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Here are the results as of this morning from the CBC’s Canada Votes 2011: The Conservative majority is obviously bad for me, but I have to say I’m not unhappy about the other aspects of the result.  I haven’t been impressed by the Liberals lately, so that’s not a big deal for me.  I think […]

Conrad Black: Exeunt the poltroons of separatism Tee-hee. I’m sure Stephen appreciates your support, Conrad. You are a stark reminder of exactly what type of people owns these rags and controls the editorial content. Oh yes, I almost forgot: GET …

I saw this linked on Reddit as “This is quite possibly the simplest and most Zen flowchart I’ve ever seen”, and I like it:

No fancy widget this time, but you can follow my comments on Twitter under #QuadraDb8 for the Vancouver Quadra all candidates debate at UBC.

It’s tough deciding where to put my vote on the “left” and it’s not getting any easier this election. Let’s take a look at my choices: Liberals The traditional “safe” left-leaning vote, although there’s been a lot of talk recently about them having moved too far to the right.  Their platform doesn’t have a lot […]

I noted recently that A murderer should not be allowed “access to the community” 2 years into his sentence and it seems like a lot of people came to their senses: Rally in Coquitlam over Schoenborn.  Even the murderer had some sanity: Schoenborn withdraws escorted day leaves application. There is something wrong with our legal […]

Patients Are Not Consumers – this is true for so many reasons, not the least of which being that the country who already has a more “consumer-focused” medical industry has incredibly inflated costs and below average outcomes.  It&#82…

The struggle is not between left and right: it is between democracy and tyranny – that is, it is between the people and the power elite. If the people do not unite, they will never defeat the rising dangers of fascism, ecological collapse or soci…

A response to a very glowing review of Flannery’s new book on the state of the earth (Toronto Star, Porter) http://www.thestar.com/news/article/975785–porter-how-globalization-can-unexpectedly-save-the-planet There is always hope. Life never en…

This post is a response to this article from the Telegraph about a French female lawyer ripping off another young woman’s burqa (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7735607/France-has-first-burka-rage-incident.html). What a disappointment!  And what an insult – putting forward this law in the name of trying to protect women?  This is bad law and bad policy made with bad intentions which […]

Gerald Keddy (South Shore-St. Margaret’s) is getting a bit of bad press for attaching one of his campaign signs to a Government of Canada Economic Action Plan sign in his riding. We shouldn’t be surprised by this transgression: 1) He has a …

What?  Child killer Schoenborn granted chance at escorted access to community.  Really?  What? I’m all for people receiving proper treatment when found guilty but “not criminally responsible”, but after murdering 3 kids in cold blood (his own kids, no less) I’m appalled that such a person would ever have “access to the community” again in […]

The Oped below is in this morning’s Toronto Star.  It was written with my new colleague Anouk Dey, with whom I am in the process of building something pretty exciting with the Canada International Council.  Many more details to follow in the coming weeks. R2P: More than a Slogan For many commentators, the Responsibility to […]

Why is it that the Conservative campaign is rife with overzealous control freaks screening potential participants and declaring them unfit to gaze upon Dear Leader? I’ll tell you why: Because Harperites become hysterical when they are told that t…

Sometimes I appreciate Margaret Wente’s contrarianism, sometimes it really blinds her.  Her piece last weekend on R2P and Libya was wildly off the mark, replacing critique with a somewhat bizarre stretch to lay ideological blame.  Below is a response I wrote with Anouk Dey for the CIC blog. — In last Saturday’s Globe and Mail, […]

Rudyard Griffiths and I have a piece out today on how and why our election debates are flawed, and what can be done about it.  We have a lot of research on this, so feel free to contact me for details. — Let a Commission, Not Broadcasters, Call the Shots Whether or not one agrees […]