Tuesday, March 27 saw a day dominated by the type of serious discussion about the role of the financial sector that we should expect in the years to come – even if the basis for that discussion was less than we should have hoped for. The Big Issue The main
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Red Tory v.3.0.3: 17th Century France in 3D
Hundreds of years before the advent of satellite photography and Google Earth, French monarchs used detailed scale models to micromanage their realm… Not only is it fascinating these intricate models of cities and forts would have been commissioned in the first place, but quite amazing they’ve actually been preserved intact
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: The rebels who snubbed the Queen
The Diamond Jubilee, the extravagant international celebration throughout 2012 marking Queen Elizabeth II’s 60th year at the helm of the declining British Empire, is finally here. British medals galore! Officer of the Order of the British …Read More
Continue readingTrashy's World: Friday miscellany….
picture edition…. Apologies to any vegetarians out there… (naw, not really…) IN THE BEGINNING, there was bacon… =================================================================================== There is an interesting poll in the Montréal Gazette this morning: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ On this day… Canadian football and American football parted ways… 1912 – In the U.S., professional football set some new
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Hot or Not: Liberal Biennial Convention Edition (Part 2)
Hot: Peter Milliken: Canada’s longest-serving Speaker of the House can still silence a room with a stern look or wry turn-of-phrase , which is even more impressed when that room is filled with 3200 Liberal delegates instead of 308 MPS. Cannabis: With 77% of the vote it looks like the
Continue readingthe reeves report: Liberals opt to tread cautiously into the future
Stage in Canada Hall at the Liberal Biennial Convention. Canada’s die-hard Liberals are wrapping up their Biennial Convention in Ottawa this afternoon. It has been an enthusiastic affair, despite the fact that it is not a leadership convention. (Although the Liberals have had enough of those in the past decade
Continue readingPample the Moose: Pot-smoking hippie monarchists
Or as they like to call themselves, “The Liberal Party of Canada”. I see from my twitter feed that the monarchy resolution has been defeated by a wide margin. Surprise surprise. But on a lighter (higher?) note, a resolution to support the legalization of marijuana has passed. A pity they
Continue readingBlunt Objects: The Monarchy Question as a Novelty
The media is a bit abuzz over the proposed resolution proposed by the Young Liberals coming up this January at the Biennial Convention to sever Canada’s ties with the monarchy. Now, this is mostly an abstract question because, let’s face it, the monarchy is never a big part of our
Continue readingPample the Moose: Monarchy – Such a great idea, none of the kids are doing it
So, it would seem that the Liberal equivalent of the NDP’s name-change resolution and Conservative party’s abortion/gay rights/pick-your-social-conservative-issue resolution at this year’s party convention will be a youth wing resolution to consider severing ties with the monarchy. I’ll be shocked if this resolution ends up being seriously debated, and even
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Culture Wars: The Harper Government’s ridiculous ban on the Burqa during the citizenship ceremony
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has just announced plan to ban the use of the burqa or niqab for new Canadians during the Oath of Citizenship. I was very disappointed not just with the decision, but with how the decision was made and the various justifications used to defend it. Let
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Today in Pointless Ideas from Nathan Cullen
Putting the monarchy to a vote appears to be Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Nathan Cullen’s most recent suggestion. This comes off the heels of his last headline capturing moment with the suggestion of a “progressive primary” vote that he himself admitted would never be a reality. While other candidates like
Continue readingLeDaro: Stephen Harper Wants His Queen Back
During the visit of Will and Kate, a picture of the Queen was borrowed from the Cabinet Office of Stephen Harper. Now he’s very upset that it has not been returned yet. The front-page headline on HuffPost was, “Harper wants his Queen back.” If he likes his Queen so much,
Continue readingTrashy's World: Can we be annexed by Australia?
…seriously. Because their PM has balls (figuratively). More balls than our guys… Of course, Steve probably curtsied. And Peter shurely did! The queen should be shown the same degree of respect as anyone her age. No more and no less. She is no different from any one of us except for the luck of […]
Continue readingSpending money on patriotism initiatives isn’t a bad idea, but Tories are doing it half-assed
There are many things that the conservative Harper government is currently doing that get on my nerves. The introduction of the word Royal ahead of the term Canadian Forces, now known as the Royal Canadian Forces, was a bit of a stretch, but hey, we can let this one slide
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Oxymoron of the Day: Modernizing the Monarchy
The UK’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, wants to modernize the monarchy. In our modern day and age, you see, the practice of preferentially selecting male over female heirs is the wrong symbol and really ought to be changed so first born daughters can…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On royal demolition
Yesterday I posted about one way in which the Cons’ threat to go over the head of Canada’s governing institutions in order to hold onto power looks to have plenty of repercussions in the years to come. But let’s note another massive gap between the Con…
Continue readingPample the Moose: On Royal Rebranding
In light of this week’s ministerial command to “hang the Queen” in Canada’s embassies abroad here are some comments from me in a story by Sarah Boesveld in the National Post. For the record, I’m shocked, shocked(!) by what Rudyard Griffiths had to say…
Continue readingTrashy's World: OMFG…
Do the HarperCons have nothing better to do than send edicts about what should be on the walls of our Embassies and Missions?
This Government is a joke.
Vive la Republique Canadienne!
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Continue readingTrashy's World: CPC pays homage to yet another anachronism…
… by putting “Royal” back in the names of the Navy and the Air Force. Loving anachronisms – it’s the CPC way… This move is just plain bone-headed on so many levels! Even some Cons that I know are scratching their heads a bit over this one! Some traditionalists are saying: “Hooray! We’re going back […]
Continue readingLaw is Cool: The monarchy in Canada
The recent royal visit offers a good chance to talk about monarchy in Canada. Besides just being nice Canadians, the people who greeted the newly married royal couple were often ecstatic, filled with genuine love for the two people, one of which has done nothing of significance while the other has never been heard of […]