Did Jack Layton make a mistake recommending the appointment of Nycole Turmel as interim leader? Her status as a former Bloc Quebecois party member may not cause concern within Quebec. However, outside Quebec, her recent switch from the Bloc to t…
Continue readingLiberal party leaders need to engage in assisted suicide debate
Despite the fact that the election discourse is gravitating mostly around the economy here in Ontario, with the PCs and Liberals trading blows on who can manage money in better ways in the province, we, the foot soldiers and liberal campaigners need t…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: BlocHead – Dipper Watch
Bloc NDP leader Nycole Turmel is supposed to be in St. John’s on Wednesday for the annual regatta. Local Dippers will be out in force. As local president Dale Kirby tweeted on Tuesday: Will be at Royal St. John’s Regatta tomorrow with Inte…
Continue readingWE DON’T NEED A LECTURE FROM ALBERTA “FIREWALL” HARPER
The Conservatives pride themselves on their ability to throw opposition leaders under the bus. And they’re at it now with NDP interim leader Nycole Turmel. She is a self-proclaimed federalist and always has been. She was a member of the BQ and of …
Continue readingJAMES LAXER: WE DON’T NEED A LECTURE FROM ALBERTA “FIREWALL” HARPER
The Conservatives pride themselves on their ability to throw opposition leaders under the bus. And they’re at it now with NDP interim leader Nycole Turmel. She is a self-proclaimed federalist and always has been. She was a member of the BQ and of Quebec Solidaire and the Conservatives are trying
Continue readingcmkl: Stephen Harper wants to be the public service’s best friend, or rather he did
Or rather he did. Before getting elected. This deserves more attention. “We have no plans to cut departmental program spending” Harper wrote in the Ottawa Citizen in 2006.
Continue readingImpolitical: Turmel’s day
Just a few points to add to the maelstrom. Have been out much of the day so forgive me if any of this is repetitive of anything seen elsewhere.Last week I did want to blog about the NDP interim leader selection process. But I held off out of a sense th…
Continue readingPaper Dynamite Online: Lucien Bouchard In A Dress?
Let’s cut to the chase.I’d like Nycole Turmel to answer the following question: Is the current Constitution of Canada sufficient for you to remain a committed federalist?Or is she Lucien Bouchard redux: a conditional federalist whose allegiance is base…
Continue readingJames Laxer: WE DON’T NEED A LECTURE FROM ALBERTA “FIREWALL” HARPER
The Conservatives pride themselves on their ability to throw opposition leaders under the bus. And they’re at it now with NDP interim leader Nycole Turmel. She is a self-proclaimed federalist and always has been. She was a member of the BQ and of Quebec Solidaire and the Conservatives are trying
Continue readingMind of Dan: A trip to the Reifel Bird Sanctuary
A trip to the Reifel Bird Sanctuary is always a good time… especially when I have my camera with me: I have an unhealthy obsession with Sandhill Cranes See the whole set here. And visit Eye of Dan to see all my best images Related Posts (auto generated and almost random):More Birds! Sandhill Crane Crane […]
Continue readingThe Skwib: Hamster Naming Guide, 2008 Protocols
HamsterNamingGuide2009, a photo by lunchbreath on Flickr. I don’t have 2009 or 2010 protocols available to share, but for those of you naming hamsters in 2011: Obvious: Hammy Portly: Kirstie Good: Buddha (also could be used for Portly, if male) Evil: Gehenna Skinny: Imogen Obscure: Thangador I would love to know some of the other […]
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Telling
No, Tim Harper’s take on the latest news about Nycole Turmel isn’t any better than most of the media’s coverage. But it does at least include one rather telling contrast:Inside Quebec, the Turmel revelation will likely cause little damage.It is underst…
Continue readingthe reeves report: Torontonians beginning to realize you get what you pay For(d)
Running through the public and media discourse during and immediately after the ‘Historic Toronto Council Sleepover,’ as it will be etched forever in city lore, were two dominant threads that reinforced each other while speaking to separate issues. The first: elections matter. The second: you get what you pay for. Mayor Rob Ford’s challenge to … Continue reading »
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Continue readingBlunt Objects: Nycole Turmel: Marrying Separatists
Well, not literally, though she was apparently a member of both the now-tiny Bloc Quebecois, and the little communist separatist party, Quebec Solidaire.Is this a high revelation? Well, there’s the fact that she never mentioned it before; that’s somewh…
Continue readingSudbury Steve May: Tough Questions for Sudbury MP Glenn Thibeault over Support of Former Bloc Member Nycole Turmel’s Ascension to NDP Leader
An article of minor interest appeared in my local newspaper last week, as part of the media’s follow-up related to the national news story that New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton was stepping down as leader, in order to fight cancer. Layton, an…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: NAS President Peter Wood: wrong, dishonest or hopelessly compromised?
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New Mashey Report Disrobes Climate Disinformer
What would cause a senior anthropologist such as Peter Wood to stagger outside his field of expertise and launch a bitchy, perso…
Peace, order and good government, eh?: Mostly competent government
The Harper Government™ has been doing such an awesome job of protecting the endangered woodland caribou in northeastern Alberta that a Federal Court has decided to step in and order the Environment Minister to actually do his job. [Justice Peter Crampton] said Jim Prentice, the former federal environment minister, never explained why he decided against an emergency order that would protect caribou habitat, although all available science pointed to the need for one. "Notwithstanding the substantial scientific and other evidence that was discussed … the minister concluded that there are no imminent threats to the national recovery of boreal caribou," Crampton wrote. "This conclusion essentially came ‘out of the ‘blue.’ … Accordingly, the decision cannot stand." The court has instructed the current minister, Peter Kent, to "revisit" that decision not to issue an emergency order. Kent has also been told to produce a recovery plan for the declining caribou herds by Sept. 1. It seems our mostly competent Conservatives have already missed a legal deadline for said plan — by four years. And it’s not as if no one knew there was a problem. Some scientists have predicted caribou will be gone within 30 years. Biologists have been documenting the…
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Lueur d’espoir pour le renouvellement du PLC: Sheila Copps
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