Letter to the Editor – Larry Kasdan of Vancouver isn’t Happy with the 2012 Federal Budget
Canadians are not well served by a federal government that shifts its costs onto the provinces, the environment, the unemployed and our most vulnerable seniors. The Conservative government will balance its budget, but as a consequence, you won’t balance yours. Larry Kazdan – Vancouver British Columbia (Comments and opinions of Editorials, Letters to the Editor, [...]
Thomas Mulcair Picks Up Support on Way to Federal NDP Leadership Convention in Vancouver British Columbia – December 12, 2011
CFN – NDP Deputy leader and the man most likely to become the leader of the party, Outremont MP Thomas Mulcair has been busy as he heads for the leadership convention in Vancouver. Here are several reports. Today British Columbia MLA Claire Trevena, North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto and several other prominent New Democrats [...]
Letter to the Editor – Larry Kazdan of Vancouver BC on the Creation of a Canadian Department of Peace – December 2, 2011
Canadian flag lowered for the last time at Kandahar airfield, Lee Berthiaume, News, Dec 1, 2011 http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/12/01/canadian-flag-lowered-for-the-last-time-at-kandahar-airfield/ On the same day that the Canadian flag over Kandahar airfield was lowered for the last time, a private member’s bill for the creation of a Department of Peace supported by the NDP, the Liberals and the Greens [...]
Letter to the Editor – Lawrence Kazdan of Vancouver BC isn’t Happy with Stephen Harper Killing Party Subsidies – October 6, 2011
Re: Tories will kill political party taxpayer subsidies, Mark Kennedy, Postmedia News, October 4, 2011 LINK Stephen Harper is ending the modest subsidy program for political parties, not for partisan advantage, but to use Canadians’ tax dollars with great care, especially in a time of fiscal restraint, when families are struggling to make ends meet. [...]
Canucks take Game 5 in Double Overtime to head to Lord Stanley’s Cup for First Time! – May 25, 2011
Cornwall ON- Championships are made of the stuff of dreams and who as a young person; especially here in Canada doesn’t dream of scoring that big goal or making that big save? Last night Roberto Luongo showed that he truly can win the big game as his and Kevin Bieska’s heroics helped the Vancouver Canucks to a [...]
Vancouver Writer Derek K Miller Passes Away, but leaves his Words and Message – May 9, 2011
Cornwall ON – I don’t really like being considered or called a Blogger. Too many people use that word as though it’s something odd or freaky. A blog is simply another form of website which is a form of communication. It’s all too semantical for me. I run an online newspaper which I’m [...]
Letter to the Editor – Larry Kazdan of Vancouver BC thinks “Prairie Premier ignorant of the rules.” – April 22, 2011
Dear Editor, Premier Brad Wall does not understand how parliamentary democracy works. So let me make it easy. A government must retain the confidence of a majority of Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons. Mr. Harper has a third chance at winning a majority May 2nd. If he fails and cannot find [...]
Letter to the Editor – Lawrence Kazdan of Vancouver BC – Harper Chicken to Debate Ignatieff – April 1, 2011
Dear Editor, Re: Why won’t Harper take Ignatieff on in head-to-head debate?STEVEN CHASE, BILL CURRY AND JANE TABER, Thursday, March 31, 2011 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/why-wont-harper-take-ignatieff-on-in-head-to-head-debate/article1965334/ Was Harper being truthful when he said he would debate Ignatieff one-on-one? Gilles Duceppe has already called him a liar when Harper said there was no plan in 2004 to build a [...]
Letter to the Editor – Larry Kazdan Not Happy with the F-35 – March 13, 2011
Dear Editor Re: PM comes to defence of attack aircraft, Terry Pender, Mar 12 2011 http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/500718–pm-comes-to-defence-of-attack-aircraft The F-35 purchase will no doubt create high-tech jobs, but so would many other government expenditures totaling between $16 to $30 billion. But why are we spending this enormous sum through an untendered contract for these particular planes? The [...]
