Posts Tagged “election2008”
Environmental politics over the long term
by Luke Rodgers on October 21, 2008
According to George Monbiot,
While prime ministers in Italy and eastern Europe are demanding a bonfire of environmental measures in order to save the economy, in the UK politicians from all the major parties have made the connection between environmental destruction (…)
Launch of ReallyNotALeader.ca
by Luke Rodgers on September 30, 2008
I began work on this site late last week, and am launching it today, with a bit less content than I had hoped, but with a decent start.
ReallyNotALeader aims to make plain the many ways in which Stephen Harper fails (…)
Reason 3 not to vote for the Conservatives: who cuts literacy funding?
by Luke Rodgers on September 12, 2008
We could be doing worse, but research does show that Canada has a literacy problem.
So, if that’s the case, why would the Conservatives cut $17.7 million CDN from adult and family literacy programs? This is old news, but it made (…)
Reason 2 not to elect the Conservatives: stupid and destructive climate change policy
by Luke Rodgers on September 10, 2008
After they were done pointing the finger at Paul Martin’s LIberals for dropping the ball on Kyoto (which, though a reasonable accusation, is ridiculous coming from Stephen Harper or John Baird) and had finally caved to public pressure on addressing (…)
Reason 1 not to elect the Conservatives: trashy campaigning
by Luke Rodgers on September 10, 2008
As this Reuters article notes, Stephen Harper today found himself apologizing for a Conservative attack-ad website (notaleader.ca – I’m not going to give it my link juice) on Liberal leader Stéphane Dion in which a Puffin flies behind Dion and (…)
