Q. How does one get to be Minister of the Environment without any scientific knowledge whatsoever? A. By being a faithful, appointed HarpoCon hack beforehand, and then coasting into office on that. BTW, Peter Kent hates Venezuela. So it’s no surprise that he has scant respect for anything on Earth
Continue readingBlunt Objects: The End of the Alberta Liberal Party…. Again
So, despite the election of a new leader who leads in opinion polls on the biggest issue in the province as the “most trusted” to handle the issue, the Alberta Liberals have now lost two members (of the nine they originally elected), been through two leadership elections since the last
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: You guys have a majority.. why hide behind a Private Members Bill?
That’s my only real question of this particular reversal/manoeuvre on Section 13 regarding hate speech and the Human Rights Tribunal. I’m not at all surprised they’re doing this, even if they didn’t campaign on it, nor am I surprised that they’ve reversed course on supporting it, now that they have
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Occupy Toronto – it is the stuff of middle class Canada
I am about as 1% as you can get. I carry a briefcase, wear a suit and have a well-trimmed beard. In fact Global TV interviewed me with the clear intent of getting an outraged person demanding the park be cleared — they were startled when I didn't say that
Continue readingHuntsville tops The Economist’s list of "World’s Most Livable”
The small Ontario resort town Huntsville was named The Economist‘s “World’s Most Livable City”, displacing last year’s winner Melbourne, Australia. Huntsville earned the citation thanks to an abundance of federally-provided first-rate facilities, excellent gazebos and other park structures, sidewalk and tree upgrades, brand-new public toilets, arenas, skating rinks, parking lots,
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Macleans Hands Bob Rae The…
…Redshirt, whilst pretending to honor him. Just shows how the MSM will attempt to hobble any leadership bid by the former Ontario Premier. This award is the equivalent of being voted most polite barbarian; the signal sent is that you’re not long for politics. I pray that Mr. Rae can recover. And, hopefully, if Sheila gets in as
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Occupy Ottawa issued eviction notice, vow to resist
Occupy Ottawa is under attack! The National Capital Commission (NCC) served the movement with a notice of eviction from Confederation Park earlier today. The peaceful Occupiers are required to vacate the park by mid night. But they’re …Read More
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: Occupy: Why Voting Isn’t Enough
Overhead view of the Occupy Toronto encampment, St. James Park (from Torontoist) Al Gore’s book, “The Assault on Reason” is one of the best treatises on American democracy I’ve ever read. Written almost five years ago, the book goes into great detail about the many ways in which that democracy
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: Occupy: Why Voting Isn’t Enough
Overhead view of the Occupy Toronto encampment, St. James Park (from Torontoist) Al Gore’s book, “The Assault on Reason” is one of the best treatises on American democracy I’ve ever read. Written almost five years ago, the book goes into great detail about the many ways in which that democracy
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: Occupy: Why Voting Isn’t Enough
Overhead view of the Occupy Toronto encampment, St. James Park (from Torontoist)Al Gore’s book, “The Assault on Reason” is one of the best treatises on American democracy I’ve ever read. Written almost five years ago, the book goes into great detail ab…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Last Week on As Quebec Turns….
The political drama in the province of Quebec these days is probably some of the most complicated in the world, involving prickly voters with nationalist sentiments who are tired of nationalist vs. federalist arguments and will seemingly vote for any party that offers something new, whether left or right of
Continue readingwmtc: beyond occupy: out of the parks, into our lives
Shortly after the Occupy Movement began to make headlines, my friend and comrade Dr. J wrote this on his blog your heart’s on the left: Is occupation a tactic or a principle? Should the focus be on the internal procedures of those actively occupying, or outreach to broader communities and
Continue readingImpolitical: Worth noting
A view on Liberal renewal from Andrew Coyne: How then to carve out a distinctive case for the Grits? The answer will lie as much in the way the party develops policies as in the policies it ultimately adopts. On both scores, it will need to capitalize on its own
Continue readingThe Political Road Map: The Media Is Not Your Friend
It’s November 21st, 2011 and I thought I would change pace a little bit and talk about something I recently got more exposure of. Mental health awareness and the utter lack of it that we have in Canada and for the most part the United States of America is the
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Six mindboggling things about NCC’s eviction of Occupy Ottawa
With crackdowns against Occupy protesters in New York, Vancouver and other Canadian cities in recent days, we knew this moment of force and madness would come to Canada’s capital. Today, on its 38th day of …Read More
Continue readingOccupy Vancouver teardown. Live photo blog.
3:15 “You staying?” “That’s the future tense. This is the present tents”.
Continue readingImpolitical: He was a skater boy…
24 hours in the life of Tony Clement. Let’s see how it shapes up these days. First, there’s more bad news on the G8 file: The Canadian Press came out with new revelations Monday detailing the $2-million spent to renovate Deerhurst Resort, the venue for the summit. This included $3,000
Continue readingArt Threat: Two docs explore violence & resistance – Tales from the G20 & End:Civ compliment but still incomplete
Having been there during the G20, images of Toronto becoming a war zone—burning cop cars foregrounded by throngs of protestors clashing with riot gear-clad police—are burned into my mind. It was a dark time for the city, and it raised serious questions: when is it truly necessary to take a
Continue readingQP: Ask a simple question
The topic of the day was raw sewage, as Nycole Turmel kicked off Question Period. News that new federal regulations on wastewater treatment would mean some hefty budget burdens on municipalities left Turmel wondering where the money for these infrastructure projects was going to come from. It was James Moore’s turn to
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