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More Christians Should Vote NDP

I am reading this book Armaggedon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada by Marci McDonald, an I am frustrated by how many Christians (Almost All Denominations) vote for Harper and the Conservatives.

There are many quotes from the New Testament where Jesus addresses economic inequality. The most condemning is James 5: 1-5, "

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Jul 19, 2019

Canada's fossil fuel industry may soon face the fate of the beaver

David J. Climenhaga

"Canada is never going to run out of oil, just like we never ran out of beavers." Alas, notes economist Jim Stanford, that doesn't mean there will always be a market for the stuff.

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Jul 18, 2019

Animals on factory farms left unprotected by new animal welfare law

Linda McQuaig

While new legislation will help protect a relatively small number of animals from sexual abuse, it provides no protection for animals living miserable lives trapped inside factory farms.

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Jul 18, 2019

Advice to Kenney's cabinet: curb your enthusiasms, one conspiracy theory at a time

David J. Climenhaga

If the UCP doubles down and announces another inquiry, this time into foreign pharma funding of propaganda to sell Naloxone kits, we'll know they've gone over the edge.

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Jul 16, 2019

Yet another annual message to the Calgary Stampede: don't hurt animals for entertainment

David J. Climenhaga

This barbaric and pointless activity should be an embarrassment to every Albertan.

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Jul 15, 2019

So Justin Trudeau said nothing new, but why did his pipeline presser make Conservatives so angry?

David J. Climenhaga

Announcements that don't contain much news are absolutely a staple of democratic politics, and Conservatives are masters of the art form.

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Jul 14, 2019

Andrew Scheer would let Canadians rot in foreign jails before giving up an electoral edge

David J. Climenhaga

John McCallum deserves credit for telling the truth and looking out for Canadians in peril. For this he's excoriated by Conservatives and tossed under the bus by the Liberals.

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Jul 12, 2019

Where's the urgency in the NDP's politics?

Rick Salutin

Forget the past. What youth are most serious about is the present, in which they're starting to drown. Urgency may be the socialism of today.

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Jul 12, 2019

Ford, Scheer and Kenney deliver flapjacks and havoc at Calgary Stampede

Antonia Zerbisias

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How fitting that a wrecking crew of conservatives met at the Calgary Stampede where they sported cowboy hats and jeans, flipped pancakes for the cameras and fumed about the federal carbon tax.

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Jul 11, 2019

NDP remains committed to democratic socialism, despite claims to the contrary

Bill Blaikie

A reference to the NDP having removed "socialism" from the preamble to its constitution at the 2013 NDP convention has had surprising longevity -- given that it is not true.

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