricti…

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An Oda apology and other notes

Posted April 25th, 2012 by Nancy Leblanc

CLICK TO ENLARGEThe cheeky folks at the Globe who do the celebrity photos have some fun with the Bev Oda Savoy swank affair. Slide 3 is devoted to Bev as well. And others, scroll through for all the fun. Also in Oda related reporting, CBC has this retr…

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Activism

CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: Adam Carroll is VikiLeaks

Posted April 24th, 2012 by Obert Madondo

The Conservatives today dragged the former Liberal party staffer behind the famous VikiLeaks30 Twitter scandal before the parliamentary Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. And they hoped to crucify Adam Carroll. Make him an…

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Crime

Blast Furnace Canada Blog: Raymond Taavel — when will enough be enough?

Posted April 18th, 2012 by BlastFurnace

Raymond Taavel, of Halifax NS may not have had the profile that Harvey Milk of San Francisco CA did more than three decades ago; but the fact Taavel was murdered probably because he was gay is nothing short of outrageous.    I was six years old whe…

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