Next year country
Thanks, Canucks, for giving us a great series.
June 2011
Okay, so I get to eat my words
Yesterday I predicted that the tory government would not introduce legislation to end the contract dispute between Canada Post and CUPW. Today, it seems Labour Minister Lisa Raitt formally announced…
Go Canucks Go
The riots in Vancouver are not caused by animals, they're caused by people like me.I think I was too into the Canucks this season, I say that not because they…
On value of unions, on spending cuts, on PTSD, and on asbestos: "News & Views" for week of June 12th
Qui est pour un référendum sur la réforme du Sénat?
Qui aurait bien de retour en mai, après que les conservateurs du Canada baigné dans leur glorieuse victoire sur les libéraux autant haï dans l'élection fédérale, que l'un des plus…
Federal Justice Minister backed brothels, lawyer says
Of course, the Federal government's legal position the there is no constitutional right to prostitution does not forbid legislative reform. Certainly Justice Minister Rob Nicholson is a very sensible and…
Woooooooooo!!!! Tonight we Drink the Good Scotch!!!
It's been a long 39 years. I need a drink.
Circle of Moms face down a bully in the Faith category
You gotta love it when bullies get their due. It started with a blog contest at the wonderful Circle of Moms network. The group started out on Facebook in 2007…
More Signs of the Times: Tatoos
No pictures so far--it's a bit embarassing to stop people to ask--but I'm struck this year by how many young people now have tatoos. Not just roses or "I love"…
3858…I Was Pulling For Love Me Tender
As the new anthem for Quebec.Just in time for La Fete de Fall In The Bonfire, also known as Fete Nationale and Jean Baptiste Day, Anne Sutherland in the Montreal…
The three of us went to a vintage wedding…
...and giggled and kissed and drank and danced and ate lots of food. :) i still think marriage is a oppressive, patriarchal, heterocentric, monogamist, governmentally sanctioned business transaction. but these…
Junk Science week!
The National Post is having their annual Junk Science week! In it, they discuss some of the junk science that has cropped up in the last year, as well as…
3857…Oh To Be A Dipper This Weekend
This weekend is the biggest weekend in the history of the New Democratic Party.It's the weekend of the national convention of the federal New Democrats, dubbed VANCON2011, has taken on…
Some beautiful bedtime reading for all you parents out there
And I think you’ll agree that they picked the perfect narrator: Well played, sir.
On governance (3): The Crown.
So, yeah. The Crown. This could be a really short post -- hell, by my standards, it probably will be.Here's the thing. Constitutionally, we need the Crown. We can't get…
LRT For Me
Waterloo Regional Council looks set to approve the LRT. This a triumph of vision over fear. It is a triumph of the "can do" spirit I thought 30 years of…
Oh RG Harvie, Get With It! ADSCAM is So Yesterday, To Invoke Charlie Angus, Dracula is In Charge of the Bloodbank
I find it quite amusing when blogging supposiTories still hammer on about ADSCAM to this day, and there are many who do, yet they still will not forgive any and…
3856…The CFL Shoots Itself In The Foot
Again.Opening game tonight in Calgary.Vancouver's B.C. Lions against the Stamps.Could they not have moved this game so it wouldn't be against the Stanley Cup Final?Of course they could.WFDS
Of Plastic Bags and Things
As described in this article, Rwanda is one of several places in the world that has banned plastic bags. Kigali, the capital of Rwanda is a beautiful and clean African…
Of Plastic Bags and Things
As described in this article, Rwanda is one of several places in the world that has banned plastic bags. Kigali, the capital of Rwanda is a beautiful and clean African…