Banning floor crossing won’t solve anything
Yesterday the NDP had second reading debate on a bill that would attempt to ban MPs from “crossing the floor” to another party. Mathieu Ravignat, the bill’s sponsor (though the…
November 2011
#ndpldr Is Quebec the key?
First, I’m going to try to tag the titles of future posts about the NDP leadership race with #ndpldr. This way if you don’t care you can skip over or…
Autism Funding in BC – it still sucks
Autism treatment isn’t covered in Canada. Not even in BC where the government gives us a bit of money to buy treatment. It’s a travesty. I’ve written before, and I’m…
The Burning Bushes: Fall Lingers on
This morning I had an appointment on the other side of the mountain, so I walked across through Mount Royal Park. We didn't get the snow storm that whipped the…
4136…Thinking Inside The Box
The Daily Mail, a Brit fishwrap, tells us that that is the rule at the One Stop Shop in Harlow, Essex.Monday October 17th the crack team of clerks at the…
4135…Dean Del Mastro Has A Man Crush
Dean Del Mastro is the Jon Pinetteesque Tory MP from Peterboro, Ontario. He is also the parliamentary secretary and chief shoe shiner to the man himself, Stephen Harper.Mr. Del Mastro…
4134…Max Keeping Beaten To The Punch
My friend Howard Lapides alerted me to a Yahoo! article that says that "Dan Kloeffler, a co-anchor for ABC News' very, very early "World News Now" show, revealed on the…
Immigration follies
They beat their children for not submitting to the divine law. To death, if their God wills it. They make ordinary contraception a criminal offence. A woman’s place as defined…
Another Gentle Coup …
Rumour has it that Greece leader Papandreou's days may be numbered. Is it because he believes in democracy or because he doesn't want to cave to lenders?
Liberals Walk Out of AG Vote
Good, because they're right to do so.Originally I wouldn't support that position, since hey, I'm unilingual myself and I think Mr. Ferguson deserves a fair chance if he says he'll…
Occupying the Lange and O’Leary Exchange
Starting today I will be on a regular weekly biz panel for the Lang and O’Leary show, every Thursday night. The panel will take on two six minute segments to…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Stephen Maher nicely summarizes Tony Clement's sad committee appearance yesterday:The evidence shows that Clement chose the projects himself, in some kind of mysterious…
Have the Fat Gene? Move!
The developed world is getting fatter and there’s everything you can do about it as an individual: be more active. As obvious as it sounds, being more physically active dramatically…
What the hell am I thinking?
So. Um. I may have accidentally signed up for National Novel Writing Month again. I’m pretty sure that if I manage to complete anything this month, it will be the…
Biomass – bad for trees, bad for the planet
GP01WFH.jpg A new report out today finds that using forest timber (biomass) for heating, electricity generation or liquid ‘biofuel’ could severely harm forests and accelerate glo...
The landscape exhibition #9
Filed under: art, design, digital, painting Tagged: art, collage, digital, iPad, landscape, painting
The Race for Stornoway
The NDP leadership race appears to have solidified, with nine candidates vying for the keys to Stornoway.While I doubt any of the contenders are causing Stephen Harper sleepless nights, it's…
Kinsella and I Agree on Dean Del Mastro
Kinsella on Sun TV I'm no big fan of Warren Kinsella. He's the Ken Linesman or Sean Avery of politics. If he's your team-mate you can put up with him,…
I am a pacifist…
… I detest war and its machinery. I hate the glorification of war or the use of the military as a political tool. I see no need for guns in…
Harpocrisy
Tony Clement was grilled yesterday by a parliamentary committee reviewing spending for "border security" in his riding. But, as Lawrence Martin writes this morning, "It's John Baird who is on…