Continued from here.
NDP #17
For Tom Mulcair to have a hope, economic sobriety must be a given
http://www.canada.com/news/national/Tandt+Mulcair+have+hope+economic+sob...
Third Québec NDP MP facing nomination challenge
Meanwhile – and contrary to what Lysiane Gagnon wrote last weekend – between the nomination challenges to some incumbents, the 3 new Quebec seats, some retirements and a few defections, the NDP will have a decent number of new faces on its Quebec ticket, including EI rights advocate and lawyer Hans Marotte in Saint-Jean (where Tarik Brahmi is retiring), Lac Simon municipal councillor Chantel Crête in the new riding of Argenteuil-Le Petit Nation, economist Réjean Bellemare in Repentigny (where Jean-François Larose left the caucus), psychologist Marie-Josée Lemieux in the new riding of Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, posties local president Karine Trudel in Jonquière (where Claude Patry left the caucus), former Bloc MP Maria Mourani in her riding of Ahuntsic-Cartierville, apparently as many as 8 nomination contestants in Pierre Boucher-Les Patriotes-Verchères (where Sana Hassainia left the caucus), and so forth.
http://www.punditsguide.ca/2015/01/third-quebec-ndp-mp-facing-nomination...
Looks like Mulcair is open to supporting Harper's anti-terrorism bill. Is Mulcair letting Harper move the NDP to the right?
According to this French article from Radio-Canada, the NDP is showing 'cautious support' for the Conservative anti-terrorism bill:
Appui prudent du NPD au projet de loi antiterroriste conservateur
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2015/01/30/003-projet-loi...
https://twitter.com/RadioCanadaInfo/status/561264871904264192
Looks like Mulcair is open to supporting Harper's anti-terrorism bill. Is Mulcair letting Harper move the NDP to the right?According to this French article from Radio-Canada, the NDP is showing 'cautious support' for the Conservative anti-terrorism bill:
Appui prudent du NPD au projet de loi antiterroriste conservateur
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2015/01/30/003-projet-loi...
https://twitter.com/RadioCanadaInfo/status/561264871904264192
Debater, I answered this point in the thread about Liberals when I said:
I would like to have seen stronger wording from the Liberals and NDP in terms of voting against this measure, but to give them the benefit of the doubt, perhaps if they "take time to analyze" then they can come back later and say, "we're voting against this bill because of dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah," and give the Opposition more political cover than to respond with, "Harper says black, we say white."I'm sure some here will be keeping us in the loop, and the crux of the matter is how the parties vote, which I don't think either party has made a firm committment one way or another. Unfortunately it's a moot point, as the Conservatives have the votes to pass this on their own anyways.
You want to know why people accuse you of being a Liberal apologist? Because the Liberals and the NDP have taken what amounts to an identical position, and while you are right to call out and question Mulcair's approach, I don't see you doing likewise for the Liberals. And this after I went out on a limb to give both the NDP and the Liberals the benefit of the doubt on that issue.
Ruth Ellen was in BC this past weekend as one of the keynote speakers at Peter Julian's 10th anniversay as an MP celebration.
She had a steep learning curve to go from holidaying in Vegas to vVce-Chair of the Official Opposition Caucus. Ruth Ellen's both inspirational as well as impressive.
Brosseau flourishes in Commons after rough start as 'Vegas girl'
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/q-a-brosseau-flourishes-in-common...
What goes around, comes around it seems.
Conservatives face questions about taxpayer-funded mailings
Board of Internal Economy has already asked NDP to repay $1.17M for partisan mailings
Government whip John Duncan is one of 10 Conservative MPs whose mailings have been questioned in a report by House of Commons administration in response to an NDP complaint. Duncan is the Tory spokesman for the Commons' Board of Internal Economy, which will consider the report. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
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The Conservative Party may have problems of its own when it comes to inappropriate taxpayer-funded mailings, according to documents obtained by CBC News.
In recent months the Tories have been highly critical of the NDP over its use of parliamentary mailings that were deemed too partisan.
