Last week, Voices-Voix, a coalition of 200 groups and 5,000 individuals, issued a new and exhaustive report called Dismantling Democracy. It provides a detailed and frightening account of Harper’s record on democracy. rabble.ca‘s parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg summarized the report’s alarming findings.
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Annual General Meeting & Nomination Meeting
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Crescentwood Community Centre
1170 Corydon Ave (Rockwood and Corydon)
7:00 PM
Agenda:
- 7:00pm – Annual General Meeting
- 7:30pm – Nomination Meeting – our candidate is Matt Henderson
- 8:00pm – Refreshments and Campaign Kickoff
Guest speaker: James Allum, Minister of Education and Advanced Learning, NDP MLA for Fort Garry-Riverview
Entertainment by DJ Mama Cutsworth
Where next the Orange Wave?
Dan Lett’s article in the Winnipeg Free Press.
However, should Liberal support crumble, the NDP believes it could also make waves in Winnipeg South Centre and Saint Boniface.
Consider that the NDP is very close to nominating Matt Henderson, a popular and high-profile teacher at St. John’s Ravenscourt School. If Henderson is nominated, it’s a clear sign the NDP will not go quietly in that riding, which will create some sleepless nights for Jim Carr and the Grits.
Harper’s Hyperbole
Harper saved us from a Mad Max wasteland, and other hyperbole
Scott Feschuk’s blog at Macleans.ca
Stephen Harper is “the most vindictive politician I’ve ever met”
Michael Harris addresses the Unifor Regional Council, November 22, 2014.
Notes from Michael’s talk:
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TFSA increase favours the wealthy
Amanda Lang interviewed Jonathan Rhys Kesselman on his study on why doubling contribution limits is a bad idea. He was one of the architects of the TFSA.
Public Forum on the State of our Democracy
Join a compelling line-up of speakers to learn how you can inspire democratic participation in your community:
- Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, Council of Canadians
- Paul Moist, National President, Canadian Union of Public Employees
- Sylvia Boudreau, Winnipeg Indigenous Rock the Vote Co-organizer
- Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Associate Professor, University of Manitoba
Moderated by Brigette DePape, Youth Vote Campaigner, Council of Canadians.
Tuesday, May 12, 7:00 p.m.
Indian & Metis Friendship Centre, 45 Robinson St., Winnipeg, MB
Not sure if you have the proper ID to vote in the next Federal Election then visit the Voter ID Clinic. 5pm to 7pm prior to the forum.
We don’t need a surplus, we need jobs!
David Macdonald with the CCPA explains how the surplus is amazingly artificial. A good brief analysis of the budget.
2015 Budget Analysis at CCPA.
A detailed timeline of Stephen Harper’s weird, racially divided vision of Canada
Before Stephen Harper became an international laughingstock and trended on Twitter and BuzzFeed for telling women he knows best how they should dress, there was the divisive — and weird — campaign with racial overtones that came before it.
How weird? Scroll through this timeline.
The Inconvenient Truth about Harper’s Canada
A podcast of a recent panel discussion with Michael Harris and Donald Gutstein.
The panel was moderated by Kathleen Monk, a prominent media commentator who regularly appears on CBC The National’s The Insiders program.
Harris is the author of Party of One: Stephen Harper and Canada’s Radical Makeover. Harris’s comment on the 2015 Budget.
Gutstein is the author of Harperism: How Stephen Harper and his Think Tank Colleagues have Transformed Canada.