Monthly Archives: September 2008

DOC at Word on the Street

We’ll be at Word on the Street tomorrow supporting the Canadian Literary community. We will have  the ABC “Anything but Conservative” buttons and details the upcoming Department of Culture events.
If you want to help out, we are meeting at September 28, 2008 11:00 EDT at the Second Cup (just west of Avenue at Bloor St.).  [...]

Press Release: This Is Not A Conservative Party

For Immediate Release: September 26, 2008
Please add this information to your listings.
The Department of Culture presents
THIS IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE PARTY!
ROCKING THE VOTE RIGHT ACROSS CANADA
THURSDAY OCTOBER 9 2008
THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE
410 SHERBOURNE STREET TORONTO
FEATURING A HOST OF CANADIAN MUSICAL TALENT, PERFORMANCES AND VIDEOS CREATED BY SOME OF THE NATION’S FAVOURITE CELEBS AND THE FINAL [...]

The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Meat Inspection Lies

Yesterday’s major papers had some serious bombshells.  Is this the beginning of the end for Harper?  
The other parties are starting to unite, trusted cabinet ministers are going “off message” contradicting previous government statements with partisan ideology, and there is a full blown food inspection scandal going on.
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In an interview with The Toronto Star, the [...]

We’re Not The Only Ones With A Good Idea

Well, this whole Swing Riding thing seems to be catching on.  
Check out this latest initiative by Avaaz.org. They’re basically supporting one Green, one NDP and one Liberal candidate to defeat Conservatives through a fantastic campaign. Keep em comin.

From the Blog TO to the DoC

The good folks at Blog TO gave us an interview today.  
Check it out so you can know the answers to interesting trivia like: On what Parkdale patio was the The Department of Culture patio originally conceived? This type of trivia is great for killing time on long rides to swing ridings.

What Stephen Harper Doesn’t Get, And Why It May Cost Him His Job

“I think when ordinary working people come home, turn on the TV and see . . . a bunch of people at a rich gala . . . all subsidized by the taxpayers - claiming their subsidies aren’t high enough when they know those subsidies have gone up - I’m not sure that’s something that [...]

…and we’re back!

The site was down Wednesday evening due to a larger problem that our web hosting provider was experiencing. We’re working now to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Sorry for the outage, everyone…

The Internet Is Exploding……With Anti-Harper Sentiment

Truly, honestly, we’re finding it hard to keep track of them all.
Here’s a small sample of the some of our favourite and latest websites devoted to showing why the Conservatives are not qualified to run the country:  
Culture Pour Tous
A web reference on cultural meditation, A Quebec movement for cultural democratization, a forum to reflect on [...]

No Camera? No YouTube KnowHow? No Problem!

GONE IN 30 SECONDS
Speak up. Speak out. Speak fast.
 
The Department Of Culture wants you to get involved! Show Canada in 30 seconds how you feel about the Conservative government’s dramatic dismantling of arts, cultural and social programs since 2006.
These submissions will be entered into a national online contest. Celebrity judges will pick the winning entries, [...]

Face(book) It, Your Ideas and Actions Can Make a Difference

As of this posting, the Department of Culture Facebook group has welcomed over 3,285, 3,363, 3,392… Members. This is a forum for you to share your creative thoughts about how to get the message out to your friends and neighbours in your riding and across the country.  We ask that you look at what has [...]