Reporting Back From Parliament Hill
Late last week, OpenMedia.ca met with eight Members of Parliament in Ottawa to discuss legislative strategies that would make the Internet in Canada more open and affordable. This is part…
October 2011
Killing the gun registry: it’s about the Conservatives’ deeply cynical politics, not about waste
Big gun, little … never mind. The base of the Harperista base, pretty much exactly as illustrated? Photo grabbed from the Internet. Below: Victor Toews.If you need evidence of the…
alberta’s 48 hour legislative lightning round
The two-day sitting of Alberta’s Legislative Assembly has come and gone with little fan fare. Despite the continental shift in the Assembly seating plan – the entire back row of…
Requiem for the Long-Gun Registry
If you've followed my little blog over the years you know how I feel about the long-gun registry. So you can imagine how I feel tonight.Stephen Harper has begun the…
Debatable Debate
Like many people in Saskatchewan, I sat down tonight to watch the Leader's Debate.For the most part, the debate was rather reserved. Both leaders took a few small swipes at…
Occupy the wind
From Occupy Saskatoon
You and I
A sad song indeed: This is an all too familiar scene Life imperceptibly coming between Those whose love is as strong as it could or should be. Nothing has altered…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Counter cats.
Rosemary’s Boner
Poor Simon Romero. You just have to feel sorry for the guy. He doesn’t ever get out of the rich-folks’ ghetto of eastern Caracas, does he? Seems he’s found himself…
Frank Klees for Speaker?
My sense is he'd be a fine Speaker. He has enormous experience and knows the traditions of the House. Whether he'll be elected is not certain but he'd be good…
Harold Camping leaves Family Radio
The Christian Post and Charisma Magazine are reporting that 90-year-old false prophet Harold Camping has been forced to step down from Family Radio. The Christian Post: Harold Camping, who predicted…
Style vs. substance
The first obvious takeaway from tonight's Saskatchewan leaders' debate was the need for both more debate and more debaters. And for all the criticism of the exclusion of other parties'…
Quebec Boneheads. The More Things Change, the More Things Stay the Same
Boneheads in Quebec are, sadly, well represented in our timeline of racially-based violence that we published earlier in the month. One of those individuals, Steve Lavallee's (on the left in…
The next time
… some screechy, screaming conservative Catholic like Our Lady of the Fetuses or Father Tubesock tries to make the case that conservatives like them are all about “liberty” and “the…
being erica whores for mccain pizza
I don't watch this show, but if I did, this would piss off the hell out of me.CBC and McCain, the frozen food company, are "partnering" for a contest. Viewers…
Frank Klees, not Andrea Horwath, is the kingmaker
During the heated Ontario provincial election, many were speculating that if there was to be such a thing as a Liberal minority government after October 6th, it would be Andrea…
both need braaaaaaains
There is a rare seasonly-themed event this week that I would love to attend, You don't often see seasonally themed events for political wonks, but this one promises to be…
Information watchdog doubts CBC ‘improvement’ on access requests by Jennifer Ditchburn
Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault told a House of Commons committee she believes the public broadcaster might be using new internal guidelines to quickly dismiss some access requests, thereby making it…
Sask NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter Delivers Strong Showing In Televised Leader’s Debate
Sask NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter delivered a strong, strong performance in the Leader's Debate tonight. Wall sounded like an opposition leader, having the challenge of defending the minimalist 'status quo'…
Cain Targets… Republican Smokers?
In another curious example of the Herminator’s offbeat campaign strategy, it’s apparently now aiming to win over Iowan cigarette smokers to support the former pizza mogul and his “999” Plan…