Ralph Goodale shocked that he must give up his prime office space in the Centre Block!
What Angers Some Liberals The Most Is the Loss Of Entitlement. How dare the 103 New Democrat MP's think they are in any way, superior to 34 Liberal MP's. Jane…
May 2011
Sign A Merger Will Not Happen
There is bound to be a lot of bad blood between Liberals and New Democrats after the latter started evicting a bunch of Liberal MPs, including Ralph Goodale, whom they…
On the Quebec question: (2) Self-determination
Yesterday, I suggested that objections to the definition of a "clear majority" in favour of separation as 50%+1 were insincere, and really masked forms of other objections. The first I…
Hooray for Winnipeg!!!!
About time! Now let’s see about getting a team back to Québec City and another one for Ontario and maybe the Maritimes! Bettman? Your great experiment is a failure! I…
The Liberals and the Quebec Question
It's a debate you'd expect to hear at a party like this one. But it's one being hoisted upon us by the Liberal Party, which only makes it more absurd.…
Free Dominion, the Fourniers, and "John Does" Revisited
Our friend BCL has already done the heavy lifting so we will simply direct our readers to his blog. Suffice it to say that a third judge has ruled in…
Will The Federal Liberal Caucus Work To Save The Canadian Wheat Board?
Big City Lib predicts that the current parliamentary formula of (Conservative Gov't + NDP Official Opposition = BOOM!!!). Since it is the stated intent of the Harper admin to end…
“Justice Sheds” Fill Gap in System
While waiting for their new multi-billion dollar prisons to be constructed, “Conservatives” are protecting their neighbourhoods with homemade “Justice Sheds” to detain suspicious-looking characters the police are too lazy to…
The Return Of Stagflation?
Those of us around in the 1970s will remember the term stagflation - a combination of economic stagnation and inflation that created a conundrum for bourgeois economists: do you move…
Corporate Personhood Alert!
We have to spend some time this week carefully watching BC business playing good cop and bad cop. The good cop is opposing the idea of a corporate tax rate…
Way to go Globe & Mail
In a rare bit of mostly accurate legal reporting, the Globe managed to actually give the case citation for the legal action it reported on. Well done Globe. Well done.…
Alternet: 8 Progressive Superheroes
Who are your progressive super heroes?
= BOOM!!!
... Tory Majority + NDP opposition. Mark my words. Although maybe me and my wife can load up our Cavalier and make a dash for the The Free Republic of…
If this is Friday, it must be yes…
Or is it no? First, they were going to give Danny his cash for his hockey team. Then 24 hours later they decided - emphatically and unequivocally – that the…
Twitter Tuesday: Doubling-down on Santorum’s "Man-on-dog" slippery slope.
The blogger previously known as ALL-CAPS SUZANNE FORTIN (but who you cannot refer to by name now, lest she throw a twitter tantrum over it) has once again unwittingly illustrated…
Twitter Tuesday: Doubling-down on Santorum’s "Man-on-dog" slippery slope.
The blogger previously known as ALL-CAPS SUZANNE FORTIN (but who you cannot refer to by name now, lest she throw a twitter tantrum over it) has once again unwittingly illustrated…
Twitter Tuesday: Doubling-down on Santorum’s "Man-on-dog" slippery slope.
The blogger previously known as ALL-CAPS SUZANNE FORTIN (but who you cannot refer to by name now, lest she throw a twitter tantrum over it) has once again unwittingly illustrated…
Warman Vs. Free Dominion: A Few Threads Tied Up
As part of his on-going legal action against the on-line forum Free Dominion, Ottawa human rights lawyer Richard Warman has been trying to get IP addresses and other information from…
The Devil, You Say
At dinner last night, we talked a little about a lot of things. I fear I did most of the chatting, but that should surprise no one. Your name came…
Reductio ad argentum: senatorial elections version
With the Conservatives who have been running the province since 2003, everything reduces to cash. For them, the only principle is cash. Not surprisingly, when it comes to the idea…