Dissent
I return again today to the topic of tolerating dissent. Here's what @rosiebarton tweeted today that set me off: I'm listening to the Liberal scrums. These people have a LONG…
May 2011
B.C. Conservative goes for the troglodyte vote in bid to resurrect moribund party
Blogger.com was down from Thursday noon until today, so please forgive me for not blogging about this sooner. Simon has beaten me to it already. The B.C. Conservative Party hasn't…
Building liberalism beyond the Liberal Party
We’ve been necessarily focused on how to reform, restructure and renew the Liberal Party of Canada, as we should be, but to be successful at refreshing liberalism in Canada and…
Green Party of Canada: Focus on the Future, Part IV: Internal Structure & Processes
For those of my regular readers whom may have thought that in my last few blogposts that I have been venturing a little too deeply into the waters reserved specifically…
#G20 aftermath, Robert Dziekanski, and police accountability
Because of the recent, er, unpleasantness, I've started a backup site over at Tumblr. (OK, OK, I wanted another excuse to geek out. Like I don't have enough already.) Anyway,…
And The Contempt Continues
Before Parliament even resumes Cabinet Ministers are issuing decrees to Parliamentary committees:"Industry Minister Tony Clement said Thursday he will ask oil industry refiners, distributors and retailers to appear before a…
Blogger back from the dead?
Now what the hell was that? Is the Facebook / Google smackdown getting underway, and if so, why didn't anyone tell me? Geez. Some stuff may have to be rebuilt,…
Alberta Notes: Ed Stelmach, the George Chuvalo of Canadian politics, doesn’t go down one more time
George Chuvalo, the Ed Stelmach of boxing, still on his feet while being beaten by Muhammad Ali. Below, Mr. Stelmach, Rick Orman, photo snatched from the Edmonton Journal, which won’t…
Looking back at Toronto’s G20 – Friday Film Pick: Into the Fire
Finally, a decent analysis of one of Canada's darkest days - last summer's G20 protests and police repression explored in Into the Fire.
And so it begins
Two Supreme court justices announce retirements. Both were appointed by Liberal prime ministers. Majority in the House. Majority in the Senate. And now he gets to appoint more top-court justices.…
A Truly Democratic Socialist Party: Clauses 6-9 of the Constitution; Collective Leadership, Member Control, Democratic Oversight and Inclusion
The following are the proposed Clauses 6-9 of the new party's constitution. They have, as with the other clauses, grown out of a series of discussions and meetings around our…
With All Due Respect
I'd like to see if I can dip my toe in this pool, without getting scolded for being disrespectful. Mark Garneau has thrown his hat into the interim leader ring,…
May Responds to Expense Query
Elizabeth May in a tweet just now responded to my query last week about travel expenses for a recent coast to coast trip May took to attend a memorial. @ElizabethMay…
Making The World Safe For The Wealthy
The pledge was pretty straightforward. This, after all, was the government of the "steady" hand. The Conservative platform proclaimed that: "Through accelerated reductions in government spending, a re-elected Stephen Harper…
Blogger Ate The Posts…
TheCloudIsEphemeralPrintEverythingVilleSorry everyone. All PGrey bye-bye election stuff is gone.I'll try and piece some of it back together if time and/or inclination permits. _____Update: Holy doodles!....They're back!!! (see below)...Comments still g...
Stephen Harper – Predictions
Let’s see if any of the following are true: 1. Stephen Harper is bipolar 2. His wife, Laureen, has been having an affair with an RCMP officer 3. Laureen is…
Tim Hudak vs. Frank Klees on green energy
With the Hudak attack on Ontario's economy and jobs continuing today, one of Hudak's most senior MPP's demonstrated how little faith he really has in Hudak's wreckless rookie scheming.http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/990868--tory-mpp...
If The LINO’s Have Lost The West of Blanca Crowd…
AllTheBallotBoxesThatFitVille...They really are doomed. On the night of the Point Grey Bye-Bye, I wondered what would happen west of Blanca which, essentially is all the high end condos and townhouses…
How Can We Get Better Public Schools?
Well, the first thing we can do is carve out some time to ponder, imagine, dream, inhale, exhale, chat, brainstorm, breathe some more, and forget for a minute that we’ve…