Determined Defiant DePape
Former Senate page Brigette DePape’s bit of parliamentary pluck has garnered near universal praise from the Canadian Left. But while her mute entreaty during the Throne Speech to “Stop Harper”…
July 2011
Determined Defiant DePape
Former Senate page Brigette DePape’s bit of parliamentary pluck has garnered near universal praise from the Canadian Left. But while her mute entreaty during the Throne Speech to “Stop Harper”…
New CAW Film About the Economics of CETA
The CAW has just released a 20-minute video featuring none other than yours truly giving a short lecture about the economics of the proposed Canada-EU free trade agreement (a.k.a. CETA).…
Back in town, on my own recognizance
Having a beer in front of the computer. Who hoo! And the tupperware? Out of which I ate leftovers for dinner? Isn't even washed up yet! Double whoo! Bachelor week…
On being anal
It took me a while to come to the realization that I need to vent over this subject right here, on my blog, no matter how petty, ridiculous and irrelevant…
Metro Morning, Return Engagement
I was invited back to serve as guest economics columnist all last week on Metro Morning, CBC Radio’s drive-in flagship show in Toronto, to substitute for the vacationing effervescent libertarian…
Eventually, there will be a storm on these shores…
and when there is...if i am still on this plaintheir sworn enemy for all timei will be therebody, mind, spiritflesh, blood and boneon the lineon behalf of my ancestorsmy familymy…
Out on a Limb: In Defence of the (Political) Moral High Ground
This may be terribly naive of me (and I’m not ruling out that possibility, to be fair), but I am going to go out on a limb and make the…
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Bill Maher compares the failure of jurors to convict Casey Anthony in the killing of her child with the failure of Republican voters to connect the dots between the U.S.…
Two months into their election victory, Harper conservatives still gloating
Stephen Harper brazenly declared during his annual Calgary stampede BBQ that the Liberal era of political dominance is finally over.Sound familiar?Of course it does, as Harper and other conservatives throughout…
Only in America…
…is feeding the hungry a criminal offence. Hackers are on the job. Good on ‘em. (Can’t happen here? Don’t get too complacent, now.) ...
Palestinian self-determination opposed by Canada
Canada—that is, the Harper government, not the decent majority—is pressing for on-going bantustan status for Palestine. Statehood, sought by the Palestinian authority, will be opposed in the United Nations by…
Wally Young’s in trouble
You can tell the Tories are worried about their support in St. Barbe because they’ve scheduled not one, not two, but three announcements in the district starring health minister Jerome…
A handful of questions
During his most recent infrequent visit to Calgary, Stephen Harper told Conservative supporters that his government would finally get around to repealing the life saving long gun registry.Three questionsNow that…
He forgot the dinosaurs!!!!
Trudeau KILLS me sometimes! Descriptions of creationism can make creationism seem sooooo silly when penned by a talented writer… Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Hurbris
The end of history was announced in 1992.The permanent Republican majority was announced in 2001.Now Harper has announced the end of Canada's ‘long Liberal era’.Well, we'll see...
Why Bernard Gousse Shouldn’t Be Haiti’s Next Prime Minister
Wad_1.JPG Wad_3.JPG Article and photos By: Wadner Pierre First publihsed on San Francisoc Bay View In 2004, I was in Haiti living under the injustice Bernard Gousse inflicted on his…
Racist bottled water adverts pulled – Boycott against Quebec company Eska continues
Quebec bottled water company Eska has found out the hard way that racist advertising doesn’t sell. After one week of a small but scrappy boycott campaign, the company has decided…
Still hard at work
In case there was any doubt whether the NDP's hard-earned reputation as the most productive caucus in Ottawa would change as the party moved into its new role as Official…