The Imaginary Centre of an Imaginary Universe #nlvotes #nlpoli
Town and Toronto start with a “T”. Some Townies can be like some Torontonians sometimes. Yes, yes. Settle down. Hold it down with the other “t” words, like twit, twillick,…
October 2011
Signing onto a disastrous plan
The Premier of New Brunswick looks eager to sign off on Harper’s disastrous Senate reform plans, and he’s willing to table some “consultative elections” legislation like Alberta’s (which I will…
The Duchesneau Report Simplified: Construction, Collusion and Corruption
Obviously, my blogging output has dramatically been reduced due to professional reasons. I thought I'd give a blog update on a news item that really encapsulated the recent Duchesneau report…
Environment Canada scientist instructed not to talk about huge new hole in Arctic ozone layer
Reassuring to know that just as Peter Kent decides to cut back on the ozone monitoring network in the Arctic, this happens. Too bad Canadians are not being permitted to…
LA Times Gets It Right: ABA Is An Autism Treatment Worth Funding
I am a frequent critic of the mainstream media's tendency to misrepresent autism disorders. The mainstream media routinely presents feel good stories of autistic accomplishments, painting autism as merely a…
My Memories of the Literary Triumverate
When I was a teenager, 3 great literary icons were coming into prominence, all of them women writers: Margaret Laurence, Alice Munro and Margaret Atwood. Of these Margaret Laurence was…
premier alison redford’s challenge to change her party and alberta’s government.
Alberta politics became a little more exiting in the early hours of Sunday, October 2, 2011 when the sharp-minded former Justice Minister and human rights lawyer Alison Redford defied critics,…
Experts Line Up Against Online Spying Legislation
SOS_100xx100.png New Mini-Doc Features Leading Legal and Privacy Experts October 3, 2011 – Pro-Internet organization OpenMedia.ca launched a mini-documentary Monday entitled (un)Lawful Access....
The Sun Won’t Come Out For Hudak
The Toronto Star's endorsement of Dalton McGuinty shouldn't surprise anyone. Yes, they were briefly the "Orange Star" this spring, but anyone who has read their Ontario election coverage saw this…
mapping alison redford’s victory on the second-ballot of the alberta pc leadership vote.
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Immigrants to Canada Should Speak English and French
I am of the opinion that potential immigrants to Canada who speak English and French should be given more points. Potential immigrants who speak neither should be given less (ie,…
How NDP Andrea Horwath could secure PR within a few months
The latest compilation of poll of polls by threehundredeight shows that it would appear that Liberal support is solid, PC support is sliding, and NDP support is on the rise.The…
Progressive Blogger meeting reminder!
Just a reminder that the Progressive Blogger meeting/get-together is on Saturday, October 15th afternoon in Toronto – less then 2 weeks, but my hostess would really like to know if…
Six lessons to draw from Alison Redford’s victory
Alison Redford surrounded by media and supporters in the wee hours of this morning. Below: Gar Mar gives his concession speech, AHS Chair Ken Hughes.Alison Redford’s victory this morning in…
Email your MP about the online spying bills
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More on the Horwath hospital smear
By now we all know that NDP leader Andrea Horwath told a whopper of a lie during last week’s televised leaders’ debate. You know, about how her son broke his…
Timmy Hudak Sinks To Another All Time Low And Goes All Chuckles McVety
Yes, Boys ‘n’ girls, he really has. He’s gotten really disgusting! First, he’s been distributing this hideous and grossly misleading pamphlet, seen below, while campaigning in Brampton earlier this evening.…
It’s the union’s fault
BC Place opened to CFL fans Friday but the facility was troubled with inadequate concessions and services. Early Saturday, CKWX News reported: "The line-ups were too long, the toilets overflowed…
You know, some people hate Mondays. I don’t
I figure I have a whole five days to get further ahead in all the stuff I'm supposed to be doing. And there's a lot, admittedly. But I'm feeling optimistic…