As I paddle my way through life I'm sorry to say that so far I don't have much to brag about eh?Whenever I toot my own horn there is always somebody there, like Seb or my Mum, to gently remind me I'm not perfect. !!@#!!!But I'm proud to say that I
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Warning to Tories: It’s not just Trudeau any more … it’s open season on public speakers!
Dave Rodney, the only Conservative MLA for Calgary Lougheed ever to have climbed Mt. Everest twice, or once, for that matter. He is an inspirational speaker. Really. Below: The young Justin Trudeau. Below Mr. Trudeau: The young G. Gordon Liddy and your blogger, also young. Is that 1970s moustache action
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Conservatives: Only The Rich Can Benefit From Nonprofits
Conservatives believe Justin Trudeau is wrong to take money from nonprofit organizations because to them that’s the job of rich investors on Bay Street. According to this current government and its recent announcements on social impact bonds the only people who should be making money from nonprofit organizations are financiers,
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Conservatives: Only The Rich Can Benefit From Nonprofits
Conservatives believe Justin Trudeau was wrong to take money from nonprofit organizations because to this government that’s the job for rich investors on Bay Street. According to the Conservatives in power in Ottawa and their recent proposal for social…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Conservatives: Only The Rich Can Benefit From Nonprofits
Conservatives believe Justin Trudeau was wrong to take money from nonprofit organizations because to this government that’s the job for rich investors on Bay Street. According to the Conservatives in power in Ottawa and their recent proposal for social impact bonds the only people who should be making money from
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In Sunday’s Sun: Dalton, we hardly knew ye
Dalton McGuinty, we hardly knew ye. Every time I encountered the former Ontario premier over the course of a decade and a bit — and I did so many times, as the chair of his election war rooms in 2003, 2007 and 2011 — I’d remember that aphorism, most famously
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Premier Clark Should Reject Kinder Morgan’s Proposed Pipeline Too: Forest Ethics
By: Forest Ethics | Press Release VANCOUVER, June 13, 2013 – The National Energy Board (NEB) reports that a crude oil spill of unknown size was detected late Wednesday near Merritt, British Columbia (BC). The source of the spill was the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline. Last month BC Premier Christy
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Free Parking Only Half a Million Dollars
Most people in Regina assume they’ll be able to park a vehicle, or two, or three, for free outside of their home. Street parking is technically 24 hours in most residential neighbourhoods away from downtown and the university. Downtown is free two hour parking on Saturdays at meters, and the
Continue readingBuckdog: Wall Hits Liberal Nerve ….
‘If you throw a rock into the dark and hear a yelp .. you hit the dog.’Old Sask CCF populist political wisdom(circa 1940’s) Note: for the record … I have no horse in this race. I simply enjoy good old fashioned Canadian politics.
Continue readingA Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land: Review: Warlords
[Tim Cook. Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King, and Canada’s World Wars. Toronto: Allen Lane, 2012.] On a certain level, I enjoyed reading this book. But it also embodies many ways of relating to history that I find quite objectionable. Written by a well-known Canadian military historian, Warlords tells the story of
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Globe and Mail: Head of Senate anti-terror committee unaware of Canada’s secret surveillance program
This is scary: The chair of a parliamentary anti-terrorism committee says he was “unaware of a federal spying program that allows for the collection of Canadians’ data trails.” This secret spying on our private lives could affect anyone, at any time and we can’t even tell if we’re victims of
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6147…The Wire Meets Second City
That is what Chris Hayes of MSNBC calls the Rob Ford affair. WFDS
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6147…Best Family Car Sticker Ever
Yes they are a stupid as the Baby On Board signs. Yes they are everywhere. Including the Antrim Truck Stop, just west of Ottawa in the Valley. Thanks to my real world and Facebook friend John Lindsay. WFDS
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Well, that was ugly
Unrepentant to the end, Quebec soccer is still trying to save face by blaming their racist turban ban on FIFA’s supposed “ambiguities” — the rules of soccer, you know, are just so difficult to clarify for all those hundreds of thousands of people around the world who play this game.
Continue readingLeDaro: How I feel about politics?
Bewildered and lost like this man.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Paul Krugman points out that workers are receiving less and less benefit from technological advancements – and offers a simple policy prescription to ensure workers of all skill levels don’t suffer unduly based on forces far beyond their control: I’ve noted before that
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Twenty years since Alberta’s epic 1993 election.
TweetToday marks the 20th anniversary of Alberta’s 1993 election, known in Tory political circles as “the miracle on the Prairies” and to others as the election that interrupted the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals (in which the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Wayne Gretzky-led Los Angeles Kings). This election was Alberta’s most
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Is Quebec’s proposal for assisted suicide law legal? Likely not.
I am writing legally. This note does not consider the “morality” of the issue. First, the Criminal Code (Federal law) provides: 241. Every one who(a)counsels a person to commit suicide, or(b) aids or abets a person to commit suicide,whether suicide ensues or not, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Brit DefMin Concedes – Afghanistan Is Our Vietnam
British Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, says the miserable war in Afghanistan has been his country’s Vietnam. Britain is experiencing a ”Vietnam phenomenon” as the mission draws to a close, the Defence Secretary said in an interview during a trip to Afghanistan. His candid assessment comes as Britain tries to wind
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