David Anderson’s gaffe: a silaluk in a tiiliurut?
Saskatchewan Conservative MP David Anderson’s silly slap at the Canadian Wheat Board was an insult to the intelligence, right enough. Was it also an insult to Inuit? Mary Simon says…
October 2011
Ford Pulls a Rowlands
Remember when Toronto mayor June Rowlands banned the Barenaked Ladies from performing at a City Hall function?Here's Rob Ford's turn - he called the cops on Marg Delahunty.
Rural beats Urban in Long Gun
The long gun registry is soon to be history in Canada as Harper finally decides to bring legislation forward to end the gift that keeps on giving. If you are…
Scrooge’s Children
Last week, Brian Topp had the temerity to suggest that it was time to raise taxes on the wealthy and on corporations. Jim Flaherty, predictably, called that notion "dreamy." In…
The damage from coal costs at least twice what it’s worth
It’s great to have some real estimates on this, and wow: Economists: Every $1 of Electricity from Coal Does $2 in Damage to U.S. Plus, the original source article even…
Tax zeitgeists
See now this is not so predictable and is interesting, "Higher taxation is back on the table," writes Lawrence Martin today. Well, maybe it is. I do agree with the…
Skeptical triple play
Every so often a number of stories pile up in my “I have opinions I want to express about this piece of news” list. Today’s theme is stories of interest…
Prime Minister: Shoot your guns Canada!
Backers of the PM celebrate the repeal of Canada's Long Gun Registry
140 Law – Legal Headlines for October 25, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Jury Finds No Harm to Boy From Wrongful Circumcision -http://goo.gl/CELXu Iowa Ethics Committee On Lawyers Using Cloud Computing -http://goo.gl/M8oWr…
The Occupy Movement: A Puny Little “Ant” That’s Messing With The Corporations’ Way Of Life
“You let one ant stand up to us, then they ALL might stand up to us. Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one. And if they ever…
A "Occupy" Policy Proposal
If there is one overriding fact that the "Occupy" movement demonstrates, there is an ample reservoir of sympathy for dealing with corporate greed, the widening gap between rich and poor.…
Rob Ford: Help! Call 911! Marg Delahunty is after my body!
Marg to cop, "Where's a man when you need him?" Cop, "Obviously not here, m'am".Too fucking hilarious. No wonder Conservatives are so afraid of the CBC. Marg Delahunty's on the…
NDP Might Reconside the Whole "Inheritance Tax" Thing…
I wonder if this might be the reason why no one in the NDP has ever been passionate about death taxes:An analysis of political contributions by The Canadian Press found…
Blogger dies of exposure
LONDON, ON (The Skwib) — Yesterday the writer of the popular blog, Prawned! was found draped across his keyboard, unconscious. Patrick Jones, aka Dedred S., was pronounced dead at the…
Congratulations Torontonians
It was a year ago today you elected this ass to office.
Renewal: More coalition building
Maybe it's time to do a Liberal renewal post what with all the musings about the death of the party, debates over retaining centrism or not, etc. I prefer to…
RIP Long Gun Registry
It's been nice knowing ya.
Strange Cain ad
This Herman Cain ad was making the rounds last night (h/t). What's getting the attention are two parts near the end. His campaign manager takes a puff of a cigarette…
BCFS costly but not innovative
I have been reviewing amounts paid senior officers of BC Ferry Services Inc. and also the amounts paid to directors. In 2009, the Comptroller General of British Columbia reviewed governance…