Rob Ford and the Gay Pride Parade
Well I see that Rob Ford has announced that he'd rather get drunk at his cottage, than march in the Pride Parade.Rob Ford is skipping the pride parade to spend…
June 2011
Cross Putin off your list
Add the Pavement Putin of the Permafrost to the list of provincial Conservatives who won’t be seeking re-election come the fall. John Hickey won’t be running again, since apparently two…
UK Climate Denial Tank Shuts its Doors
Steve Hilton.jpg The International Policy Network, one of the U.K.'s most prominent climate-change-denying think tanks, has shut its doors, apparently after an internal battle during which scienc...
Should University Athletes Get Private Chaplains?
Via Pharyngula:The University of Iowa is using University funds to hire a Christian chaplain to minister to the needs of the school’s football team. It’s not hard to see how…
The Toughest Job in Politics
I won't say I feel bad for Pauline Marois - seeing the PQ implode a few weeks after the BQ was all but obliterated is Must See TV. But when…
Stonewalled
Not that it should come as much surprise that the release of the first report (PDF) from the Afghan detainee document panel fits the pattern of delay and distraction from…
Afghanistan document link
Have you been following the Afghanistan Detainee fiasco in Parliament? If so the Harper Conservative government today released some 4,000 documents to the media. MACLeans Magazine is making them available…
The path of the writer and the path of heart
The bodhisattva reaches out his hand to the drowning man, and says, “Give me your hand.” The man replies, “I’m not going to give you my hand.” So the bodhisattva…
Adverse or hostile
R. v. Figliola, 2011 ONCA 457 deals with the distinction between an adverse and a hostile witness: The Crown sought an order under s. 9(1) declaring Ms. Pignatelli an adverse witness.&#...
QP: Who loves Quebec more?
The Quebec nationalist rhetoric got cranked up by the NDP as Question Period kicked off, and Jack Layton began a round of “I love Quebec more than you do” with…
Matt Taibbi gathers intelligence on Michele Bachmann’s Holy War
Though not as colourful as his takedown of Paul Ryan nor as revelatory as his expose of modern journalists, Matt Taibbi still provides plenty of juice on god-heavy presidential hopeful…
Afghan detainee document dump
First, the background. Now, the documents. Soon: the commentary. Stay tuned....
Expectations
Having jacked expectations through the ceiling, Kathy Dunderdale better convince Stephen Harper to commit to halt the transfer of the jobs at the coast guard search and rescue co-ordination office…
Is It The End Of NATO?
I suggested the other day that NATO was basically a zombie and that they had already lost - at least in terms of intended political consequences - the war in…
Afghant detainee documents set for release
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/06/22/afghan-detainee-documents.html
petition: negotiate, don’t legislate
Please sign a petition opposing the Harper Government's back-to-work legistlation.Minister Lisa Raitt,I am urging your Government not to introduce or support back-to-work legislation aimed at ending Canada Post’s lockout of…
The Kids Are Not All Right
As is well-known, young people are still bearing the brunt of the recession. The employment rate for youth aged 15-24 last month was 55.6%, well down from 60.3% back before…
I Guess It’s Time To Reinstall The Asbestos In Stevie Harper’s Home Since It’s So Safe And Requires No Warning Labels
Quelle surprise! Looks like Canada will be, once again, refusing to vote to add Chrysotile asbestos to the list of hazardous materials to Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention. Once…
Bixi Troubles Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Make it Pedal Backwards
Montreal's popular bicycle rental program, the Bixi, has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. A few weeks ago, the city of Montreal was asked to guarantee…
Belize dannys Fortis
Almost three years after Danny Williams’s Conservative administration in Newfoundland and Labrador expropriated Fortis’ electricity assets in the province, the government of Belize has taken a leaf from Williams’ playbook…