QP: First Speaker smackdown
And on the second day of question period, the new Speaker flexed his muscles and enforced decorum. So say we all. Today was the first Layton-Harper showdown of the new…
2011
Dunderdale disapproval doubles; Tory vote drops to 44%
What a difference a federal election can make to provincial poll results. According to the latest Angus-Reid poll, 43% of respondents are satisfied with Kathy Dunderdale’s performance as premier down…
Top Republican Wants To Weaken EPA, Fast Track Environmental Destruction
160px-Rep._Ed_Whitfield.jpg Republican Congressman Ed Whitfield from Kentucky, who serves as Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power, has made it clear that he will do everything i...
Behind those resignations from the Parti Québécois
It’s “an earthquake that could become a tsunami,” said former Parti québécois leader Bernard Landry, reacting to the sudden resignation of three prominent PQ members of the National Assembly from…
Culture Jam
Ottawa—it is Saturday morning on Wellington Street and a large advertisement is staring at me from within the bus shelter. I have seen the ad before, but it looks much…
Living and Dying in Manitoba: Who decides?
In 2008, the Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons gave its members the power to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatments from patients, even if this is contrary to the wishes…
Page 262
I am pushing to get as far as I can today because tomorrow, with temp going up to 34C (that’s 93F) tomorrow, I have no expectations of getting anything done…
No presumption of possession because of tenancy or occupancy
R. v. Watson, 2011 ONCA 437 is a very clear statement that there is no presumption of possession because of tenancy or occupancy. Specifically, mere occupation of premises does not…
3833…Happy Daze For Stephen Harper
First a massive majority. Secondly a budget that he has been wanting to pass for eons.Thirdly, reported by Warren Kinsella in the Suns, a key trio of Pequistes quit Monday…
The Future of Sharing
I loved this. So I'm sharing it.From #pdf11, Jay Rosen on "The Future of Sharing":Watch live streaming video from pdf2011 at livestream.comA text version of his presentation is here.
Trouble In Pequiste Paradise–This Time Over That White Elephant For a Non-Existent NHL Franchise
I always knew this would happen eventually. Perhaps not over that ridiculous proposed hockey amphitheatre of Regis Labeaume’s in Quebec City for the non-existent resurrection of the Quebec Nordiques, but…
Will America Face the Humiliation of a Fighting Retreat?
U.S. commanders fear that American forces may have to leave Iraq the same way they arrived - fighting.46,000 American troops are scheduled to di di mau out of Iraq this…
Day Two
And the press is bored, poor lambs. They want their heckling. They want their politics WWE style.
One of these things is not like the others
One of these things just doesn't belong. See if you can spot the difference in the following single-election results - and consider what it might mean for each party's future…
Built to crash: the coming economic tsunami
`Would you rather have a perfectly efficient system that, if hit by a pebble, would shatter? Or, would you rather have an adaptable system that may not give you the…
Municipalities, Procurement and Canada-EU Trade
There is an excellent post by Scott Sinclair at the CCPA blog.
A left-leaning take on political portraits – Michael Caines’ depictions of US leaders are sincere yet ridiculous
Caines’ work succeeds because it comes across as both sincere and ridiculous. It’s a grotesque, and yet an accurate portrayal of political pomposity.
Build It And They Shall Come – Harper Finally Gets His Crime Wave
Ruler Stephen Harper's bondage incarceration fetish has brought Furious Leader an awful lot of ridicule by people pointing out Canada's continually declining crime rates. But maybe SHarper wasn't quite as…
Make Kevin Falcon (And His Friends) Pay
HeadsTheyWinTailsWeLoseVilleRemember awhile back when Kevin Falcon, who replaced the shameless Colin Hansen as Finance Minister, would neither confirm nor deny that the previous PST exemptions would return if we, the…
The Final Morphing Of ‘The Conservative Party’ Into ‘The Reform Party’
Don't kid yourselves, the final morphing of the 'Reform Party' ... into the 'Canadian Alliance Party' ... into the 'Conservative Party' ... back into the 'Reform Party' is almost complete.…