The Benefits of Higher Royalties
The Canadian Union of Public Employees has launched a great new blog, Imagine What We Could Do, about the things Saskatchewan should accomplish by raising resource royalties. It draws upon…
2011
TEXT: Alfred Apps On A Primary System For Selecting The Next Liberal Leader
The following is an excerpt from a speech delivered by Liberal Party President Alfred Apps at The Empire Club of Canada last week.In his speech, Mr. Apps calls on the…
Outrage of the Day
(This is a test post.) Wish I could be outraged this morning but I'm not. It's sunny, the Canucks are on their way to Lord Stanley and Progressive Bloggers seems…
Signs of cracks in Tory Great Wall, liberals paying close attention to PC convention
If anything, this recent Tory convention in Ottawa made visible some apparent weaknesses in the conservative party, internally and on questions of policy. From voting against the creation of a…
For and against
Not surprisingly, the Cons are working feverishly to pretend that the message which won them a bare majority of seats in the House of Commons is of absolutely no consequence…
Sunday Conservapedia*
*Because reality has a “liberal bias” Age Of The Earth “The Age of the Earth has been a matter of interest to humans for millennia, and today still causes debate,…
Sunday Conservapedia*
*Because reality has a "liberal bias"Age Of The Earth"The Age of the Earth has been a matter of interest to humans for millennia, and today still causes debate, particularly between…
Sunday Conservapedia*
*Because reality has a “liberal bias” Age Of The Earth “The Age of the Earth has been a matter of interest to humans for millennia, and today still causes debate,…
is really too long a name for a blog under the new format
At the time I thought, hey look at Peace Order or Good Government Eh and I thought it would be okay. However on second thought this might lead to some…
On ripple effects
I've noted before that the main advantage for incumbents - and thus the main obstacle to substantial change - is the perception on the part of potential challengers that it's…
A wise and noble man
"Genuine kindness occurs when our sole motivation is caring about the welfare of others": Pirke Avos The funeral of Justice Bentley was deeply moving. The father of Canada's drug treatment…
Sunday Morning Links
A variety of content for your weekend reading.- The Lethbridge Herald nicely points out who figures to have a problem with Stephen Harper's decision to have the Canadian public pay…
Cons keep leadership system Finley says wide-open to abuse
In an convention that was seriously lacking in news (which is the way the Conservatives wanted it, incidentally) the one bit of drama was the battle (which seems to happen…
Simplify the tax system and give us back the lost decade and a half
My beef this Sunday morning is taxes. I haven't had much time to think about the "revised" federal budget, and there's not much point in tearing it apart, any honest…
What Gets You Banned From Fox News North
Saying "dildo". Not being a Nazi. Meanwhile, its official: on average Sun TV doesn't have enough viewers to fill a junior hockey rink. But that's better then Kory Teneycke expected.…
Pound The Table
I'm not sure why we never really seem to have a national conversation about First Nations, whether it's because of collective shame, indifference or elements of racism, but the relative…
A Look Into the Dark Recesses of Steve Harper’s Mind
Over at Grist.com there's a discussion about Canada's (Stevie Harper's) abandonment of Kyoto. One commenter posted the following 2002 letter our Ruler sent to his then - and now -…
Shock Doctrined Through Think Tanks
A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE: History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada I've been reading Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine, and what I find interesting, is that American Imperialism over the…
Higher standards
I have to disagree with my blogging colleague Jymn over his way about the different ways the Democratic Party and Republican Party handle scandals. I’d rather a party not lower…
The Tail Now Wags The Dog
Angelo Perischelli writes in today's Toronto Star that Stephen Harper has led a " ten year revolution." It has been, Perischelli claims, a quiet revolution:Harper’s changes are like the hands…