Well now, this is a ruling that should have some Conservative government officials fuming that they can’t always do as they please, even with a majority government: A federal court…
Here, on the need to make sure that any lobbying legislation in Saskatchewan doesn’t merely create new ways for an already-insular government to peddle access and shut out dissent. For…
That’s why he’s threatening to sue any MPs that question his version of events surrounding the use of Armed Forces choppers to shuttle himself to events in his riding, versus…
And then there are peeps like Charles McVetty! OMFG! Just heard that freako Charles McVety on the radio! Listening to As It Happens last night and being reminded how narrow…
Wendelinus Hamutenya, the current representative of Namibia for next year’s Mr. Gay World to be held in neighbouring South Africa, was assaulted and injured in a homophobic attack on Tuesday…
Regina Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski’s Riding Office in Regina had a big delivery of wheat recently ….
The Stephen Harper Conservative government has once again shown us that they believe they can do anything they want to because they have a majority. The Government has been found…
“Yes, I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole.” To friends, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield to friends, on being made Prime Minister (1868).
Or something. PS. It just came in the mail yesterday. I am of course sooo proud.
Tell the kids to become experts in data management, more news in the form of yesterday’s Canada-U.S. deal that says there’s going to be a lot of use for the…
Guest post by Craig Westcott, from his editorial in this week’s Business Post. If, as its president Judy Morrow has proposed, the Liberal Party puts off holding a leadership convention…
British Columbia pays senior public servants among the highest salaries in the world. For comparison the British pound (£) is worth $1.60 CAN as of December 12, 2011. Britain’s Top…
A recently retired senior justice department advisor – and former Progressive Conservative MP – is warning that the omnibus crime bill will undo years of justice system reform in this…
Good Danielle, above, softens you up while Bad Danielle waits just outside the door. Bad Danielle is going to slap you around a bit now for even thinking about voting…
The list of candidates nominated across the province continues to grow as we get closer to an expected Spring 2012 election. Nominated Alberta election candidates by region. December 8, 2011…
After reading an article on the Huffington Post website about income inequality as represented by an OECD report, I decided I should list a couple of reasons why I think…
“Old news” – new anxieties for Liberals, posted three weeks ago, mentioned Basi/Virk judge Anne MacKenzie’s reasons for sentence and her dialogue of standard clichés, wordplay, and nonsense: “…a conditional…
Stephen Harper was in Washington today to make a joint announcement with his close personal friend Barack Obama about signing of the widespread Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness Action Plan,…
Awesome enough to brave the Bronson Centre’s punitive seating, I tell you. Being an old fart I don’t get out to a lot of rock ‘n’ roll shows, especially since…
Voters in Toronto’s suburbs complained the former Miller administration ignored them and only spent money downtown, so they elected Rob Ford, who killed Miller’s Transit City plan which would’ve built…
