Flaherty In Hot Water.. Idle No More Poll.. Paul Martin Slams Tories

January 17, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Flaherty Tried To Influence CRTC Decision OTTAWA - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty urged the federal broadcast regulator to grant a radio licence to a company in his Ontario riding even though government rules on cabinet responsibility forbid ministers from influencing the decisions of administrative tribunals. Continue reading... Canadians Lined Up Against Idle No More Movement Martin: Tories Have No Idea What They're Talking About Hall Findlay Attacks Harper On 'Blind, Unilateral Support Of Israel' Deborah Coyne's Trudeau Memoir Sparks Debate On Politicians' Personal Lives (TWITTER) Sue-Ann Levy 'Racist' Tweet: Columnist Mocks Kristyn Wong-Tam's Outfit Idle No More Protesters Gather At Busiest Border Crossing Is Stephen Harper's Twitter Account Run By Someone Else? Idle No More, Theresa Spence Lack Support, Poll Shows A Love Letter to Harper From the Oil Industry Bill C-304: Hate Speech Clause's Repeal Gives White Supremacists Rare Moment Of Glee Student Loan Borrowers' Personal Information Lost By Human Resources And Skills Development Canada GYASI ROSS Still Don't Know What #IdleNoMore Is About? Here's a Cheat-Sheet The #IdleNoMore Movement is not a new movement. Instead, it is the latest incarnation of the sustained Indigenous resistance to the rape, pillage and exploitation of this continent and its women that has existed since 1492. For those transfixed on race, you're missing the point. Please consider this a fairly exhaustive explanation of the #IdleNoMore movement, what it is not and what it is. Continue reading... J.J. MCCULLOUGH Media Bites: Are We Heroes, Or Was Mali Just On the Way? If you like your tales of Canadian do-gooding to be humble and cutesy, I imagine you'll be charmed to learn that the primary reason why our air force intervened in Mali this week was because we were already in the neighbourhood. Once you begin to watch the headlines, it becomes harder to ignore the decidedly inelegant possibly that Canadian foreign policy is actually governed by much of the same lazy logic as the rest of Canadian life -- namely, we'll do whatever's cheap, fast, popular, and easy, and -- if time and cost permits -- right. Continue reading... KEITH BEARDSLEY Theresa Spence: Stop the Hunger Strike and Hold Harper to Account Today's "National Day of Action" gives Chief Theresa Spence another opportunity to declare a victory over holding the government to account and another opportunity to call off her "hunger" strike. By not doing so she risks further polarizing and dividing the movement and First Nations leadership. The government is left with few options. It must still negotiate with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and National Chief Shawn Atleo, as it has to be seen to be engaged and working to make change possible, sooner rather than later. Continue reading... YAN ROBERTS A Love Letter to Harper From the Oil Industry The Harper government is blatantly adhering to the interests of one industry over the broader interests of all Canadians, and over the fundamental protection of our land and waters. What are we to make of how easy a time these industry lobbyists had at furthering their own interests? Continue reading... JONATHAN SCOTT How Kathleen Wynne Will Win Wynne, the Liberal lioness of caucus, got into politics to fight Mike Harris and protect schools. She's ready to beat this Conservative Leader of the Opposition too. But first, her priority is to do the peoples' business at Queen's Park without delay. She's ready to govern the province. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.