Stephen Harper Wants His Queen Back
During the visit of Will and Kate, a picture of the Queen was borrowed from the Cabinet Office of Stephen Harper. Now he’s very upset that it has not been…
November 2011
Canada’s Foreign Aid Agency signs on to IATI: Aid Data get more transparent
Last night, while speaking at the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan Korea, Minister of International Cooperation Bev Oda announced that Canada would be signing on to the…
Ruth Marcus, Emma Sullivan and Brigette DePape
Ruth Marcus thinks you’re deranged There’s nothing worse to a conservative – especially a conservative woman – than to have a non-con woman, especially a young one, stand up to…
Video: First Nations Stand Their Ground Against Prosperity Mine at BC Supreme Court
The Tsilhqot’in First Nations and their supporters have been at the BC Supreme Court this week, fighting for an injunction to keep Taseko Mines from commencing work on the controversial…
Video: First Nations Stand Their Ground Against Prosperity Mine at BC Supreme Court
The Tsilhqot’in First Nations and their supporters have been at the BC Supreme Court this week, fighting for an injunction to keep Taseko Mines from commencing work on the controversial…
Shorter Brad Trost
Money spent in my riding is not wasteful. Other spending is.
The November Traffic
What were people reading at SRBP in November? The Zazzy Substitution, political version Nalcor’s own studies back NG as Muskrat alternative We all can’t be wrong Suck it up, buttercup…
All is well! #nlpoli
Nalcor and Emera announced on Tuesday that they’d agreed to put off the deadline on finishing a deal for the electricity line between Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia to…
Another "Occupy" Movement That Should Inspire
Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940), was at the time of his death, the most decorated marine in the United States. However, the final years of his life were spent in publicly…
The Science of Debiasing: The New “Debunking Handbook” Is a Treasure Trove For Defenders of Reason
dbh_large.gif For quite some time here at DeSmogBlog, I’ve been writing about the growing science of irrationality—in other words, our ever-better scientific understanding of why people reject clearly correct information.…
One In A Million?….Really?
BetterThanWiki NotThatWe’reCountingOrAnythingVille It’s a funny thing, the blogging business. Because, normally, what you write today is worth even less than fish wrap tomorrow (or sooner) given that, unlike all the…
Meeting the LPC presidential candidates, and why I like Mike
The Edward Blake Society, a group of Toronto-area no longer young except at heart Liberal professionals, hosted four of the five candidates for the Liberal Party of Canada presidency on…
LRB dismisses BCPSEA application
The latest political maneouvre of the BC government via its bargaining agent, BCPSEA, has failed. In an apparent effort to discredit teachers and split them from their union, BCPSEA made…
McGuinty Liberals to introduce bill to allow schools to expel bullies…
This is a great ‘It Gets Better’ video by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, proving yet again he’s the right person for the job as leader of this great, dynamic and…
SoHoHo — The Small Office/Home Office Holiday Party
Hey All, it’s the Webgeek here. I just wanted to tell you about a little shindig a few of us Work-from-home types are putting together. When: Wednesday, December 14th, 4-…
Combined with Harper Regime’s Austerity Program, Continuous Deleveraging of Household Debt Could be a Serious Issue
House prices have been speculatively bid up to 29% over real value with all the low interest, easy credit banks have been only too willing to give us. They’re just…
I heard a rumour
A friend of a friend of a friend of a friend told me that the entire Federal Conservative caucus was going to step down before the next election in order…
I drank chalk
It was frigging awesome. First, they gave me something “to put air in my belly”. “It’s a solid gas,” she said. “It will dissolve in your mouth,” she said (it…
Economics for Dummies: Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
A little holiday hymn from the true gods and messiahs of the world: the 1%ers. Hallelujah!
Trying To Understand Politics In Quebec These Days–Part 1–Is Sovereignty Really Dead? The Potential Resurrection of Gilles Duceppe
I had heard nothing from the federalist media, particularly from those from the right who say nothing but sovereignty is dead in la belle province. The evidence they have? Well,…