Quebec: The most corrupt province
A year ago, Maclean's published a cover story claiming Québec to be the most corrupt province. A supporting article to this cover story pointed to the province's nationalist penchant as…
October 2011
Looking Back at von Finckenstein’s Term as CRTC Chair
January 2012 is fast approaching and Konrad von Finckenstein’s term as chair of the CRTC is almost over. His tenure, plagued by controversy, praise, and criticism. It has been almost…
Can we be annexed by Australia?
…seriously. Because their PM has balls (figuratively). More balls than our guys… Of course, Steve probably curtsied. And Peter shurely did! The queen should be shown the same degree…
The Sask Party’s 0.1% Health Plan
The banner headline, in block capitals, on the front page of yesterday’s Regina Leader-Post was “SASK. PARTY HAS FIVE-POINT HEALTH PLAN.” That’s accurate reporting, as far as it goes. The…
QP: That’s not what your critic said
Yesterday’s announcement on shipyards was top of mind for the NDP as Nycole Turmel kicked off Question Period by wondering why the final $2 billion contract was not yet announced,…
4108…Steroids Are Ruining Everything
Check this out from Len Berman:Substance Abuse Another failed drug test, more excuses. Blah, blah, blah. OK, this one is slightly different, it involves goats. It seems two goats, including…
4107…If Rush Limbaugh Does It It Is Okay
True dat. If a right wing talk show host pimps for a Conservative party the way Rush Limbaugh, Lowell Green, Charles Adler and others do they are open spoken heroes.But…
4106…Lee Atwater Memorial Dead Pool
It is at stiffs.com and was started by the great guitarist and politico hisownself while, legend states, he was on the way off the planet.Did you have Muammar Qaddafi? I…
"If Obama were a Republican, he’d be on Mount Rushmore by now"
Andrew Sullivan gets it.To rid the world of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi within six months: if Obama were a Republican, he'd be on Mount Rushmore by…
If you are one of the 99%, where is your Mask?
Every media clip or photograph of the OWS protestors is bound to show this striking mask, designed for the movie V for Vendetta.It is enough to send cold shivers down…
I’m pretty sure this is one of the signs of the apocalypse
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Crowdsourcing Internet Research? An Introduction
Your Internet connection may act mysterious when its slowdowns or crashes, but its just as mysterious to researchers and policy makers. We often hear about congestion, cost, and speed without…
Sean Casey Stages Veterans Affairs Coup
The rookie MP for Charlottetown has just earned a special brownie point from me:P.E.I. MP Sean Casey, who informed colleagues 48 hours beforehand he intended to bring forward a motion…
Warning shots
In case you haven't heard yet Libya's former dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, was killed earlier today. It turns out that he had been hiding in his home town of Sirte. With…
What ISA Salmon Virus Did to Chile: Damien Gillis’ 2009 Photo Essay
In the wake of the discovery of catastrophic Infectious Salmon Anemia in wild Pacific sockeye this week, The Common Sense Canadian revisits Damien Gillis' 2009 photo essay documenting how the…
Wealth and Income in the Top 1%
One thing I really like about the Occupy movement is that it reclaiming mental space. I’m thinking of the overt focus on the riches gained by the top 1%, and…
You know you are a lackey …
Or incredibly naive when… You go along with the Conservatives’ tough on crime bill’ , being a member of an oppressed people & a woman to boot – in this…
The Scott Hall Story on E:60
One of the most captivating wrestlers in his prime, Scott Hall was the personification of the “bad guy”. He is a perfect example of how he let the life of…
Violence is not confidence, and terror is not mastery
Timothy Snyder