World of debt
In last month's "State of the City" address, Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran said that "finances remain the city's biggest challenge, with a $5-million dollar debt over RIM Park still to…
2011
The Liberal Nuclear Option
I’ve suggested this before but here it is again in brief, can anyone explain to me what the downside of this would be for the Liberals? Nuclear Option: The Liberal…
Harper’s Final Battle Cry
Those of you who have read me for a long time know I have always shunned the argument that Stephen Harper has a secret, 'social', agenda. I have never believed…
Harper’s Final Battle Cry
Those of you who have read me for a long time know I have always shunned the argument that Stephen Harper has a secret, 'social', agenda. I have never believed…
Harper’s Final Battle Cry
Those of you who have read me for a long time know I have always shunned the argument that Stephen Harper has a secret, ‘social’, agenda. I have never believed…
Evolutionary spraypaint reclaims space – Friday Film Pick: Big Bang Big Boom
The Big Bang Theory gets a face lift.
A Letter to Mr. Ignatieff: It’s time to get personal against attack ads
Mr. Ignatieff, On the Liberal campaign trail in Winnipeg there is one thing that we are hearing consistently: Canadians are sick and tired of attack ads. They hate them. It…
Tales From The Shelter – 54
We sit around and talk about things we need but Gordie Campbell took away from us. “Shirley” is elderly and needs orthotics as her arches are collapsing and her feet…
Catch 22 ‘Super-Voters’ Can Keep Harper Humble
Click for French version For Immediate Release April 8, 2011 FYI: For interest of the news media or publication as an op-ed ---------------------------- GETTING…
Shampoo
Those of you know me know I’m one of the follicly challenged members of the species. While not the stuff of Harlequin bodice-ripper covers or heart-throb movie stars it does…
BKACPP – Communist Party of Canada
Party Name: Communist Party of Canada Tag Line: For peace, jobs, sovereignty and democracy Leader (Location): Miguel Figueroa (Davenport, ON) Date of Founding: May 1921 2008 election: 24 candidates 3,572…
Homo sapiens and the sixth great extinction
What kind of creature are we, we Homo sapiens? According to a recent study by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, we may be among the half dozen most…
What’s at Stake: Young Jason Kenney – Anti-Abortion Activist Opposed to Free Speech
From the archives, here's a CNN story on free speech and abortion in which a young Jason "Anti-Abortion Activist" Kenney argues strongly against free speech and even allowing women to…
What’s at Stake: Young Jason Kenney – Anti-Abortion Activist Opposed to Free Speech
From the archives, here’s a CNN story on free speech and abortion in which a young Jason “Anti-Abortion Activist” Kenney argues strongly against free speech and even allowing women to…
What’s at Stake: Young Jason Kenney – Anti-Abortion Activist Opposed to Free Speech
From the archives, here's a CNN story on free speech and abortion in which a young Jason "Anti-Abortion Activist" Kenney argues strongly against free speech and even allowing women to…
What’s at Stake: Young Jason Kenney – Anti-Abortion Activist Opposed to Free Speech
From the archives, here’s a CNN story on free speech and abortion in which a young Jason “Anti-Abortion Activist” Kenney argues strongly against free speech and even allowing women to…
Dobbin: Recovering our moral compass
Murray Dobbin is a member of the Catch 22 team providing research and strategic advice. We're reprinting his blog post from April 7. Dobbin: Recovering our moral compass I don’t…
"Tory Times are Tough Times"
Let us reminisce, shall we, on some of the great contributions of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to our democracy and to accountable, responsible government.{Video by cmjhogan}Please send LVD your political…