Trapped in Suburbia…

a blog by Rafael Gomez

Me

IT guy, code monkey, husband, father, target shooter, but unfortunately not independently wealthy.


Archive for the 'Politics' Category

Ever since I was sent an internal RCMP memo penned by T. G. Killam, the deputy commissioner who is responsible for the Canadian Firearms Program, telling members to keep their opinions of the registry to themselves I have begun to wonder just how deeply the RCMP is in bed with the gun control lobby. Sadly, [...]

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Like most people, I often suspect certain machinations are afoot behind the scenes of our various public policy debates. It isn’t all that often, however, that I’m handed a smoking gun, as it were. There has been considerable press given to the intervention in the C-391 debate by the CACP, CAPB and CPA and over [...]

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CACP and the “truth”.

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Its been a while since I blogged – mainly because things have been in much of a holding pattern for the past while and because there wasn’t much going on. Oh I know, there have been a least a dozen attempts at lame “scandals” as of late but it seems that Canadians are a little [...]

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Ignatieff’s Revisionist History

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Michael Ignatieff has been telling anyone who will listen that the Liberals are not interested in forming a coalition with the NDP and Bloc. The Globe and Mail reported on Saturday that Ignatieff is taking umbrage with the latest CPC commercial attacking him for planning a “reckless coalition” in order to seize power if the [...]

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Elizabeth May chooses a different windmill.

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

I suppose the Green Party, with its dedication to the environment, has a soft spot for windmills. That’s the only way I can explain why Elizabeth May has decided to run in the B.C. riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands in the upcoming federal election. Ms. May received a boost in the 2008 election when then-Liberal leader [...]

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