62% of all western Canadian farmers who grow wheat have voted to retain the Canadian Wheat Board as a “single-desk” to buy farmers’ wheat and market it to the world.
The Conservative government has declared its intention to allow other buyers to get i…
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Continue readingOne of the obvious questions facing Saskatchewan voters in the lead up to this fall’s election is that of how much credit (if any) Brad Wall and his government should be able to claim for economic gains based mostly on favourable resource prices. So le…
Continue readingMy opposition to the death penalty is absolute. I have always opposed capital punishment, but reading Helen Prejean’s Dead Man Walking moved me from an opposition with certain conditional exceptions to an absolute position. The more I learned about cap…
Continue readingYou know how everybody has distinct preferences when it comes to buying bananas? For example, my homeless friend Dave X likes his bananas “lightly freckled.” I prefer mine still tinged with green. Because of that, I only like to buy three bananas at a time.
Which brings me to a dilemma.
When I’m choosing bananas, […]
Continue readingSo if the wait times increase, the crowding gets worse and the fares go up will we inevitably see more people driving — which will make the roads worse and increase the TTC’s need for funds as it will have fewer riders?http://www.thestar.com/news/ttc/…
Continue readingThe Edmonton Journal and Calgary Herald have published the results of a joint-Environics poll gauging support for Progressive Conservative leadership candidates among 800 card-carrying party members: Province-wide Gary Mar: 31% Alison Redford: 20% Doug Horner: 12% Ted Morton: 10% Rick Orman: 5% Doug Griffiths: 4% Undecided/Won’t vote: 17% Edmonton Gary Mar: 43% Doug Horner: 14% […]
Continue readingI wrote earlier this month about the growing call from certain monied sectors for an increase in their personal taxation rates, arguing that they are not paying their fair share to support the country in which they grew and prospered. That plea, as no…
Continue readingHeaven help Hamilton on this one. Another round of Pan Am chicken.No sooner did it seem we call Red Hat owner Bob Young’s bluff and offer to do a renovation of Ivor Wynne than it turns out that the proposal as set was for bleachers an…
Continue readingNot content merely to discuss his nomination of Elizabeth Matthews for a seat on the offshore regulatory board, Danny Williams took some pretty heavy shots at his former cabinet members on Monday in a 10 minute interview with the CBC’s Chris O’Neil…
Continue readinghttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/tories-denounce-ndp-frontrunner-brian-topp-as-power-hungry-union-stooge/article2163793/?from=sec431Glad to see the Federal Government is showing its customary respect for Opposition leaders ….
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Usually the best way to solve a neighborly spat is to march right up to the door and talk it out, face-to-face. However, if said neighbor happens to be away a lot and …
Continue readingLike Stephen Harper, Tim Hudak has as Master’s degree in economics. But, as Jim Stanford points out in his latest publication from The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Hudak’s economics don’t pass the sniff test:This detailed statistical review…
Continue readingHere are today’s leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Martin Kessman, Overweight Man, Sues White Castle Because He Can’t Fit In Seats – http://goo.gl/dSo9POhio Fights Back Against Voter ID Laws – http://goo.gl/gjzaK Italy seeks damages for …
Continue readingThis is book review week, when I lead discussions in four Montreal area libraries. In two of them, the book is Shlipi Somaya Gowda’s Secret Daughter, a novel about adoption and motherhood in India and North America that has surprised the publishing w…
Continue readingIt is interesting that the Conservatives are attacking Brian Topp for being friendly to unions. It just underscores the Conservatives utter lack of concern for working people or the conditions under which they work. Unions have played the most crucial …
Continue readingNDP leadership candidate Topp says Quebec deserves more seats in House Quebec should join B.C., Alberta and Ontario in getting extra House of Commons seats when Canada’s political map is next redrawn, says New Democratic Party leadership candidate Brian Topp. … He said giving extra seats to Quebec would be a way to recognize its status as a nation within Canada. "I think we need to find an appropriate Canadian compromise," he said… I believe very strongly that, as far as it’s practical, an individual Quebecer’s vote should count every bit as much as mine. Every bit as much, but no more. The reason that giving additional seats to B.C., Alberta and Ontario is up for consideration is that our system is supposed to be based on representation by population. It’s about the math, not about compromising to recognize anyone’s status. The reason for supporting electoral reform — or so I thought — was the recognition that our current system fails badly when it comes to giving equal weight to each individual vote and Topp is now talking about contradicting that effort before we ever get there. If he’s suggesting right out of the gate that we should start compromising…
Continue readingYes, there’s once again plenty to like about the ‘Riders’ performance in sweeping the home-and-home series against what had been the CFL’s top team. But let’s note that there’s still some obvious room for improvement in the offence which is winning so …
Continue readingThere has been some behind the scenes upgrades to BDBO, and one up front which I hope will make it easier for those of you who use social media. If you click the share button now appearing at the bottom … Continue reading →
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