2014. december 23., kedd

/r/canadapolitics report: Sunday, January 05, 2014 - Sunday, December 21, 2014


Totals: 351 days, 8,817 posts, 146,611 comments.

Included in this report: The top 3,000 posts, and 96,900 of the top comments, by 3,899 distinct authors.

No posts were gilded, but 14 comments were gilded.




See the comments for detailed reports and charts.




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ScoreAuthorPost Title
321/u/game-developer Canada’s CBC News Shows What Thoughtful Breaking News Coverage Really Looks Like
225/u/tikki_rox The Liberals just voted to adopt Basic Income as a policy.
206/u/talkingheads Thomas Mulcair: Ottawa Shooter A Criminal, Not A Terrorist
196/u/iDareToDream It’s time to include dental health in the healthcare system
186/u/jabise Former Finance Minister Jim Flaherty Dies
182/u/einsteinjs Awareness breeds contempt: The more Canadians are aware of Fair Elections Act, the more they oppose it
181/u/proto_ziggy Chris Hadfield appointed Order of Canada.
171/u/dmcg12 Canadian Bar Association Presidents: Harper’s disrespect for the Supreme Court harms the workings of government
164/u/english_major Liberals vote to legalize assisted-suicide
161/u/einsteinjs Kathleen Wynne just announced a commitment giving all cities the option of using ranked ballots
159/u/scottb84 Why dental care should be included in the public health system
158/u/UnionGuyCanada When Harper Killed the Census He Robbed Canadians
158/u/-Nico The Fair Elections Act: Kill this bill
156/u/PetticoatRule Justin Trudeau says Canada should ‘draw on best practices’ from marijuana legalization in Colorado, Washington
155/u/chantalantoine I am/je suis Chantal Hébert
152/u/dmcg12 Criticism of Elections Act is legitimate, and should not be brushed off
150/u/Surtur1313 Canada falling in governance rankings because of Tory majority, report finds
148/u/scottb84 Taxing the rich is good for the economy, IMF says: Research paper debunks theory that taxing rich people slows overall growth
143/u/Oliver1307 Thousands protest in Québec and New-Brunswick against the cuts at CBC/Radio-Canada
143/u/dmcg12 Parliament Hill Shooting Megathread
141/u/billbrendan Tory government fails to inspect a single place hiring temporary foreign workers despite promise made last year
140/u/CanadianHistorian CBC "stonewalled" Snowden story, says Greenwald
140/u/StevePaikinTVO I am Steve Paikin, host of TVO's The Agenda. Ask Me Anything.
138/u/halden Christian sex-ed in public schools infringes on human rights, Edmonton mother and daughter say in complaint
137/u/drhuge12 SOURCE: Globe Editorial Board endorsed Wynne Liberals, was overruled
137/u/dmcg12 ‘Screw Canada’: Arrest of gun-toting American at Canadian border enrages U.S. firearms community
136/u/Red_Letter_Day Unreal exchange in House of Commons over Canada’s involvement in Iraq
135/u/h1ppophagist Foreign scientists write letter criticizing decline of Canadian federal research
135/u/UnionGuyCanada The shocking truth about B.C.’s carbon tax: It works
135/u/scottb84 Canadians aren’t ready to scrap the CBC: poll
134/u/Allthefriendsyouhave Canadians not happy with Tories or direction of country, poll suggests
133/u/ink_13 Don’t undermine Elections Canada
133/u/brendax Justin Trudeau to remove senators from Liberal caucus - Politics
132/u/ScotiaTide The closer one reads the elections bill, the worse it looks
131/u/iDareToDream Canada's Getting Richer. Most Canadians Aren't.
