… that staid old Ottawa had a Sexapalooza… I really didn’t. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingRedBedHead: Caterpillar Won Because Nobody Fought Hard Enough
It doesn’t have to be this way. We built this country, this economy and this world. We don’t have to mourn the loss of more jobs, this time sent to a union-busting “right to work” state, Indiana, for half the wages. It isn’t inevitable that our wages, pensions, benefits –
Continue readingImpolitical: The "great shell game"
Come on in, the water’s warm! Yes to this Martin column today: “The myth of Tory economic performance.” Can the myth be sustained in coming years? Are times about to get rockier? Some headlines from today to consider: “Banks rolling back mortgage discounts,” “Customers feel the pinch as banks cut
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: They’re Doing It Again…
After their successful Quebec trip, which resulted in minor league shock jock and Que. mayor Stéphane Gendron offering a grovelling apology and promising to be more circumspect in future, JDL-Canada has gone back to dancing with wingnuts. This time they’re holding a rally for UK “New Freedom Party” Leader Paul Weston. Here’s
Continue readingRubbin’ ‘Em Raw Out In Midway…
IfAtFirstYouDon’tSucceed Load,LoadThePropCatapaultAgain&Again&AgainVille The (not)Premier appears to be continuing with her US Republican Party-inspired ‘Take it directly to the (unquestioning) Regional Press’ strate(r)gy. How else to explain how the un-bylined ‘Staff Reporter’ at the Grand Forks Gazette posted up the following, with a straight face, yesterday: Premier Christy Clark was at
Continue readingImpolitical: Exposing the fakery matters
On the news of the fake citizenship reaffirmation ceremony hosted at Sun News at the urging of Jason Kenney’s office, Chris Selley of the National Post concluded this about the episode last week: “But that’s just the usual stuff and nonsense. I don’t see how any of it makes a
Continue readingJAMES LAXER: Stephen Harper’s Majority Government: Not Looking Out for YOU
As we close in on one year of Stephen Harper’s majority, it is evident that this is a very special government. YOU are just not on its list of priorities. It’s not that this government does not have causes to which it is deeply committed: low taxes for business and
Continue readingwmtc: mcdonalds is not healthy for pit bulls and other living things
In case you missed it, the marketing geniuses at McDonald’s thought it was cute to promote their latest concoction of fat, salt, sugar, and unpronounceable ingredients as being healthier than petting a dog. But not just any dog. Trying a brand new menu item at McDonald’s isn’t risky. You know
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Literacy plan still MIA #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Newfoundland and Labrador has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the country. There’s a huge demand for skilled labour in the province and that illiteracy level doesn’t help. The 1992 Strategic Economic Plan recognised the connection between literacy and economic development: it’s not like government officials weren’t generally aware
Continue readingStephen Harper’s Majority Government: Not Looking Out for YOU
As we close in on one year of Stephen Harper’s majority, it is evident that this is a very special government. YOU are just not on its list of priorities. It’s not that this government does not have causes to which it is deeply committed: low taxes for business and
Continue readingJames Laxer: Stephen Harper’s Majority Government: Not Looking Out for YOU
As we close in on one year of Stephen Harper’s majority, it is evident that this is a very special government. YOU are just not on its list of priorities. It’s not that this government does not have causes to which it is deeply committed: low taxes for business and
Continue readingBeing sore winners
The nasty dickishness of the Harper government continues to know no bounds. After QP yesterday, Jason Kenney stood up to deliver a tribute to Václav Havel, the former Czech president and free speech activist. Also making tributes were Hélène Laverdière and Bob Rae. But when Elizabeth May asked to make
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Totally Unnecessary Danger? Another Autistic Child Left Alone on School Bus
Surely, of all the dangers that confront many autistic children the simplest danger to eradicate, the one that doesn’t have to exist, is the danger of an autistic child being left alone on a school bus, van or other vehicle while parked in scorching heat or while it departs for
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: The Fraser Institute: 100% political and still a registered charity! Explain, please…
A typical Canadian taxpayer ponders the tax-deductible corporate pork that goes to support the Fraser Institute and its ilk. Below: Fraser Institute critics Donald Gutstein and Graham Steele; the Canada Revenue Agency, where is it? Other than Canadian political parties themselves, the Fraser Institute must be Canada’s most intensely political
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: worthwhile ideas from the alberta liberal party.
Raj Sherman The title of this blog post will sound like an oxymoron to many Albertans. Launching an election campaign early, PC MLA-turned-Liberal leader Raj Sherman released his party’s 2012 election platform yesterday. After reading the platform, I was surprised that the Liberals were actually able to pull together such
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4187…Eight Providences Make Up Canada
NDP MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan thinks Canada has only 9 million people so it would follow that she might be a bit off regarding the province thingy. Ironically Ms. Sitsabaiesan is an MP in the Greater Toronto Area which in and of itself has close to 9 large. This is Jack
Continue readingImpolitical: Late night
One of the Superbowl ads that has had a bit of a political backlash. It’s Clint Eastwood’s ad for Chrysler that Karl Rove whined about Monday, to the effect that it is supportive of Obama in that Obama made the decision to bail out the auto industry and the auto
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Talking the talk
In one of the least surprising decisions in the history of Canadian jurisprudence, the Sask Party’s essential services law from 2007 has finally been struck down by the courts as unconstitutional. So now, all of a sudden, the Wall government actually wants to talk to unions: The minister added that
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