Tag: Stephen Harper
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NDP pulling out of supply and confidence deal with Liberals
Windsor West Conservative Party of Canada riding association president Al Teshuba discuss the NDP pulling out of supply & confidence deal with the Liberals.
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Windsor West Conservatives erect billboard thank former PM Harper for securing new bridge
Windsor West Conservative president Al Teshuba discusses a billboard his team put up near the new bridge thanking former PM Harper for approving the bridge.
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WINDSOR INDEPENDENT: Clarifying Canadian Pot Policy
Trudeau’s government announced on 420 they will legalize cannabis, and considering this, it made sense to explain summarize where cannabis policy stands in Canada.
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Al Jazeera: The niqab row and Canada’s election
Canada heads to the polls in less than a week and the issue of the Niqab is being raised by the Conservatives. Does the niqab matter this election or is it a symptom of a larger trend?
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WINDSOR INDEPENDENT: A Pint with Justin Trudeau & Jon Liedtke (VIDEO)
In this video, Justin Trudeau sits down with Jon Liedtke to discuss Windsor, the upcoming 2015 election, cannabis, electoral reform, single sports betting, and other topics.
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The Urbanite: The Prince of Pot’s cannabis culture
Pot smokers, activists and media thronged Marc Emery, aka the Prince of Pot, when he stepped foot on Canadian soil for the first time this month since he was extradited to the United States for selling marijuana seeds.
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The Urbanite: NDP leader sets sights on 24 Sussex Tom Mulcair takes aim at Stephen Harper
Tom Mulcair, leader of the federal New Democratic Party, has been traveling the country attempting to cast his party as the only one fit to govern the land come 2015, the year of the next federal election.
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The Urbanite: WINDSOR DESERVES DOWNTOWN LAW BUILDING
In one swift motion, what could have been the finishing touches on the transformation and revitalization of the downtown core – the redevelopment and repurposing of the Paul Martin building – was effectively killed without warning and what could be argued in bad faith.
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UWindsor Lance: Harper Government muzzles public servants
The Harper government has been muzzling scientists in many federal institutions, and the issues has come to the forefront again with recently passed new federal regulations.
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UWindsor Lance: Essex MP won’t let abortion debate die
Essex MP Jeff Watson hopes polling on his website will help open the abortion debate in Parliament
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ourWindsor.ca: Residents protest at Canada Post sorting facility
Canada Post workers, community members, politicians and supporters packed the parking lot at the Walker Road Canada Post sorting facility to protest Canada Post’s decision to close the historic Sandwich post office as well as proposed service reductions at the sorting facility.
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UWindsor Lance: Idle No More protests part of new generation of activism
A decentralized, grassroots and participant driven protest movement is gaining popularity worldwide
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ourWindsor.ca: Idle No More Targets Ambassador Bridge
While the Idle No More national day of action is in full swing across the country, roughly 1000 protestors descended upon Windsor to target the Ambassador Bridge to bring awareness to the movement.
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ourWindsor.ca: ‘Idle No More’: Protesting Bill C45
Roughly 200 people marched through the streets of the downtown core in opposition to federal Omnibus Bill C-45, which contains a swath of legislative changes that affect everything from retirement age to changes to the Navigable Waters Protection Act. The group was comprised of members of First Nations communities and citizens who have taken offense…
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UWindsor Lance: Caught in the web of Internet censorship
The Internet is buzzing with open chatter over who, what and why any organization should act as the filter of billions of pieces of information tangled up in the World Wide Web.
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UWindsor Lance: Going (pro) rogue
Just when the furor over Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s double prorogation had died down, McGuinty decided to employ the very same tactic to maintain control of a political situation before it devolved into scandal.