130/u/exasperation $20,000 per person: Activists push for guaranteed minimum income for Canadians
130/u/Majromax Ottawa lifts requirement that railways report small spills
129/u/dentonite Election reform bill an affront to democracy, Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand says
128/u/troll_eunuch Let’s nationalize more companies, starting with Bell and Rogers
127/u/scottb84 If We Build It, They Will Stay: Instead of extracting resources and leaving, we could populate the mid-Canada corridor—and create a bigger, better country
127/u/reijslaur Nova Scotia eliminates interest on student loans
125/u/UnionGuyCanada Greenpeace Requests Elections Canada investigate Ethical Oil for ties to CPC
124/u/Calamari117 Andrew Coyne: Like jury duty or paying your taxes, voting should be mandatory
123/u/madefromscratch ‘Unfair Elections Act’ looks more and more like a cover-up
122/u/Mccommennt Former Conservative staffer Michael Sona found guilty in robocalls trial
122/u/Rihx The Problems with First Past the Post Voting Explained
121/u/dutchstig The seat implications of electoral reform
121/u/Ienpw_III New Brunswick abortion restriction lifted by Premier Brian Gallant - New Brunswick
120/u/scottb84 The Harper government is killing Access to Information — slowly
120/u/ThomasBayard Union of federal scientists, professionals to campaign against Harper Tories
119/u/game-developer Over 600,000 Litres spilled and not one Mainstream media outlet reports it
117/u/Zebramouse Canada opts not to block international trade in 76 endangered species.
117/u/_Minor_Annoyance Only 36% of Canadians would call Ottawa shooting a terrorist attack, while 38% blame mental illness, survey finds
117/u/iDareToDream Canada should ban patenting of human genes: Editorial
117/u/MasterExploderizer The Harper Government Is Expanding Their Surveillance Policy to Treat Every Protester as a Potential Threat
117/u/AugustWinter The NDP wants to keep talking about the Fair Elections Act
116/u/Surax Elections bill would give incumbents too much power, expert warns
116/u/billbrendan Elections Canada chief calls government’s electoral reform plans retaliation for clashes with Tories
116/u/falseidentity123 Anti-gay pastor is traveling with Harper’s delegation in Israel
115/u/scottb84 CBC/Radio-Canada in danger of disappearing forever
115/u/flamoutan Hudak vows to cut 100,000 public sector jobs if Tories win election
114/u/dentonite For Conservatives, cheap foreign labour trumps Canadian youth: Tim Harper
114/u/Surax Ex-watchdog Sheila Fraser slams elections bill as attack on democracy
113/u/UnionGuyCanada Ottawa shooting by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was ‘last desperate act’ of a mentally ill person, his mother writes
113/u/jjbus34 Canada's CEO-to-worker pay gap among the worst in the Western world
113/u/dentonite Vice: Political Staffers Tried to Delete the Senate Scandal (and Other Bad Behaviour) from Wikipedia
112/u/trollunit Cuba reconciliation meetings with U.S. hosted by Canada
112/u/privetdrive Nenshi: Passing Bill 10 would bring ‘international attention toward what kinds of hillbillies we are’
112/u/trollunit NDP MP’s bill to make Remembrance Day a national statutory holiday gets support of Harper government
112/u/trollunit Mr. Baird, how are Saudi Arabia’s beheadings different from Islamic State’s?
112/u/schismatic82 Study Reveals It Costs Less to Give the Homeless Housing Than to Leave Them on the Street
112/u/roju Canadians’ rightful access to public information being blocked, experts say
112/u/Surtur1313 [Editorial] Canada Is Considering an Internet Bill That's Like CISPA on Steroids
112/u/dmcg12 Supreme Court rejects Harper's appointment of Nadon as justice
112/u/somaliansilver Alison Redford Resigns
111/u/game-developer Canada, At War For 13 Years, Shocked That 'A Terrorist' Attacked Its Soldiers
111/u/einsteinjs Canada's Stephen Harper Government Muzzles Climate Scientists
111/u/jfgariepy A group of Canadian journalists launches Ricochet, a bilingual independent media.
111/u/SirCharlesTupperware Jim Flaherty has resigned from cabinet
110/u/thunderbay-expat Proposed election act changes could muzzle report on probe into 2011 robocalls, lawyer warns
110/u/Calamari117 Norway's Oil Fund Heads For $1 Trillion; So Where Is Alberta's Pot Of Gold?