The issue with the Conservative mailings is expected to be raised at a meeting of the secretive Board of Internal Economy committee Tuesday.
But a final report prepared for the committee by House of Commons administration shows there are at least 20 mailings by Conservative MPs that raise questions.
The report says 10 Conservative MPs mailed materials that directed people to a website other than their own parliamentary website with the use of a QR code, a type of barcode that can be scanned by devices such as smartphones. The report says the code directed readers to a Conservative Party website.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservatives-face-questions-about-taxpa...
Interns would be granted federal workplace protections under NDP bill
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/interns-would-be-granted-federal-workpla...
Scammers!
Federal government interns rarely offered paid work, MP learns
Veterans Affairs employed more unpaid interns than any other department, hired only 1 for paying job
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-government-interns-rarely-offere...
Nice to know the Tories are ripping off young people, fucking slave labors, if Harper's not careful people are going to start calling the Tories the Liberal Party of Canada.
The Greens say Outlaw Internships! Push the Liberals and NDP to do the same!
Shortly
Tom Mulcair to announce NDP stance on anti-terrorism bill C-51
NDP leader speaks to reporters at 11:30 a.m. ET following weekly caucus meeting
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tom-mulcair-to-announce-ndp-stance-on-an...
There are big political risks for the NDP in challenging Harper's anti-terror Bill
A nasty political fight with very big stakes
Harper does not seem to be looking for compromise, however. He wants a wedge issue, one that will help him win seats in places that are usually tough for the Conservatives, places such as Quebec.
And, for his part, Mulcair has telegraphed that while the oversight matter may be a big issue, it is not his and his party's only concern.
The Official Opposition Leader made a cogent and reasonable case for his skeptical position in an interview with CBC Radio's Michael Enright.
He expressed concern about security forces using their new powers to -- just to cite one example -- go after Canadians who might want to non-violently "stand in the way" of pipelines.
And the NDP leader even went so far as to point out that our society's collective obsessive fear and loathing of so-called "jihadi" terrorists has more to do with the degree of publicity those jihadists get than the uniquely horrible nature of their violence.
The Democratic Republic of Congo, Mulcair pointed out, has been the scene of far more extensive and brutal violence than the Middle East, but has largely remained far off our and our media's radar. Thus we are not frightened of Congolese terrorism. We do not even object when our mining companies continue to profitably operate in that fearfully violent, conflict-wracked country.
But all of that is in the domain of rational argument, and Harper is not playing that game.
The Prime Minister's game is an appeal to irrational and inchoate fear. And, for now, he appears to be winning.
After all, even some of those who say they utterly despise Harper appear, at this point, to be convinced by his appeal to fear and fear alone.
The Liberals don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
They have agreed to support Bill C-51 before there has been even one minute of debate on it in the House -- let alone consideration, with expert witness testimony, by a House committee.
The thankless task of doing legislative due diligence and fulfilling the constitutional role of a parliamentary opposition falls to the NDP.
A number of experts and journalists are encouraging the NDP to "screw their courage to the sticking place" and give Bill C-51 a thorough going-over, without fear of anxious and terrified public opinion.
Taking up that challenge will win the Official Opposition respect among members of that distinct minority group.
But how will it impress the voters, especially in the NDP's current stronghold of Quebec?
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/karl-nerenberg/2015/02/there-are-big-pol...
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The NDP is standing alone, tall, and courageous, and is opposing Bill C-51. Excellent!
Thanks josh
Appreciated
If this keeps up Harper may find that fewer and fewer Canadians side with his principles
Although sad because he was accurate, I particularly enjoyed reading Ralph Nadar's letter to PM Harper today that was published here at rabble.
Ménage en vue au NPD
http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/politique-canadienne/201502/...
Uncensored Afghan detainee reports sought by NDP MP Craig Scott
Afghan detainee issue 'will not and must not go away,' former law professor says
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/uncensored-afghan-detainee-reports-sough...
