Hudak’s public sex offender registry gambit rebuked
A Globe editorial aligns itself with the criticisms that were laid out by the Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner. Hudak's proposal to make public a sex offender registry is a cheap…
September 2011
Campaigners to stop Enbridge and super tankers make a pilgrimage to northern coastal ecosystems and communities being put at risk
Thursday, September 15, 2011 At the end of the summer, West Coast and our allies in the campaign t...
A useful rape analogy
From the estimable Where I Wander blog:
Quote of the day
A market system that fails to price the full cost of carbon is socialism -Dan Moutal
NRB says ‘new media’ censors ‘religious viewpoints’
National Religious Broadcasters (US) plans to hold a news conference in Washington tomorrow today to release results of a study on what they perceive is religious viewpoint censorship in ‘new…
PC Leadership Candidate Profile – Alison Redford
Alison Redford is a successful, independent woman - mother to a nine year-old girl, a lawyer who advised Brian Mulroney and Joe Clark on policy before travelling the world promoting…
Bizarro World BC
Because where else can you find a provincial Liberal Party attacking the leader of the Conservative Party - for not being conservative enough!?Granted, the BC Liberals are not your standard…
Child abuse is legal in Canada
…when police officers do it. More outrageous brutality, this time against an 11-year-old kid, from the people who brought you Robert Dziekanski. No public accountability. Just more impunity—as once again,…
A Tale of Two Georges
I shouldn’t have to say it, but for the benefit of the cerebrally-deprived I will anyway: I am not a fan of George W Bush — far from it. But…
Compassionate conservatism XXIV: Ron Paul demonstrates his compassionate side
It always strikes me as odd when non-right wingers embrace Ron Paul, treating him like some kind of old man puppy dog. While his stand on overseas wars and drugs…
Randy Hillier and the art of the non-apology apology
In 2001, humourist Bruce McCall wrote a piece in the New York Times called the Perfect Non-Apology Apology. It is commonly used when someone needs to apologize but doesn’t feel…
Tim Hudak Exposed as a Fraud. Again.
Uh oh. It looks like the Con teabagger Tim Hoo Hoo Hudak has one more reason to look confident worried deeply disturbed. After having been caught using ringers.Ms. Raheb told…
Good to the last vote: Grit version #nlpoli
Not to be outdone by the Dippers, the Grits and their leader Kevin Aylward will release their fisheries policy on Friday at 11:00 AM at the Delta Hotel in St.…
The train wreck that is PC candidate Kevin Gaudet
Earlier today I tweeted a video featuring Gaudet telling, um, I’ll be generous here and call it an untruth. In case you’re unfamiliar with Gaudet, he’s the guy that dressed…
Homosexuality and the preponderance of the ‘choice’ debate
In the ongoing debate surrounding seemingly anything to do with homosexuality there is an undue focus on arguing about whether homosexuality is a "choice" and where exactly on the nature…
Conservative candidate: "Ontarians at the back of the bus"
From fbk: «There are deep problems in the Progressive Conservative Party in endorsing statements like this. Kevin Gaudet: "Ontarians at the back of the bus".» http://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100641054513692&id=281146...
Climate Denial Hits the Fan
Al Gore’s 24 hours of Climate Reality has been running online since 7:00 pm yesterday. If you haven’t had a chance to tune in yet, there’s still time to tune…
So, let me get this right…
The UK will arrest people for lighting fires and running screaming through the streets en masse.But they will not arrest people for crimes committed while at war.O...kay.Israel hails UK change…
Taste of WelliWest
I just took a look at the plans for this weekend's Taste of Wellington West. Whoa, has this event ever grown! I suppose it reflects changes in the mainstreet, but…
No Mr Harper Free Trade Does Not Improve Human Rights
In justifying the signing of free trade agreements with Columbia and Honduras Harper sloughed off human rights concerns by stating that one of the ancillary benefits of open trade is…