109/u/iDareToDream Canadian 'Digital Privacy' Bill Actually Puts Everyone's Privacy At Risk; Will Be A Boon To Trolls
109/u/Rintaran Quebec Mohawks say if Quebec separates, they’ll separate from Quebec
108/u/Bortron14 Justin Trudeau says abortion rights trump MPs' freedom to vote their conscience
108/u/scottb84 NDP wants to force consultation on 'unfair' election law changes
107/u/Resdrak Tories Ignore Supreme Court, Plow Ahead With 'Digital Privacy Act'
107/u/scottb84 Ontario proposal would let municipalities adopt ranked-ballot voting
106/u/HogtownHoedown IMF calls on Canada to raise carbon taxes, cut income taxes
106/u/bunglejerry NDP bill would crack down on ‘Wild West’ of unpaid internships
105/u/ScotiaTide Ezra Levant wrongly accuses Ontario school board of allowing exemptions for Muslim students on Remembrance Day
105/u/RedCoatsForever New Beer Store ad envisions dystopian future after its monopoly is broken, is mocked on social media
105/u/scottb84 The Story Behind the Rob Ford Story: A little-known Supreme Court ruling unmuzzled reporters—and changed Canadian journalism
104/u/philospriv Canadians - would you support a living wage?
104/u/_Minor_Annoyance Stephen Harper more open with Americans, UN than with Parliament
104/u/Resdrak Justin Trudeau says abortion not up to 'male legislators' to decide
104/u/falseidentity123 Tim Hudak would scrap planned LRTs for TTC, Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton
103/u/diarrheaninja CSEC, Canada's Electronic Spying Agency, Gets $385-Million Budget Boost While Watchdogs Face Cuts
103/u/sexyalien69 Doctors' groups won't endorse anti-marijuana ad campaign
103/u/scottb84 Moms change diapers, Dads form leaders: Peter MacKay's emails to staff
103/u/SamuelStringman NDP calling for increased minimum wage, guaranteed income - Local
102/u/jjbus34 Food Bank Canada report: Number of Canadians in need of help 'alarmingly' high
102/u/jjbus34 Canada leads world in forest decline, report says
102/u/ExplosiveHorse Conservative government asks Canadian doctors to endorse taxpayer-funded ad campaign against marijuana
102/u/stone4 Andrew Coyne: What problems are the Conservatives really trying to solve with bizarre Fair Elections Act?
101/u/bunglejerry ‘I was sexually assaulted when I was an MPP, and I’ve been raped’: Sheila Copps
101/u/Sebatron2 Ontario Green Party enters realm of viability with plan to merge school boards and end Beer Store control
101/u/Majromax Attempt to smear Chief Justice an affront to our constitutional system
100/u/einsteinjs Canadians at odds with Harper gov’t priorities: Finance Canada report
100/u/MethoxyEthane ‘Decline Your Vote’ movement launched by ‘disillusioned’ conservative
100/u/PetticoatRule Canadian helicopter pilots say cheap temporary foreign workers 'slowly killing the industry'
99/u/_Minor_Annoyance Conservatives’ new anti-terror laws likely to mirror ‘immensely controversial’ U.K. legislation
99/u/talkingheads Top Trudeau adviser breaks ranks, blames Israel for civilian deaths
99/u/WatLib Andrew Coyne: We once had to wait weeks for a new Harper abuse of power. Now we’re getting them two or three a day
99/u/guy231 ‘We believe that this Act would prove [to] be deeply damaging for electoral integrity within Canada’
98/u/_Minor_Annoyance Give all-party watchdog the power to oversee Canada’s new anti-terror measures, Justin Trudeau urges PM
98/u/ExplosiveHorse Doug Ford had third-worst attendance, missed 53 per cent of 2014 city council votes
98/u/ScotiaTide How the myth of a Canadian skill shortage was shattered: Goar
98/u/dmcg12 It’s a false economy to cut Statscan’s budget
98/u/einsteinjs Fair Elections Act proof the Conservatives are no normal government
98/u/trollunit Lapel cameras for Toronto cops is good news for everyone
