In today’s interview with Jane Taber, Michael Ignatieff makes it clear that he supports Stephane Dion and the efforts to form a coalition government.
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Conservative support for Harper begins to vanish
November 30, 2008 – 9:49 pm
Click here to check out the website created by grassroots Conservatives to oust Harper
Why the opposition can’t back down now
November 30, 2008 – 2:18 am
Make some popcorn, crack a beer, read this.
EBC: Everyone But Conservatives
November 29, 2008 – 7:02 pm
Folks hold on to your seats and be prepared to be bombarded with every kind of propaganda imaginable. The Conservative war chests are overflowing. Panicked parties who suddenly find themselves on the wrong side of history seldom go gently or quietly.
The Globe and Mail has intercepted next week’s Conservative talking points distributed by Harper’s [...]
A progressive federal government is within our grasp
November 28, 2008 – 6:38 pm
This short video lays out the #s behind why a progressive coalition best represents the will of the electorate
CBC is reporting that the Liberals will attempt to put forward a motion to bring down the government and form a coalition with the NDP:
“The federal Liberals plan to bring down the government and propose a governing [...]
Immature, out of touch, opportunistic government likely to fall
November 28, 2008 – 2:58 am
How quickly have the remaining 1/3 of Canadians who supported them turned on Stephen Harper’s Conservatives? After the releasing an economic update that flies in the face of what every major government in the world is doing to counter the global economic crisis:
Even the Globe and Mail has published a mea culpa, that admits their [...]
DoC blog nominated for Canadian Blog Award
November 27, 2008 – 5:18 pm
Department of Culture has been nominated by The Canadian Blog Awards in the “Best Cultural/Entertainment Blog“ category.
Yippy Ki Yay!
It is an honour (spelled the Canadian way) and very encouraging.
Here’s how the winner will be determined:
“Voting
Two rounds of voting will take place with each round lasting 7 days. The first round of voting will include all nominees. [...]
Ottawa, My Ottawa
November 26, 2008 – 1:44 pm
The following notice was received from CARFAC National on Wednesday 26 November 2008. Please remember that the proposed elimination and reduction in public funding proposed in the City Of Ottawa’s Draft Budget include a loss of 700 daycare spaces, cuts to OC Transpo and long-term health care services along with te elimination of $4M to [...]
DoC achieves success in unofficial Omar Khadr Facebook campaign
November 24, 2008 – 8:08 pm
This video of Canadian officials visiting Khadr in Guantanamo in 2003 make it undeniable that they have been aware of his mental and physical abuse (aka torture) at the hand of US interrogators for the past five years.
In an October 10th post, four days before the federal election, this blog noted that CBC had rated [...]
The Obama Zeitgeist: Six Lessons for the Cultural Sector
November 12, 2008 – 1:53 pm
DoC got rolling this August in a packed Town Hall meeting at The Theatre Centre with with Naomi Klein and over 700 other motivated citizens. How can this momentum be maintained? What can we learn from the Obama campaign’s success in mobilizing for positive change?
I was psyched for my first, first-person-post, to explore what the Canadian cultural [...]