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Conservatism, Centrism, and Progressive Politics.
Something that’s been bothering me about political narratives lately. Put aside CPC MPs cavorting with European MP, Christine Anderson, who is considered extremely right wing, authoritarian, racist, and nasty, it’s this strange idea that somehow the Liberals are a progressive party. When I hear someone say that Prime Minister Trudeau is the world’s most successful…
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Conservatives in Alberta Lie to us.
As an Albertan, I grew up thinking that Liberals hated Alberta, I hated Ontario, and the horror that Ottawa had visited upon our beautiful province. I admired Preston Manning (The guy who created the party that would become the CPC). Then I met a Political Science Prof at Mount Royal College (Mount Royal University now)…
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When Will Normal Return?
This is NOT normal. Heat records being broken multiple times in a year A fire season that’s burned more land than any other time in modern history A pandemic causing lifelong disabilities in MILLIONS of people. None of this is normal. None of us should be okay with ANY of this We have politicians from…
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Do You Protect Yourself?
If you see me wearing a mask in public (I still do, and will continue to do so until there’s some kind of breakthrough with this covid crap – a sterilizing vaccine that prevents infection), figured worth mentioning why. I hear people trying to say it’s over (sadly, no, we’ve stopped talking about it, but…
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Do Public Services Cost Us?
Not Helping People Who Struggle Costs More Than Helping Them. I talk about this kind of thing a lot, and I like to bring up things like Public Health, Public Education, Social Services, Employment Insurance, Addiction Services, Public Health Care. As I mentioned, these things don’t cost money – or rather, they pay for themselves.…
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Is Education Indoctrination?
Does post secondary education indoctrinate kids, turn them into liberals? No. well, sometimes, but no. sometimes a bad school will tell you what you should think, but proper educational institutions don’t do that. They’ll provide information, and give you the tools to understand what that information means, and what it doesn’t mean. post secondary teaches…