97/u/talkingheads 'The 5.8 million Canadians who voted Conservative aren’t your enemies. They’re your neighbours' - Read Justin Trudeau's speech to the Liberal convention
96/u/Tremens_factus_sum Conservatives’ dirty tricks have no place in Canadian politics
96/u/trollunit Tories drain spending pool so NDP, Liberals will have to raise taxes to fund platforms
96/u/Surax Conservatives losing support to Liberals, pollster warns
96/u/Baron_Wobblyhorse Conrad Black stripped of Order of Canada, removed from Privy Council
95/u/dutchstig Trudeau To Boycott Sun News After Ezra Levant's Wedding Photo Rant
95/u/ScotiaTide Jonathan Kay: Sun News’ cynical attacks on Justin Trudeau have crossed the line into anti-Muslim hysteria
95/u/ddkv Harper has ignored Canadian ways while destroying our reputation
95/u/scottb84 A meddling Supreme Court is a dangerous myth
95/u/talkingheads Grenier: The More Canadians Know About The Fair Elections Act, The Less They Like It: Poll
94/u/jjbus34 Stephen Harper says oil and gas regulations now would be 'crazy'
94/u/Tremens_factus_sum NDP proposal puts electoral reform on House agenda
94/u/Chrristoaivalis Canada Is The Only UN Member To Reject Landmark Indigenous Rights Document
94/u/jjbus34 Part of Harper government’s tougher sentencing laws ruled unconstitutional
94/u/bunglejerry Mandatory voting would erode Conservatives’ strategic advantage, say experts
94/u/ExplosiveHorse Six-in-ten Canadians support legalizing marijuana, but say it’s not a top justice priority
94/u/dentonite Harper government’s own reports show Omar Khadr ‘good kid,’ not dangerous terrorist: lawyer
94/u/UnionGuyCanada Canada's Government Might Not Care About Climate Change, But Canadians Do (x-post from Worldnews)
94/u/Calamari117 Anti-abortion candidates need not apply in 2015, Justin Trudeau says
94/u/dead-or-alive Afghans Who Helped Canadian Forces Are Being Betrayed and Left Behind
93/u/einsteinjs The Fair Elections Act is a global disgrace
93/u/ScotiaTide Justin Trudeau Slammed By Tories For Comments He Never Made On Iran, Israel
93/u/masterofmargaritas McGill student rejected as voter in Quebec election despite living in province since 2009
93/u/scottb84 Best Shot: Vancouver’s Insite is an unqualified success. So why is it still the only supervised- injection clinic in North America?
92/u/PostNationalism World Bank: Most immigrants do not come for social benefits, they come to find work and to improve their lives and those of their families. Efforts to better integrate immigrants should thus be seen as an investment rather than a cost.
92/u/Le1bn1z Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner Says He Would End The Beer Store's Dominance
92/u/joe_canadian Study finds Canadians have little confidence in justice system
91/u/_ghostwriter_ ‘Pay for it yourself’: Canadian Catholics fighting renewed push for single publicly funded school system
91/u/MethoxyEthane Kathleen Wynne AMA on Tuesday
91/u/einsteinjs Trudeau admits he was wrongly reimbursed by taxpayers for speaking events; pays back money
90/u/jtbc Jean Chrétien defends Trudeau’s opposition to Iraq combat mission
90/u/Rintaran Unpaid academic internships called exploitation by students
90/u/billbrendan Mike Duffy faces 31 RCMP charges including bribery, fraud, breach of trust
90/u/einsteinjs In the Tories’ partisan Bizarro World, every critic of Fair Elections Act is biased
90/u/UnionGuyCanada Former Harper Communications Director Calls Fair Elections Act Vengeance
90/u/ScientistBlah Justin Trudeau on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight: INTERVIEW
90/u/Issachar Gay-straight alliances in schools reduce suicide risk for all students
89/u/Benocrates Re: Ontario Election: Don't Spoil your Ballot, "Decline" it.