NDP MP Peter Stoffer targets omnibus legislation with 'Stop the Bus' bill
Peter Stoffer's private member's bill takes aim at leviathan-like bills that make scrutiny difficult
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-mp-peter-stoffer-targets-omnibus-leg...
So standing up for the protection of family pets is going to destroy Canada's economy, eh!
Tory MP: NDP's 'Radical Animal Rights Agenda' Would Cripple Economy
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/02/18/robert-sopuck-ndp-animal-rights-...
If the fear is "irrational" and "incohate", our best strategy is to educate.
NDP ‘family feud’ showdown on Hamilton Mountain set for March 29
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5450924-ndp-family-feud-showdown-on-ha...
Interesting, that seat has been NDP since 2006, let's see if the NDP keep it this election in spite of a nasty nomination battle.
If you actually read the article and not just looked at the blatantly dishonest and unprincipled title you'd know there is no nasty nomination battle, that everybody is being respectful and honorable in the contest.
Tom Mulcair’s NDP will strengthen the mining industry
NDP leader Tom Mulcair outlined his plan to support Canada’s mining industry in a speech to the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC).
“Unlike the Conservatives who have put mining on the back burner, the NDP understands that this industry drives prosperity in Canada,” said Mr. Mulcair. “Canada’s New Democratic government will work with industry, aboriginal communities and the education sector to ensure mining and mineral processing create economic opportunities for a prosperous Canada.”
An Innovation Tax Credit, reducing the small business tax rate and extending the accelerated capital cost allowance for machinery are all part of the NDP plan. These measures will support the small businesses and contractors that are the backbones of mining communities and help mining companies hurt by the Conservatives’ cuts to support for capital intensive R&D.
Tom Mulcair also pledged that an NDP Government would create a respectful "Nation-to-Nation" relationship with Canada's First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples. “Everything our Government does will respect Treat Rights, Inherent Rights and Canada's International obligations. This will ensure that all proposed investments will enjoy greater certainty. Sustainable development principles will be a reality under an NDP Government".
“These are concrete, practical proposals to strengthen our economy and make it work for Canadians,” added Mr. Mulcair.
http://www.ndp.ca/news/tom-mulcairs-ndp-will-strengthen-mining-industry
game changerTom Mulcair’s NDP will strengthen the mining industry
NDP leader Tom Mulcair outlined his plan to support Canada’s mining industry in a speech to the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC).
“Unlike the Conservatives who have put mining on the back burner, the NDP understands that this industry drives prosperity in Canada,” said Mr. Mulcair. “Canada’s New Democratic government will work with industry, aboriginal communities and the education sector to ensure mining and mineral processing create economic opportunities for a prosperous Canada.”
An Innovation Tax Credit, reducing the small business tax rate and extending the accelerated capital cost allowance for machinery are all part of the NDP plan. These measures will support the small businesses and contractors that are the backbones of mining communities and help mining companies hurt by the Conservatives’ cuts to support for capital intensive R&D.
Tom Mulcair also pledged that an NDP Government would create a respectful "Nation-to-Nation" relationship with Canada's First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples. “Everything our Government does will respect Treat Rights, Inherent Rights and Canada's International obligations. This will ensure that all proposed investments will enjoy greater certainty. Sustainable development principles will be a reality under an NDP Government".
“These are concrete, practical proposals to strengthen our economy and make it work for Canadians,” added Mr. Mulcair.
http://www.ndp.ca/news/tom-mulcairs-ndp-will-strengthen-mining-industry
Sorry, but f*** mining.
Sorry, but f*** mining.
Then where do you expect to find the constituent components you need for your computer or whatever electronic device through which you participate in babble?
Recycle. There is enough shit out there.
Also, there are huge areas where shit was just buried over the past 200 years. It is poisonous, and needs to be dug up, cleaned, and recycled. Mining is not the way we are going to heal this planet.
Burst Confed Building pipe leaves Stoffer dreaming of office reno
https://www.hilltimes.com/heard-on-the-hill/hill-life-people/2015/03/02/...
