The Conservatives were set up to potentially trigger a marathon voting session in the House of Commons on Monday that could have delayed the tabling of the budget — until the government stepped in.
Because these tactics are only allowed on set “opposition days,” — where the other parties get to set the agenda and set the topic for debate — the Liberals tweaked the schedule to make Wednesday the opposition day instead of Monday. They then informed the other parties. #cdnpoli
Outraged residents shared pictures of their bills on Facebook. One photo showed a $523.72 water and sewer bill for a single-family unit for three months. Another invoice highlighted $719.20 for a two-month billing cycle. “There are still some people who don’t think the water/sewer rate increase is a big deal,” reads the caption. “This is the kind of evidence they need to see.”
The town will cut off water after a few months of unpaid bills. If accounts go into arrears, it will tack the charges onto back taxes. After two years of lapsed payments, a recently amended bylaw allows the town to seize the property. #onpoli
Perhaps it’s just me, but with each passing day Jason Kenney
reminds me a little more of Richard M. Nixon, the talented but deeply
flawed American president who in 1973 resigned from office rather than
be impeached by the House of Representatives and sent packing by the
Senate.
Last night’s exposé by the CBC’s Edmonton investigative
journalists, while perhaps not technically as devastating as their
previous story that the RCMP is now investigating the financial goings
on during Jeff Callaway’s 2017 “Kamikaze” United Conservative Party
leadership campaign, brightly illuminates Mr. Kenney’s Nixonian
characteristics.
The detailed CBC report by journalists Charles
Rusnell, Jennie Russell and Alison Dempster published a little before
midnight is based on what they refer to as a leaked cache of documents
and shows how Mr. Kenney’s leadership campaign team worked hand in glove
with the supposedly rival Jeff Callaway campaign to knock off the
strong challenge by Brian Jean, former leader of the Wildrose Party.
This
directly contradicts statements Mr. Kenney, and his party officials and
supporters, made at the time and more recently. The CBC shows how the
two campaigns were effectively joined at the hip, with the Kenney crew
providing the Callaway camp “with resources including strategic
political direction, media and debate talking points, speeches, videos,
and attack advertisements, all aimed at undermining Kenney’s main
political rival, Brian Jean.” In other words, in a sneaky way, they were
both part of the same campaign. This is certainly unethical – and if I
were a UCP supporter, I’d be furious – but on its own it’s probably not
illegal.
Lets be clear, Doug Ford’s government didn’t just back away from this disgusting move to remove gender identity, consent, etc from the Sex Education curriculum on a whim.
I literally protested for this this is amazing!!!!!!
#WeTheStudentsDoNotConsent
I’m not happy about lessons on sexuality and gender identity being delayed to later grades (grade 8 for gender identity is especially ridiculous) but this is better than those subjects being totally erased.
There
are lots of think tanks in Canada. Some are progressive, some are
middle of the road, but the biggest and most influential are right-wing
in their orientation. In the guise of research, the Harperist think
tanks apply the beliefs of neoliberalism to “prove” that the free market
is capable of solving humanity’s problems and that Canadians should
rely on the market – and certainly not government – to deal with
issues ranging from poverty to environmental protection. Here’s a list
of some of the think tanks that promote a Harperist agenda with their
activities.