89/u/scottb84 More than 70 cities band together in effort to save Canada Post’s door-to-door delivery service
89/u/drhuge12 NDP MP wants to reverse ban on organ donations from gay men
89/u/CoinValidator Quebec Green Party candidate told he's not eligible to vote - Quebec Votes 2014
89/u/einsteinjs Turn the CBC into a Canadian Netflix
89/u/Surax Conservatives reject inquiry for murdered, missing aboriginal women
89/u/Pocahontas_Spaceman Canada is about to get its first public medical marijuana company
88/u/trollunit A law that bans ‘mixed race’ couples? Yes. In 2014. In Canada
88/u/flamoutan Ranked ballot a priority for 2018 civic elections, Kathleen Wynne says
88/u/ROBOTlNATOR Canadian government approves Enbridge's controversial Northern Gateway pipeline
88/u/Calamari117 Green Party’s Elizabeth May calls PMO staff ‘ruthless psychopaths’
88/u/dmcg12 Teachers’ pay should be based on performance, not years worked: report
87/u/Palpz Ford dropping out of Toronto mayoral race
87/u/lucwrite Judge strikes down Tories’ mandatory victim surcharge, calls it cruel and unusual punishment
87/u/guy231 Legal pot would mean $60M tax windfall for [Ontario], London economist says
87/u/ScotiaTide PMO Charged $67,789.48 In Questionable Lunch Expenses
87/u/ScotiaTide Liberal MP Irwin Cotler barred from Conservative event in Israel: sources
87/u/128boilerrat Government spends millions on ads for 'Economic Action Plan' that ended two years ago - The Globe and Mail
87/u/proto_ziggy Marc Emery Plans Anti-Conservative Tour After Prison Release
86/u/m4caque The gap between rich and poor is killing growth
86/u/RogerMilton Ontario’s foreign-owned beer monopoly holds back growth at home
86/u/YamadaTaiki It’s war. Stop treating it like a game.
86/u/Sebatron2 According to poll, more than two-thirds of Canadians want marijuana laws softened
86/u/scshunt Rogers now requires warrants for all police inquiries
86/u/RegretfulEducation SCC: Police Do Not Have the Power to Conduct a Search for Subscriber Information From an ISP.
86/u/ScotiaTide Here’s the basic math error that ruins Tim Hudak’s Million Jobs Plan: Mike Moffatt
86/u/edmonton3 Canada’s immigration system undergoing quiet, ugly revolution
86/u/scottb84 1-year minimum drug sentence 'cruel and unusual': BC judge
85/u/CouchEnthusiast Canada is Falling Behind Global leaders in R&D Spending
85/u/jtbc Tory anti-pot ad mocked and condemned by YouTube viewers
85/u/dmcg12 Mayor-elect John Tory wants opponents Olivia Chow, David Soknacki on his team.
85/u/flufffer Canadians expose foreign worker 'mess' in oilsands - Edmonton
85/u/CanadianHistorian Billionaire Koch brothers are big oil players in Alberta
85/u/scottb84 CBC five-year plan has some fearing dismantling of public broadcaster
85/u/dmcg12 Criminalizing johns endangers sex workers, B.C. study says
85/u/Calamari117 RCMP drop investigation into Nigel Wright over $90,000 Duffy cheque
85/u/Surax Supreme Court quashes Harper government’s tougher sentencing rules
84/u/jjbus34 Alberta pipeline spills 60,000 litres of crude oil into muskeg
84/u/Issachar Canadian Blood Services starts to look at relaxing restrictions on gay donors as supply hits ‘critically low’ level
84/u/bern99 British Columbia's carbon tax: The evidence mounts
84/u/Suepeac Supreme Court Justice cleared of wrongdoing after Harper cast aspersions


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