Toronto Danforth watch
As we know, Harper has yet to call the by-election in Toronto Danforth. Given that we’re nearing the end of November, it’s unlikely to be called now until early in…
2011
On Ontario Today – CBC Radio – noon or so today
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More Conservative Double Standard
Yesterday, when the Conservatives limited debate on the budget, NDP Pat Martin tweeted his frustration with a colorful expletive. He remains unapologetic, as he should. Why the media is giving…
The Church And The Occupy Movement: Has The Religuous Left Lost Its Voice?
I’ll let Dennis Gruending ponder that one. But one small point that seems to have been missed in the case of Occupy Toronto: In Toronto, the occupiers were camped in…
Photography founder born 224 years ago today
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (November 18, 1787 – July 10, 1851).
The Truth Deficit #nlpoli
Tom Marshall made the rounds on Thursday talking up his latest financial update. But after a call to Randy Simms on Open Line, Marshall likely felt likely he’d gone a…
Ignore the time allocation, someone said a bad word!
There is a serious problem in the Commons right now, where the Conservative government has decided repeatedly to invoke time allocation after a mere two hours of debate on eight…
Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange buys Crystal Cathedral
Late Thursday evening U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Kwan issued the ruling, acknowledging the tremendous work put in by Chapman University, the diocese’s competitor, which offered as much as $59 million…
Tories relent after opposition parties filibuster on mega-crime bill in House Justice Committee | hilltimes.com
Tories relent after opposition parties filibuster on mega-crime bill in House Justice Committee | hilltimes.com. Filed under: Progressives
Peggy Nash
Peggy Nash entered the leadership race at the end of October. I can’t say I was very excited about her campaign, mostly because of what happened at the 2011 Convention…
If we’d heeded Tom Kent in 1981, our democracy would be healthier today
Tom Kent, chair of the Royal Commission on Newspapers, 1981. (Canadian Press photo). Below: The cover of the 1981 Royal Commission report; Edmonton-St. Albert MP Brent Rathgeber. Today we mark…
National Post: Parliament Not Important to Democracy
A few days ago, I suggested that the main achievement of the Harper regime was something few people had noticed yet: a new style of democracy, à la George Bush…
We Know Know Who the Guy in the Zundel Photo Is
Hey, remember this photo on the left? If you do, it’s because it is one of the more common photos of Holocaust deniers Ernst Zundel found on the internet. In…
alberta candidate nomination update – november 2011 (part 2).
With a fixed election “period” expected to be set for sometime between March 1 and May 31, 2012, Alberta’s political parties are still in the process of nominating candidates in…
RailGate Relapsing…A Cancer On The Entire Government?
TheDeanWritesHarder AllTheIndemnitiesThatFitVille Now here’s something interesting…. It turns out that David Basi and Robert Virk were not the only ones who had indemnification deals in place. Vaughn Palmer had the…
Central to the whole controversy
Courtesy Raeside Cartoons Vaughn Palmer writes about Attorney General Shirley Bond’s letter to Stephen Toope, “Should the government require recovery of legal fees and disbursements paid for the defence of…
When you don’t know what your talking about, you should just stop talking
On Thursday, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security heard from Canadian Shooting Sports Association spokesman Tony Bernardo. Just before 36 minutes into the committee…
Douglas Coupland on Hockey and the Canadian Identity
“Canadian winters are long. Life is hard and so is ice. Canadian teams playing within the NHL are, in effect, a microcosm of Canada’s ongoing process of trying to remain…