[Image-1] UPDATE: The Springtide Collective (5555 Bloomfield Street) and Lion & Bright (2534 Agricola Street) are also both hosting election night parties tonight. Monday night in Canada will be one of the most important evenings for the nation in recent memory. And also there will be an election. While the Toronto Blue Jays take on […]
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Communist candidate keeps the democratic fight alive
[Image-1] Are you considering voting for the Conservative Party in this upcoming federal election? If so, local Marxist-Leninist candidate Allan Bezanson is curious to know: “Are you nuts?” This 67-year-old anti-war activist and founding member of the No Harbour for War organization isn’t wasting his time on Harper enthusiasts. But he isn’t spending his campaign […]
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Strategic voting won’t work and is bad for Canada
[Image-1] There are a lot of people in Canada who don’t like Stephen Harper. A majority of voters, in fact, have tried in vain to replace our sitting government over the last couple of elections, only to watch as the Conservatives march to victory through the fractured left of the Liberals, NDP and Greens. So, […]
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Mr. Harper, you are a threat to Canada
[Image-1] Stephen Harper was sworn in as Canada’s 22nd prime minister on February 6, 2006. Nine years later and the only changes that have been made are for the worse. Canada is under attack and we all need to wake up and see the light. Harper’s government makes the city of Halifax the true demographic […]
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Stephen Harper’s war against the arts
“Country roads take me home, to the place I belong, West Alberta, Mountain momma,” belts Stephen Harper, his Kermit The Frog-esque voice going flat when the notes escape him, stage lights dancing off his Lego-like coif, at last year’s Conservative Christmas party. Bopping his chin robotically, he also busts into a nasally rendition of Guns […]
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Big promises and plans for the country
[Image-1] NDP The NDP are promising four years of balanced budgets. They want to raise corporate taxes to 17 percent and invest $100 million annually to create 40,000 jobs, paid internship and co-op placements for youth. One of their biggest platform points is imposing a $15 an hour minimum wage, but this would only apply […]
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Vote couture: Election night fashions for every party
[Image-1] Politicians aren’t necessarily known for their fashionable prowess. (Google “Stephen Harper leather vest” for all the evidence needed.) That doesn’t mean politics and fashion are mutually exclusive though. This election, no matter which party’s victory/losing party you’re attending, you can do so in style. NDP[Image-2] The election comes at a particularly fortuitous time for […]
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The damage of the Harper years
[Image-1] In hushed tones, speaking on conditions of anonymity, one hears a remarkably similar refrain from front-end federal government monitoring staff who were once—and theoretically still are—tasked with environmental regulatory enforcement: There’s no time anymore. So keep your head down and just go through the motions. The back-end staff, office-bound folks who might, say, prepare […]
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The not-so-amazing race, Canada
[Image-1] The anticipated dog days of August in Canada’s Ocean Playground caught few people by surprise. Three provinces away, neither did the dissolution of Parliament. Aside from customary sunny periods and high temperatures, Nova Scotians and others across the land were exposed to the elements of an early federal election call when prime minister Stephen […]
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Stronger environmental leadership needed in Ottawa
[Image-1] “Would you ever consider running?” Most people would answer this question with an emphatic “No.” Politicians are almost universally reviled, and few people are attracted to the idea of putting one’s life on hold and placing everything on the line, just to become a professional receptacle for everyone’s pet complaint. As a result, politics […]
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Refusing to vote is not an effective way to criticize Canada
[Image-1] We are constantly being told that the dismal representation of “young people” at polls in recent elections displays a political apathy that threatens the nation. What utter bullshit. From where I sit, the level of political awareness and engagement of youth in Canada and the First Nations of Turtle Island is unprecedented. Low voter […]
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Everything you can wear to a citizenship ceremony
[Image-1] Despite continued Conservative efforts to ban the niqab during citizenship ceremonies, there remain precious few government regulations stopping prospective new Canadians from wearing tacky political branding and hideous corporate swag. According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, there are no dress requirements for new Canadians attending their citizenship ceremony beyond “business casual.” Applicants may also […]
