Taste of Victory on the Danforth
There's a lot of talk today about the eventual by election for Jack Layton's Toronto-Danforth seat. Many Liberals are salivating at the prospect of a victory there which would pull…
August 2011
Improvements to DeSmog Comment Forum And Reminder About Comment Policy
troll.png I know that many regular DeSmog readers are frustrated with the comment forum, which has been increasingly polluted by anti-science trolls and clever spammers. Today we are implem...
"The corporate coup is over – they won"
In politics today, trolls live in the sewers of think-tanks, communications firms, corporate media, old-line political parties and government ministry offices. They provide material to fill the airwaves and pages…
Susan Delacourt and the circling of the journalism wagons
I’ve always respected Susan Delacourt. But tonight she tweeted something I found offensive. Not just to me but to all of us who read paid journalists. She promoted a circling…
Good Ol’ Fashion NDP Arrogance
“With respect, of all the hurdles we have to clear to form the next government of Canada, the Liberals in Toronto-Danforth is not one of them.” - NDP spokesperson Brad…
Outbreak of postpartum compassion
Jon Stewart, most trusted newsman in America, if you are under 40, laughs at the hypocrisy of Faux News bubblehead Megyn Kelly. Recently returned following birth of a baby, Kelly…
Did Canada’s "Arab Spring" start in Quebec on May 2?
The answer is Yes if pollster Allan Gregg'sspeculations are right. The NDP has 33% - tied with the Tories:Jack Layton's untimely death has triggered another orange wave across the country,…
Poll shows Conservatives, NDP Tied – but Liberals make the most gains
At 33% each the Cons and Dips are tied, which makes it a misleading headline about how there is another "Orange Wave," considering that it's only a two-point bump (not…
Toronto Danforth
Reviewing this item in the Globe, Taber's piece, "Liberals hope to paint Layton’s Toronto riding red again," it's not clear how much of the hype there on Liberals possibly taking…
Politics as Usual: Why The Liberals and the NDP, Together or Separately, Will Continue to Fail Canadians
Yesterday, I started writing a blog about all of the interesting things which political commentators have had to write about this past summer. I also began looking at why a…
On democratic legitimacy of the courts
My last post talked about how judges work with each other’s decisions. Today, I’d like to take a bird’s eye look at the relationship between the judiciary and Parliament. Unelected…
If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country…
one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected--those, precisely, who need the law's protection most!--and…
Doug Ford pours on the lies. Will the public continue to bite?
Do you like Doug Ford's preliminary plans for Toronto's waterfront? - Your CommunityThey have to keep piling it up. One lie after another. The next one has to top the…
Almost as surprising as Duffy being named to the Senate..
..is that Angelo Perchelli, formerly of the Toronto Star, is now going to be the new Director of Communications for the PMO. He’s perfectly suited to it, as he has…
Everything you need to know about the TV transition … and were afraid to ask
Produced by the Canadian Media Guild, an OpenMedia.ca Network Member TORONTO. Stuck covering the deadline for the transition to digital TV and not sure where to start? Here are the…
Liberals: Ask your NDP friends to vote for Pat Martin as next NDP leader
Liberals have a golden opportunity to shape the contours of our politics for the next decade by involving themselves in the NDP leadership selection process.They can do this by talking…
A Few Thoughts on Women Writers. . . .
Yesterday I got a few books in the mail. I got the five volumes of Our Village by Mary Mitford about whom I am writing a book. It is a…
Afghanistan: USA Busted Trying To "Cut & Run"
Remember all that macho b.s. that G W Bush (and Stephen Harper) said about not "cutting and running" in Afghanistan? We were gonna fight to the end - for truth,…
ONDP overtakes Liberals: “Strategic voters” take notice
It appears the ONDP is slowly becoming the only choice to stop a Conservative government. Progressives and strategic voters take notice. For Progressives, the ONDP is the only authentically progressive…
Riding the Desecration Highway
This afternoon I rode over from Bridlewood, via the Trans-Canada Trail, Huntmar Drive and Old Carp Road, to the South March Highlands K2 trailhead to put up posters for the…