A reasonable apprehension of bias — that’s what we learned to call it in law school. It’s the legal standard, in Canadian law, for disqualifying a judge or decision-maker in an administrative tribunal. Bias is prejudice, mostly. It’s an unreasonably hostile feeling or opinion about a person or group. In
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Alberta Politics: Wildrose leader advocates a return to deep cuts and deep freezes for public services and public employees
PHOTOS: Opposition Leader Brian Jean holds forth on public jobs and public services during his Oct. 30 interview with the CBC. (Screenshot.) Below: Is this Mr. Jean’s idea of the future of Alberta’s public services? Below that: NDP Finance Minister Joe Ceci. Wildrose Leader Brian Jean is starting to sketch
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Start work at 9 in the morning? Never! Alberta’s Wildrose picks another great hill to die on
PHOTOS: You want me to be at the Legislature when? A young Brian Jean contemplates the horrors of a future under an NDP government. Younger versions of Alberta political leaders may not have appeared exactly as illustrated. Below: The real Mr. Jean as he appears today; NDP Infrastructure and Transportation
Continue readingCuriosityCat: CBC Power & Politics’ Barton goofs on Trudeau statement
It really is time for the powers that be in the CBC to put some smart folks in a room and tell them to come up with an intelligent set of facts on how our constitution works, and then to train Rosemary Barton and others in the P&P program. Justin
Continue readingAlberta Politics: The refugee crisis: Harper Conservatives just can’t spin it both ways
PHOTOS: Refugees from the Syrian civil war clog a road near the Syria-Iraq border. (UNHCR photo.) Below: Saskatchewan Conservative MP Kelly Block’s constituency leaflet; Ms. Block herself; Immigration Minister Chris Alexander. For several years, the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has played to the worst instincts of a significant
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Rosemary Barton Destroyed the Con Clown Chris Alexander
As you may know, I absolutely despise Chris Alexander, the Con Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.The once promising young diplomat who sold his soul to Stephen Harper.And morphed into something monstrous like the ghastly portrait in the Picture of Dorian Gray.The kind of man who would deny health care to
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Evolving Harper ‘Narrative’ On The Duffy Scandal
Of course, I am using the word narrative quite euphemistically here. Recommend this Post
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