The Justice of the Peace Bench has become thoroughly professional and is a highly trained and skilled body of adjudicators. The ancient office of justice of the peace is one of great honour and responsibility. In 1195, Richard I (“the Lionheart”) of England commissioned certain knights to preserve the peace
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: The Many Voices of Stephen Harper
I usually don’t laugh at Stephen Harper in an amused way, more of a bemused way because I can’t understand why 35-40% of Canadians believe this guy to be an open and honest leader – but I will admit these voice impressions, while corny, made me laugh out loud. Just
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Dalton McGuinty
Kinsella says that McGuinty was a “winner.” “He had many, many policy achievements,” he said. “Politically, however, his greatest achievement was to be the winningest leader in Ontario’s recent history.”
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Concerning Partisan Communications from Non-Partisan Government Officials #nlpoli
Keith Hutchings issued a news release on Tuesday to respond to”inaccuracies on CETA negotiations.” That’s what the headline on the release said it was about. He did so in his capacity as a cabinet minister, a non-partisan provincial government official, not as a Conservative. The media contact name listed is
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Great Getaway Tour
As I watched him drag himself wearily up the steps of his getaway plane, I could only imagine what Stephen Harper was thinking.I've done it !!! I've made it to the plane !!! The caucus rebels can't get me now. And even Duffy can't follow me EVERYWHERE !!@#!But sadly for Great
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Who’s the boss? Fred Horne and Stephen Lockwood spar over AHS performance pay.
Tweet“Regardless of how people feel about the decision of the AHS board, I don’t think anybody would want me or a colleague to interfere with the terms of their employment they’ve agreed to. It’s a decision for the AHS board.” – Health Minister Fred Horne on Alberta Health Services performance
Continue readingAlberta Diary: AHS Chair Stephen Lockwood to Health Minister Horne on executive bonuses: ‘Drop dead, Fred!’
Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne: it’s hard to imagine how he can come out of this fight with Alberta Health Services Chair Stephen Lockwood not looking foolish or weak. Below: Mr. Lockwood in a screen grab from his first news conference as AHS chair. Whatever happens next, it seems certain
Continue readingBuckdog: Candid Camera – ‘PM Harper May 2011 Election Night Behind The Scenes’ .. YouTube
Stephen Harper imitating Joe Clark – John Diefenbaker – Brian Mulroney. This appeared on YouTube on the evening of June 11, 2013. No idea who posted it.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Wraparound cats.
Continue readingcmkl: Mallory read to her parents tonight
Warning: braggy parent post trigger warning. At least I can promise I will keep it short. I wanted to mark the occasion. Mallory read ten pages of Charlotte’s Web to Irene and I tonight. We were coaching her a bit but she was doing it.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper must act on tax havens and transparency at G8 summit: Oxfam
By: Oxfam Canada | Press Release Oxfam Canada urges Prime Minister Stephen Harper to help end global hunger by supporting strong steps at the G8 summit to close tax havens and lift the secrecy that enables massive global tax evasion. June 10, 2013 – Oxfam Canada urges Prime Minister Stephen
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Facts about trans youth
(Previously published in March 2012, and archived here for when it might be needed as reference) Several in the Canadian media and the general public have become interested in trans youth. It’s probably inevitable that many opinions and emotions have circulated as a result. I’m concerned that some of the
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6132…Latest Nanos Poll Explained
Numbers, polls, stats. Who doesn’t love them? Heck I love stats so much I took first year stats three years in a row. Voices for Democracy interprets the latest numbers in this fashion: The latest Nanos poll, that has a margin of error, ranging from 5.7 to 10.3, suggests either
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Fort McMurray, Home to 176 Square km of Tar Sands Tailings Ponds, Overwhelmed by Floods
On Friday the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB), the Alberta government’s industry regulator, released a report stating that tar sands companies have failed to comply with pre-existing agreements to limit the amount of water used in tar sands extraction and processing as well as the amount of polluted water that ends up
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Holding CSEC to account isn’t enough to protect our rights
Open Media, with support from Leadnow, has begun a campaign to demand answers from the Harper government about exactly what kind of information our national signals intelligence agency is gathering about us. While it’s certainly worth trying to get answers to Open Media’s questions, let’s not lull ourselves into thinking
Continue readingCanadian Trends: The Banada Republic
So it appears Ottawa has a “solution” to the temporary foreign workers problem (you know, the problem they created by hastily passing policies to allow companies to exploit foreign workers). The solution? Warrantless searches of course. Yep that’s right, it would appear the solution isn’t as simple as say.. not
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: “Bebolucija!”: The #JMBG Movement in Bosnia-Herzegovina
It may the most important event post-war Bosnian history, to date—and it has a hashtag. Some ten thousand individuals from all over Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) today gathered in the streets of Sarajevo. But they gathered also in Mostar, Banja Luka, Zenica—and reports of similar manifestations are coming in from all over
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: “Leadership” “Stealing”
Conservatives have created a new idea. It’s Leadership Stealing. You can Steal, like a Leader. “How can the Liberals actually, with a straight face, pretend to stand up for the middle class, when Liberal senators are stealing money from taxpayers?” – CPC Minister Moore “Conservatives praise Duffy’s ‘leadership’ in Senate
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