CBC
CBC: Selective suspensions, selective viewpoints
A few days ago Christine St-Pierre, a french-language reporter at Radio-Canada (the CBC) was suspended after writing an open letter of support to our 2300…
Tag: Afghanistan
50 posts tagged "Afghanistan".
New Democratic Party of Canada
The NDP convention: Day 1
No, I’m not there… but I was planning to go. I had my accomodations secured and the bus schedule researched, but in the end it’s the NDP and I’ve got CPAC.…
Parliament of Canada
The language of defeat
This week, MPs voted by a bitterly narrow margin on whether the government should extend the Canadian mission in Afghanistan by two years. While NDP, BQ and…
Parliament of Canada
Will these MPs flip flop?
Here are a few quotes from NDP and Liberal MPs regarding the Canadian mission in Afghanistan: NDP MP Peter Stoffer: “Mr. Chair, I want to answer the question…
Jack Layton
Flap Jack
Jack Layton, in his own words: Given that our obligations in Afghanistan will end in 10 months, Parliament should soon debate and vote on a new deployment. Can…
Digital Politics
Tracking the trends
Google, the leading online search provider in the world, has released a new service called Google Trends. The service summarizes all Google searches by region…
Canadian Media
Shame on the Star
What was yesterday’s/today’s top Canadian news story? Of course, it was the repatriation of four fallen Canadian soldiers at CFB Trenton. The event was sombre…
Stephen Harper
George W. Strawman
The following quotes were taken from various media sources regarding the Conservative government’s decision on not lowering the flag to half-staff during an…
Stephen Harper
Take Note debate on Afghanistan
It seems that Stephen Harper is treating the 39th session of Parliament more like a multi-partite congregation than his predecessor ever did. Today, with a…