Some Thoughts on Democratic Reform
Having spent some time exploring through the discussions at the Facebook page Canadians Against Proroguing Government I have noticed many of the discussions have centered around the participants view on democratic reform. In view of Harper’s rather disturbing abuse of our parliamentary system, this is pretty understandable.
In the other Westminster style parliamentary systems throughout the [...]
We Will Remember Them
They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them
In memory of our fallen Canadians:
Sgt John Faught — Afghanistan January 16, 2010
Sgt Mark Gallagher — RCMP — Haiti January 12, [...]
Haiti Becomes Harper’s “Relief”
Since I believe in giving credit where credit is due, Harper has responded decisively to the crisis in Haiti by sending our troops and resources into the area to assist with aid and security. He was able to do this in a timely manner, the first flights arrived in Haiti on Wednesday, because of one [...]
We Will Remember Them
They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them
In memory of our fallen Canadians:
Sgt John Faught — Afghanistan January 16, 2010
Sgt Mark Gallagher — RCMP — Haiti January 12, [...]
New Year; New Look
I’m starting the year off with a new look on the blog. Seems to freshen it up. Now, it is time to get down to posting more regularly.
Let me know what you think of the new look.
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New Year; New Look
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Online Noise or Springboard to Action?
I’ve been watching a group on Facebook for the last couple of days called Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament. The group was formed on December 30th in response to Harper proroguing parliament the second time in a year. On Tuesday (Jan 5th) the group had just over 20,000 members, as of this writing it has surpassed [...]
Welcome to 2010 and The Further Decline of Democracy
Well here we go again, the start of a new year and Harper has once again shuttered Parliament for his own partisan, butt protecting purposes. He’s trying, well actually his spokespeople since he’s too arrogant to bother addressing the people he never listens to anyways, to present this closure of parliament as ‘routine’.
One of his [...]