Riding the wave
A couple of weeks ago, I pointed out that the NDP's level of Canada-wide support is in line with other parties who have been seen as national contenders for government,…
2011
New column day
Here, on how the Wall government's economic strategy is resulting in Saskatchewan paying more to get less out of private-sector development.
painting on water
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Boo Hoo for Big Oil: Tar Sands Promoters Lament Tough Opposition
There's nothing quite so pathetic as the richest industry in history feeling sorry for itself - and there's been a lot of that going on lately. Under the strain of…
It’s Time To Stop Spinning Our Wheels On Climate Change
Much of the UN climate negotiations that went on in Copenhagen in December, 2009 was just so much hot air and spinning of wheels without any movement towards a liveable…
Sydney’s beaches to host International Gay Surfers Day
On July 17, 2011, surfers from around the world will gather at Sydney's Manly and Bondi beaches to take part in the first ever International Gay Surfers Day. Organized by…
Baby existentialism
This explains so much. Alltop was more of a baby solipsist.
Will Conrad Black go back to jail?
My sense is he will go back for a year to eighteen months:http://bit.ly/kybcyR Conrad Black is bracing for a possible return to prison on Friday but says he is prepared…
The dog barking that keeps you awake at night…
… is not what you think.
Who Says "The Right" Doesn’t Use Human Rights Tribunals?
Here's a story from Lifesite about Damian Goddard, whose messages on twitter in defense of "true marriage" allegedly got him fired from Sportsnet, taking the matter to the CHRT. Presumably,…
If There is a Referendum, I Will Vote to Abolish the Senate
There is a lot of discussion about Stephen Harper's plans to reform the Senate, by placing term limits of nine years, but only on those appointed after 2008.Most of the…
Anyone that claims that climate change…
… is a buncha crap, should consider this forecast for Inuvik. Yes, this is “weather” as opposed to “climate”. I know the concepts and terminology very well…. but if these…
Dunderdale dunder-fail on SAR call centre
Kathy and Steve had a nice chat on the phone, but Stephen Harper’s biggest Newfoundland and Labrador fan couldn’t persuade her guy to change his mind about shifting a search…
Population drops in NL again
Recent population figures from Statistics Canada suggest the recession is over and things are getting back to normal. Population in Newfoundland and Labrador dropped in the last quarter primarily due…
Last sitting day – maybe
Today could be it – the last day of the spring session of the House. Maybe. It all hinges on that back-to-work legislation, and how long the opposition is able…
The Gazette’s Ian MacDonald Writes a Love Letter to Jim Flaherty
The Montreal Gazette's L. Ian MacDonald's newest column is somewhere between tawdry financial porn and steamy fiscal erotica. The apple of his eye: Jim Flaherty. He begins by a tantalizing…
Mountaintop Removal Mining Linked To Birth Defects
mountaintop-removal-project.jpg Researchers at Washington State University and West Virginia University have released a new report that links an increase in birth defects in Appalachia to the pra...
The next Open Data battle: Advancing Policy & Innovation through Standards
With the possible exception of weather data, the most successful open data set out there at the moment is transit data. It remains the data with which developers have experimented…