NDP asks federal info watchdog to probe email deletion by former Kenney aide
http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2015/03/05/ndp-asks-federal-info-watchd...
Last month on February 6, Rosane Doré Lefebvre's private member's bill C-608 passed! It will become law once it receives royal assent. Here's a bit of background on it: link.
Bill C-608 is An Act Respecting a National Day of the Midwife. The international day of the midwife is on May 5. This bill will officially recognize this day nationally here in Canada, to give more recognition and respect to midwives.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/john-lennon-and-yoko-ono-bed-in-ima...
A man named John Urban discovered a bunch of old negatives of John and Yoko's Bed in for Peace in his place. From the article:
Urban is certain he didn't take the photos.He said that if he can't track down the photographer, he will auction off the never-before seen photos.
"I have no idea if they have value or not," he said, adding that he would donate whatever funds raised evenly between the New Democratic Party and Amnesty International.
John Urban sounds like a very cool guy.
So the NDP has a mission here.
Keep the Pontiac seat they won in the lat election, and take Finley and Poilievre down in their respective ridings as well in the next election.
And the NDP needs to start now!
Patrick Brazeau suggests Diane Finley pulled Quebec funds when NDP won seat
NDP MP for Pontiac, Que., 'extremely disturbed' by allegations, writes to ethics commissioner
A sly tweet from a suspended former Conservative senator has triggered a New Democrat MP to call on the federal ethics watchdog to investigate Public Works Minister Diane Finley over what he describes as a "potential pattern" of breaking conflict of interest rules.
On Tuesday night, just hours after Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson had released a report that found Finley had breached the Conflict of Interest Act by circumventing the standard approval process to give more than a million dollars in federal funding to a Markham-based community centre, suspended Senator Patrick Brazeau took to Twitter to accuse the minister of practising similarly questionable politics in Pontiac during the last election:
Megan Leslie roils Libs & Cons on CTV QP
NDP Deputy Leader Megan Leslie and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety Roxanne James appear on a panel on CTV's Question Panel Sunday, March 15.
Published Sunday, March 15, 2015 10:31AM EDT
Last Updated Sunday, March 15, 2015 12:08PM EDT
NDP Deputy Leader Megan Leslie is brushing off recent rifts among NDP MPs about the face-covering niqab, saying everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
Leslie made the comments on CTV’s Question Period shortly after fellow NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice, one of the party's most outspoken Quebec MPs, said he doesn't think public servants should be allowed to cover their faces.
"I think we can all have personal feelings about all kinds of topics, but if you're a legislator, you have to look at what is reasonable and sound public policy," said Leslie.
Leslie said she thinks women should be allowed to wear a niqab at citizenship ceremonies -- and she said she did not agree with Boulerice that face coverings should banned for those in the public service.
"I don't know why a niqab would be a barrier to doing that job," said Leslie.
Leslie joins veteran NDP MPs Pat Martin and Paul Dewar in her thinking, who also disagree with Boulerice about niqabs in the public service.
Leslie brushed off accusations from Roxanne James, parliamentary secretary to the minister of public safety, and Liberal trade critic Chrystia Freeland that the NDP is talking out of both sides of their mouth on the niqab debate.
"This is why people are turned off of politics. I'm sitting here with two colleagues who said, ‘Oh you said something that's a quarter of an inch different from what someone else said.' Come on," said Leslie.
The niqab debate heated up last week when Prime Minister Stephen Harper told the House of Commons that the niqab is rooted in a culture that is "anti-women."
"Why would Canadians, contrary to our own values, embrace a practice at that time that is not transparent, that is not open and frankly is rooted in a culture that is anti-women," Harper said Tuesday in question period.
Harper’s comment came days after Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau accused him of stoking prejudice against Muslims as a part of his anti-terrorism agenda. Last month, Harper appealed a court ruling that struck down a ban on face coverings worn during citizenship ceremonies.
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has said he agrees with the judge's decision to strike down the ban on wearing a niqab while taking the oath of citizenship. He has also accused Harper of fuelling "Islamaphobia."
