Energy board changes pipeline complaint rules Canadians who want to tell the National Energy Board what they think about proposed pipeline projects – either in person or in writing – must now complete a 10-page application form proving they would be directly affected by the development or that they have
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Peace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night
Good evening. Let’s begin with Moreland & Arbuckle covering Bo Diddley’s Hey Mona. This is Albert Collins performing on German television in 1985. This is If Trouble Was Money. And to close, here’s Freddie King with Look Over Yonder Wall. Have a good weekend.
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night: Wolf, Wells and King
I once posted an abbreviated version of this Howlin’ Wolf performance but now that someone’s been good enough to upload the whole seven minutes, here’s How Many More Years one more time. Buddy Guy gets credit and he’s there on stage but Junior Wells is in charge for this performance
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night
The opening number has Andrew Winton on a custom-made double-neck lap steel guitar covering an old gospel blues called Nobody’s Fault But Mine. This is Rory Gallagher with a song called Middle Name that features Mark Feltham on harp. And finally, here’s The Fabulous Thunderbirds with I Believe I’m In
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: And this is where we juxtapose: Libya edition
March, 2011: The Harper government rallied opposition parties to “war” Monday, casting Canada’s military intervention in the Libyan crisis as a moral imperative. … “This government along with the international community cannot stand idly by,” said [Defence Minister Peter] MacKay who opened debate on a motion to approve the deployment
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night blues blogging
With a tip of the hat to Moose at Classic Blues Videos, tonight’s opener is a Muddy Waters performance of I’m A King Bee featuring George Buford on harp. This was filmed in 1981 in Chicago. Big Time Sarah is the stage name of Sarah Streeter from Chicago, Illinois. This
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night: RIP Stompin’ Tom Connors
Thomas Charles Connors, a Canadian institution, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 77. There’s a quick look at his life and career here at the Toronto Star. He wrote over 300 songs; here’s just a few of them including what some consider his signature tune: Bud the Spud.
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Bullying above our weight
Palestinians could face ‘consequences’ for pursuing Israel at the UN, says Baird Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has told a powerful pro-Israel lobby that Palestinians will feel “consequences” from Canada if they pursue the Jewish state at the International Criminal Court. Baird issued the warning just as the federal government
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Remember when they talked about standing up for Canada?
We now appear to have gone from “Made-In-Canada” policy to complying with a treaty we’ve never signed simply because the Americans have ordered us to. Cory Doctorow’s hed pretty much tells the tale: US Trade Rep orders Canada to comply with the dead-and-buried ACTA treaty, Canada rolls over and wets
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night: Johnny "Clyde" Copeland
According to the Wikipedia bio, while Johnny Copeland’s early recordings didn’t burn up the charts he was popular as a touring act. It’s easy to see why; he obviously loved to perform. This is called Houston. Copeland is another in a series of blues artists who was born in Louisiana
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Oops, they did it again
You might be forgiven if, on reading the following, you assume it was published by the Conservative Party of Canada: Mississauga, Ontario, February 18, 2013… Today, the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of National Revenue, joined by Brad Butt, Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Streetsville, announced that Canadian families receive substantial tax
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: The Big Shift? Or Wishful Thinking?
Following up on the release of a new book called The Big Shift by John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker, Gerry Nicholls is in The Hill Times this morning to boil it down for us: Harper’s majority victory in 2011 was no fluke. Rather, the Conservative Party won because its emphasis
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: You say "precarious" like it’s a bad thing
Half of GTA and Hamilton workers in ‘precarious’ jobs Barely half of working adults in the GTA and Hamilton have full-time jobs with benefits and expect to be working for their current employer a year from now, according to a groundbreaking report on precarious work and household well-being. The other
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night: Brown, Brown and Jordan
My father has to take some of the blame for my interest in the blues. He had a collection of 78s and albums that included material like tonight’s offerings. And Moose at Classic Blues Videos deserves a shout-out (again) for a couple of these. This first one is short and
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night: Solo blues
This is Gary Clark Jr. with Nextdoor Neighbour Blues. As far as I can tell it’s an original. Son House was a preacher before he was a blues musician and wrote Preacher Blues. Corey Harris covers it for a French audience. I had this in the middle but I watched
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Campaign Capers: In which the government drags its feet
Democracy Watch has a new feature on their website. It’s explained here: Today, Democracy Watch launched its online counter to track how much time has passed since the federal Conservatives have violated Parliament’s deadline for introducing a bill to restrict election fraud robocalls and strengthen election law enforcement. As of
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: The Age of Austerity
RBC boosts CEO’s pay 25% to $12.6-million Royal Bank of Canada chief Gordon Nixon took home $12.6-million in total direct compensation last year, the highest amount the bank has paid a chief executive. The paycheque represents a 25% increase over the previous year. I do understand that RBC is doing
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night blues blogging
Good evening. This is Billy Branch and the Sons of the Blues with their cover of Little Walter’s Juke. One of the guitarists in that last clip was Lurrie Bell. This performance of She’s Worse features his father, Carey Bell. And for the big finish: this is Albert King sitting
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Today in WTF? moments
HRSDC privacy breach letters sent to wrong people Former student loan recipients say letters from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada informing them their personal information may have been lost also include the contact information of complete strangers. The federal government is mailing many student loan borrowers to tell them
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: So when is a private member’s bill not a private member’s bill?
It’s been suggested by many observers that a Conversative MP doesn’t table a private member’s bill without the explicit permission of the government but until now I don’t think I’ve seen it stated in the media quite this bluntly. This is from a CBC piece by Chris Hall on Jason
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