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[Happy Canada Day.] Joe Canadian makes Citizen’s arrest of Stephen Harper for Destruction of the Environment

Harper Conservatives pass law expanding Citizen Arrest Powers. Harper Government’s gutting of environmental protection laws will cause serious harm to Canadian Environment

Rio: +20, Earth: -20 [“Peter Can’t”]

Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent says the lack of solid commitments, timelines and numbers at Rio Earth Summit is a “good thing”.

Too Fat to Parent?

380-lb Canadian father fights legal battle to regain custody of his 2 children

Enbridge: “It’s a path to our Future”?

a “slick” 5-million-dollar  media campaign.

Del Mastro of Deception

Canadian Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro insists campaign expenditures showing payment of $1575 to Holinshed are “accurate and complete” despite records showing payments of $75,238.

Something Fishy?

Canadian Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield tells Parliament that municipalities support gutting of Fisheries Protection Act despite near-unanimous opposition.

“Sure it’s crow, but it is deliciously cooked by the leader”

B.C. Conservative M.P. David Wilks forced to back-track after saying he wouldn’t support Harper’s Omnibus Bill.

Coming Next?: “Grey Tsunami” warning system for Vancouver Island?

Vancouver Island to get high-tech Tsunami warning system. / Latest Canadian Census shows Vancouver Island is favoured retirement destination and numbers of seniors will continue to climb.

Losers Not Weepers: 25% of defeated 2011 Conservative candidates land tax-payer-funded Federal Jobs!

The sour cream rises to the top. shown: Jennifer Clarke, Ronald Leung, Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Lawrence Cannon, Larry Smith; appointed to Port Authority, Immigration Canada, UN,  Ambassador to France, Senate.