Boulerice has called for a pan-Canadian commission to find a consensus on how far the country should go to accommodate minority religious and cultural practices.
Culture war in Parliament
Broader discussions of religion, culture and politics dominated Parliament Hill last week after Trudeau's major speech Monday night where he compared the Tories' current treatment of Muslims to the Second World War policies restricting Jews from entering Canada.
James called Trudeau's comments "outrageous."
But despite the heavy criticism from Conservatives and Jewish groups, Freeland said she was proud of Trudeau's speech Monday night.
"I have never been prouder to be a Liberal and to be a member of Team Trudeau than when Justin delivered that incredible speech and that incredible statement of what it means to be Canadian,” said Freeland.
Leslie criticized the Liberals and Conservatives' bickering over Trudeau's Holocaust comment.
"I have to sit there in the House and watch the Liberals and Conservatives trade Holocaust barbs to see who can have the worst Holocaust reference. You know what. There's nothing that compares to the Holocaust.
With files from the Canadian Press
http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ndp-s-megan-leslie-brushes-off-party-rift...
NDP would end tax break for 'CEOs on stock options' and give money to poor: Mulcair
Mulcair said tax loopholes primarily benefit wealthy Canadians, including corporate CEOs who use them to reduce the tax paid when they cash in their stock options
NDP would end tax break for 'CEOs on stock options' and give money to poor: Mulcair
Mulcair said tax loopholes primarily benefit wealthy Canadians, including corporate CEOs who use them to reduce the tax paid when they cash in their stock options
This is why I vote NDP.
I am a "middle income" Canadian. But I want a government that does not just pander to what it thinks is my personal self interest. I want policies that give us a stronger society, greater social justice. I am always happy when I see an acknowledgment that the so-called middle class is not our only priority.
Hat's off Tom.
Roy Romanow says Harper Conservatives "missing in action" on health care
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/video-roy-romanow-says-harper-conser...
Roy Romanow says Harper Conservatives "missing in action" on health care
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/video-roy-romanow-says-harper-conser...
I don't agree.
They are not missing from the field. They are fighting hard -- against medicare.
Agreed.
Stephen Harper’s anti-niqab rhetoric helps terrorist recruiters, Charles Taylor says
Taylor said Harper is fuelling anti-Muslim sentiment and that, in turn, makes alienated Muslim Canadians easier targets for recruitment by radical Islamist terrorists.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/03/28/stephen-harpers-anti-niqab...
Any NDP nominations still available - what about Charles Taylor and Julius Grey?
Economy a higher priority than terrorism for Canadian voters: poll
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/economy-a-higher-priority-t...
If the NDP can gain more traction on the economic file, it will help them close the deal with more people. NDP calls to diversify the economy away from hydrocarbons will be well-received, and perhaps shore up a vote being eroded by the Greens.
Ethics commissioner dismisses counter-complaint Vic Toews made against Pat Martin
Cut the bullshit NDP and start talking about representing all Canadians. Your nonsense about focusing on some imaginary middle class is beginning to sound like the shit Harper projects for the one percenters. We have had 50 years now of right-wing Reaganomics and there is basically no more middle class left in Canada.
Against aspiration
https://lukesavage.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/against-aspiration/
Did we do away with the polling thread?
Latest EKOS:
NDP - 29
CPC - 28
LPC - 27
And apparently Forum also has a poll with the NDP in first (as per Twitter). Both polls with regionals to be released soon.
Did we do away with the polling thread?
Latest EKOS:
NDP - 29
CPC - 28
LPC - 27
And apparently Forum also has a poll with the NDP in first (as per Twitter). Both polls with regionals to be released soon.
Look right above on the acitve topics.
Ah, didn't notice the election sub forum. Thanks!
Did we do away with the polling thread?
Latest EKOS:
NDP - 29
CPC - 28
LPC - 27
And apparently Forum also has a poll with the NDP in first (as per Twitter). Both polls with regionals to be released soon.
Look right below on the acitve topics.