Hey, there’s another thrilling GOP “debate” taking place tonight in Tampa, Florida.
This one is billed as the “Tea Party Republican Debate”… whatever that means. Presumably, the candidates will have to out-crazy one another. You know, mo…
Continue readingIf there’s one lesson Canadians can learn from the latest Stats Can study into public transit, it’s that losers take the bus. A whopping 82% of commuters know that the fastest way to get to work is by private automobile, preferably an SUV, and 12% of Canadians don’t agree. This makes the “12 percenter” Canadians […]
Two same-sex fathers in Saskatchewan have won the right to amend their child’s birth certificate, removing the name of a surrogate mother. The surrogate, identified only as Mary, carried the child to term using an embryo created from the sperm of one of the fathers and an ova from an anonymous donor. Despite being neither the child’s […]
Continue readingAstute observations about Harper and how he has complete domination over our laws and government.
Ralph Heintzman, a professor at the University of Ottawa and head of the federal Office of Public Service Values and Ethics, says Canada might just have the most centralized political system in the world.
“The . . . → Read More: Professor: Harper most powerful executive in the world; there is nothing to restrain him
Continue readingFrom Zandar Versus the Stupid, an astute observation on the world Mark Steyn inhabits.
Over at the National Review, Mark Steyn is clearly upset that we haven’t declared September 11th to be “National Take A Swing At A Muslim Day” and finds the world’s lack of dedicated Islamophobia to be disturbing.
“How . . . → Read More: Mark Steyn pens another post designed to inspire future Breiviks
Continue reading Seriously, Randy Hillier, stop making excuses and pay your fucking taxes. And Tim? A real leader wouldn’t allow one of his MPPs, who is paid with taxpayer dollars, to refuse to pay his own. Respect for taxpayers?? Disrespect is more like it.
Every day has a story. But not every day has a story that changes so much in your life. For ten years I haven’t told my story because it’s not special or unique compared to anyone else’s, especially on that day. But I now realize that it’s an important story
Continue readingThere’s a reason the Republicans and Conservatives seem obstructionist both while in government and in opposition. Prorogation at every turn in Canada, and filibustering every routine bill in the States has helped mis/uninformed or “low-information voters” conclude that government is ineffective at solving problems through collaboration, legislation, and science. This is an intentional trick being […]
A brief overview of the past ten years, and where we stand now 911 marked the beginning, not of a global war on terror, as the official story line goes, but the rapid and massive escalation of a long-standing global war on democracy. This is the…
Continue readingWhen did people become so ignorant? Over the last week I’ve overheard a few people expressing concern that Dalton McGuinty would help foreigners and not “us.” You know, they’d say, why should immigrants get jobs when my neighbour/sister/friend doesn’t have one. It’s not “fair.” I rarely share much about my personal life on this site […]
Slapping an orange label on it doesn’t make it progressive. H/T
This article appeared on PostMedia websites in the lead-up coverage of September 11th, Ten Years Later. A new generation is dawning, and they have no direct grasp of what it means to have lived through September 11, 2001. My experience may have been first hand through live TV, but like most Canadians, my life was […]
The United Kingdom has removed its lifetime ban on blood donations from gay men, replacing it with a one year deferral since the last time a donor has had sex with someone of the same gender. So, yeah—essentially, nothing has changed. Well, I suppose at the very least it’s an acknowledgement that the lifetime ban (which Canada […]
Continue readingThe political process needs more women involved – whether at the grassroots level, the back rooms or running as candidates. NDP leader Andrea Horwath even went so far as to say this on the floor of the Ontario legislature: “It’s a personal priority of mine to ensure that Ontario New Democrats are part of that […]
The bad state of First Nations reserves has been in the news recently. I’ve never been very clear on the responsibilities of the Canadian government to support people on reserves, and some of the debate lately has accused the government of being at fault for the poverty on reserves. I found this article, which shows […]
Continue readingI think Miller Hudak is completely adorable. But I disagree with her father’s decision to put his young daughter front and centre in this campaign. Particularly when he’s said that families should be off limits. That said, I was quite surprised by the approach Hudak has taken to family on this campaign. And I’m not […]
Calgary may not have the reputation of being a particularly tolerant city, but that perception change sooner than one might think. For one, Calgarians elected a surprisingly progressive mayor last year. Naheed Nenshi won by a comfortable margin thanks in large to an active youth vote, assembled into action via social media. And now, from […]
Continue readingThe UNTCAD just published its annual report on Trade and Development, titled Post-crisis Policy Challenges in the World Economy. The report describes a two speed global recovery, showing how developing economies have come out of the crisis stronger then their developed European and American counterparts. There the author invokes the contradictory forces at work in […]
Continue reading “This contains practical and affordable measures to help new Canadians find and create jobs here in Ontario. It is an example of forward thinking that is badly needed and long overdue.” – Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak
Hope and Change. Neither apply to the appallingly right-centre Obama administration. Unless of course you count change for the worse: “President Barack Obama is sacking a controversial proposed regulation tightening government smog standards, bowing to the demands of congressional Republicans and some business leaders.” Oh fantastic, because business has its knickers in a twist and […]
