Written Unselfconciously
By Susan Delacourt: Though I have immense respect for all the presenters this morning, I found myself a little puzzled by their description of what they describe as conservatism. In…
June 2011
Kitchener – Waterloo light rail and rapid bus transit controversy, not
Tax hounds will always come out of the wood works and scream bloody murder whenever the government proposes a tax hike to cover the costs for some new expense. So…
Media Matters Report Shows Network TV Preference For Anti-Environment Guests
media-matters.jpg Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that the Environmental Protection Agency had the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) under the Clean Air Act, R...
Entitled To His Entitlements
Wow, Harper has had a majority less than a month and he is already jet-setting. Wait until year four. He will be eating jello out of the navels of virgins!…
RxR Post: NDP Surge in Atlantic Canada
"The New Democrats are experiencing something of a surge as of late as we’ve all seen, but now major effects are being felt on the provincial level, especially out in…
Humour of Political Websites
I give points to politicians who try their luck online. Over the years there have been laughable incidents with most political parties’ websites, and blogs/Twitter accounts, however. The Conservatives and…
Bill McKibben’s Recent Op-Ed On Climate and Severe Weather Remixed Into Video
Check out this excellent video version of Bill McKibben's recent Washington Post op-ed "A link between climate change and Joplin Tornadoes? Never!" Narrated and illustrated by Stephen Thomson of Plonomedia.com,…
QP: Narrative without follow-up
And on the third day of question period, the NDP discovered how to build a narrative, and the Liberals demonstrated how to use it. So say we all. Jack Layton…
Conservative Implosion Watch
The rift between the old sides of the current Conservative Party of Canada - the old Progressive Conservatives and old Reformer/Alliance members - is starting to turn into an increasingly…
This PM Harper guy really is a piece of sh!t
Couldn't he at least drag himself to a game in Canada on the taxpayer's dime?
Harper’s Joy Ride To Boston
A message from Stephen Harper: I've got big cuts in mind for Canadians but not for me and my buddies. Suck on it Canada. Today Prime Minister Stephen Harper illustrated…
Globalive wins foreign ownership battle — Cellphone market opens up?
A significant win for the Federal Government. As readers may recall I was surprised the Federal Court was prepared to second guess Cabinet. So far the decision is unavailable but…
Fix PSE System Before Building Addition!
According to an article in yesterday’s Toronto Star, the Ontario government will create room for 60,000 new students in its colleges and universities by 2015-2016, 10% of which will be…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your midweek reading.- The Star skewers the Cons' insistence on pushing ahead with bad budget choices:As the Star argued during the election, Canada needs progressive economic vision…
On Senate reform, Rae should choose his battles more carefully
For the record, I am still trying to figure out how I think Canada could best tackle the problem of a 19th Century Senate in the 21st Century. I am…
Purposes of sentencing
For most of the last century criminal sentencing in the Canada was based on deterrence. Certainly reference to denunciation (society's expression of revulsion at the crime) and rehabilitation was made…
What Happened To Harper’s Previous Cat?
As Sharon notes in the comments, this guy did one photo-op and disappeared. Too damn Liberal?
Thoreau, the dharma and the dark age
In the view of Buddhism, Hinduism and also the ancient Greeks, among others, we live in a dark age, or what in the East is called the Kali yuga, the…
"We have to be a national party"
As I mentioned earlier, Mark Holland gave a real barn burner at the ALP convention the weekend before last.What made it such a great speech was that he avoided the…