On Tuesday I spent a fabulous day giving workshops in a large English language high school south of Montreal. The kids were 13 to 15, sometimes rowdy but in general open to my workshop which was about where stories come from. I read one of my stories, talked about what
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Liberals’ Renaissance in Quebec.
Quebec’s federal and provincial Liberals appear to be enjoying something of a renaissance. The Toronto Star’s Chantal Hebert figures the Trudeau Libs now give Mulcair’s New Dems’ Quebec-centric power base a serious challenge. In an ever-expanding forest of positive polls for the Liberals, the latest CROP snapshot of Quebec public
Continue readingLeDaro: Justin Trudeau’s positive ad.
I think this is a much better ad than Harper’s bullying ads.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Leave Tim Hudak’s wife alone (updated)
Going after Deb Hutton? Seriously? That’s going way too far. It’s shameful, in fact. Spouses, and families, are always off-limits. If I was still involved, this wouldn’t be happening. I can guarantee you of that. UPDATE: More here.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Society of Ob-Gyns Wants Boys Vaccinated for HPV
Canada’s Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists has set the cat among the fundamentalist pigeons this time. They want all Canadian provinces to follow Prince Edward Island’s lead and make HPV vaccination available to boys as well as girls. HPV, or human papillomavirus, is generally considered a disease transmitted unknowingly by
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Why Does the F-35 Have Just One Engine? Blame It On Those Damned JarHeads.
A huge limiting factor of the F-35 is that it has just one engine. In a vast, sparsely populated country with extreme weather (yes, that would be Canada), twin-engine reliability is a huge bonus. One engine goes out – from a bird strike or mechanical failure, whatever – and you’ve
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Crunching the F-35 Numbers. It’s Anything You Want.
There’s one thing F-35 pilots won’t be seeing as much as they’d like – the inside of an F-35. Instead they’ll be spending a good deal more time pretending to be inside an F-35, in a simulator inside some cavernous hangar. Now how the balance between actual stick and rudder
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: An Embodiment Of The Transcendent
Adrianne Haslet and Beth Roche are two faces of the human spirit I was trying to talk about the other day. I am in awe. Recommend this Post
Continue readingBuckdog: Political Fights – Marquis Of Queensbury Rules VS A Kick In The Nuts ……..
(How some Liberals & New Democrats would like to conduct Political Fights with Conservatives) (How Conservatives actually conduct a Political Fight) Quess who’s winning ………
Continue readingLeDaro: Jesus available online
Now you can discuss all your problems with him and through him with God. It is so easy.:) Here is the link. Talking about Jesus I always thought that lazy people didn’t shave. Last month or so I was lazy and didn’t shave. One lady told me that I looked like
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: RCMP Macho Culture Displayed During Announcement Of Terror Plot?
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: The Toronto Star’s Heather Mallick suggests that the RCMP’s notorious macho culture was on full display during the announcement of the unveiling terrorist plot to derail a Via Rail passenger train. Mallick says: Call me cynical. I’m not, I am hopeful credulity itself, but the anti-terror bill
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: RCMP Macho Culture Displayed During Announcement Of Terror Plot?
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: The Toronto Star’s Heather Mallick suggests that the RCMP’s notorious macho culture was on full display during the announcement of the unveiling terrorist plot to derail a Via Rail passenger train. Mallick says: Call me cynical. I’m not, I am hopeful credulity itself, but the anti-terror bill
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 5911…The Difference Between The Tories And The Libs
Good; not so good. Capeche? WFDS
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: April 25: "Renovated Dieppe liquor store reopens"
Wow! Stop the presses. The liquor store is a front page story. Lesser stories begin on p.2. “Medical society to sue province”. Well, it’s only our health system that’s involved. That’s not nearly as important as a renovated liquor store. The medical society is charging that a cap the government is imposing
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Give Me a Boilin’ Hot Cup of Joe
Ol’ Joe is in the hotseat in the House of Commons today. The New Democrats plan to grill NatResMin Oliver over his remarks smearing leading climate scientist James Hansen. Oliver who is openly inimical to parts of the country, including the entire province of British Columbia, accused the former head
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Terrorist Bill and the October Nightmare
Sometimes I can't help feeling that a lot of Canadians have forgotten the fundamental lesson of the War Measures Act.And that is, it wasn't Pierre Trudeau's finest hour, it was his darkest.It was an October nightmare, that led to the arrests of hundreds of innocent people. It wasn't needed to ensure
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: How Cohen Recommendations, Termination Clause and BCNDP Can End Risk to Wild Salmon Economy
Let’s turn to the notion that BC has no jurisdiction over salmon farms as a result of a recent lawsuit which saw the Federal Government assume much of the oversight of the industry. While this is essentially true, there is in fact a little known clause that exists in the
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: How Cohen Recommendations, Termination Clause and BCNDP Can End Risk to Wild Salmon Economy
Let’s turn to the notion that BC has no jurisdiction over salmon farms as a result of a recent lawsuit which saw the Federal Government assume much of the oversight of the industry. While this is essentially true, there is in fact a little known clause that exists in the
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: More on the Combatting Terrorism Act
The Globe and Mail has a report on the passage of Bill S7 that includes some interesting comments from someone who actually supports having a law like this on the books. Professor Craig Forcese is described as “a specialist in national security law” and he believes that measures such as
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On regressive choices
Yesterday, I offered a quick, off-the-cuff response to the Sask Party’s decision to restrict municipalities in applying property taxes to commercial and industrial land. But let’s look in a bit more detail at the warped economic theory Jim Reiter is spouting in defence of the move: “A very, very small
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