Driving The Porcelain Bus

Political views and news from a Canadian social-democratic perspective.

Thursday, 6 March 2008

NAFTA - Worst Agreement Ever Signed by A Canadian Government

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I always figured that NAFTA was going to be very very bad for Canada and great for heads of large international corporations. And, over the ...
Monday, 3 March 2008

I Hope This Goes To Court - Re: Harper Sues Liberals

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Just reported in the Globe, Harper Sues Dion, Key Liberals, For Libel. If the allegations are true, then the Liberals will stick to their gu...
Friday, 29 February 2008

Smoking Gun on the Cadman Story

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Chuck Cadman's daughter just revealed that her dad told her about the million dollar insurance policy bribe while on his deathbed.
Saturday, 1 December 2007

Dion Admits To Propping Up the Conservatives, And, The Liberals May Return to Being An Opposition Party

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Today in the Globe & Mail , Dion admits to propping up the Conservatives and hints that the Liberals may return to being an actual oppos...
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Sunday, 25 November 2007

Stephen Harper: A Mistake Canada Must Never Repeat

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Stephen Harper, at the wrap up of the Commonwealth Summit, described the Kyoto Accord as a mistake the world must never repeat. What shame ...
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Saturday, 24 November 2007

Yet Another Reason to Kick The Buttheads Out!

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Stephen Harper is embarrassing Canada yet again, this time in the Commonwealth meeting by holding out against the other countries (I don...
Wednesday, 31 October 2007

Liberal-Conservative Coalition Government

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Who would have thought that the Liberals would form a coalition government with the Conservatives? Well, they virtually have by abstaining o...
Tuesday, 30 October 2007

Stop SPP!

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Thanks to A Creative Revolution for posting about this new development about SPP . Find out more about SPP at this NDP site Under the SPP, ...
Saturday, 27 October 2007

The NDP Vision For Canada

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As posted in The Toronto Star today. ...Mr. Harper's government is taking Canada in the wrong direction. Most Canadians know it. We feel...
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Tuesday, 23 October 2007

You Tell 'Em Jack!

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As I've been saying, the Liberals are not doing the job their constituents elected them to do, they aren't acting as the official op...
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Afghan Poll Suspect and Contradictory

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The Canadian Peace Alliance brings up questions about the poll. There are still many other unanswered questions about this survey. For examp...
Thursday, 18 October 2007

NDP on the Rise

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According to the latest Environics poll (of 2,047 Canadians), the NDP's popularity is on the rise. The significant areas are: Atlantic ...
Wednesday, 17 October 2007

Dion and the Liberals Wimp Out - Tells Canadians to Bend Over for Stephen Harper

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What Stephane Dion is really telling Canadians by abstaining - "Bend over for Harper, Canada!" Today Stephane Dion and the Liberal...
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Jack Layton Most Popular Leader in Quebec!

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Thanks to Le Revue Gauche for bringing this story to light : Jack Layton, NDP leader, has the highest score for leadership in Quebec in a re...
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Thursday, 11 October 2007

MMP - The Aftermath and The Future

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Nothing much changed with this election. The number of seats changed only by one (one less for the Liberals, and one more for the Conservati...
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Tuesday, 9 October 2007

Why Should Liberals Vote for MMP?

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Read the post at democraticSPACE. Great post. But, of note is the comment by Dean Sherratt: I agree because at this moment the “other partie...
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If MMP Is So Great For Party Bosses, How Come They Are Fighting It So Hard?

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John Torry and the Conservatives have come out swinging today against MMP. Included in their tirade is the usual pack of lies about MMP. St...
Saturday, 6 October 2007

Ontario Referendum Picker Quiz v.2

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Here is an updated version of the Referendum Picker Quiz. This is a quiz to help you chose how to vote in the referendum on Oct. 10 2007 in ...
Thursday, 4 October 2007

You Tell'Em Howie!

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Howard Hampton, leader of the Ontario Provincial NDP, took the mainstream media to task today for focusing on issues that are not at the to...
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Thor Takes On The NoMMP's "The Truth About MMP" Page

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The following Question and Answer session is from the www.nommp.ca site's "The Truth About MMP" page. After reading it, I dec...
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Wednesday, 3 October 2007

Angus Reid Puts the Spin On Democracy in Canada

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Angus Reid is reporting that Canadians are satisfied with democracy but split on the system. But, if you look closely at the actual numbers ...
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MMP - Mixed Member Proportional Quiz

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This is a quiz to see if you know the facts about MMP. It mainly focuses on the common myths about MMP. Questions 1) With the Mixed Member P...

Tom Kent at the Globe & Mail for MMP

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It's nice to see another major newspaper run commentaries supporting progress: With electoral reform, politicians will have less incenti...

Andrew Coyne on MMP and the "appointed" issue.

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Today in Andrew's column , he sets things straight on how the List candidates are chosen: MMP Does Not Mean Appointed Party Hacks.
Tuesday, 2 October 2007

Facebook MMP Ontario Groups - Yes vs No

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I did a count tonight of the number of Ontario MMP groups, either for or against MMP. There were 29 Yes groups, with a total of 7580 members...
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MMP or FPTP - Referendum Picker Quiz (version 1)

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UPDATE For the more serious poll, version 2, go to this link: Referendum Picker Quiz v.2 This is a quiz to help you chose how to vote in the...
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A Refresher for Those Who Are New To MMP And Have Been Swayed By The No Side.

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More and more people in Ontario are just becoming aware of what MMP is. As more people are informed about it, more people are supporting it....
Monday, 1 October 2007

Debunking "Former Police Officer Paul Gillespie's" Claims About MMP

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I received an email the other day that was full of un-truths about MMP and the Referendum coming up in Ontario on Oct. 10, 2007. I agree tha...
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