Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to leave by lunch time during next Tuesday’s meeting with hundreds of First Nations leaders in Ottawa, according to chiefs in Ontario and British…
Two months ago, we wrote about the Harper Tory government’s penchant for suppressing RCMP reports on the life saving long gun registry. At the time, the House of Commons Public…
I haven’t spent all that much time collecting links but already this is starting to get impressive. Here’s a short trip down memory lane: Tory Malfeasance Articles Friends… The Harper…
Hey pro-Internet community, Here’s Lindsey with your update: read more
Tammy at For the Love of Reading has posted an early fabulous review of Web of Angels. I’m so excited–more so because she’s a student in Alberta who has taken…
Supreme Koch 1.jpg Protesters marked the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling by unfurling a banner reading “U.S. Supreme Koch” in front of the court house steps.…
I attended the recent Liberal Party of Canada Biennial Convention in Ottawa (as a delegate and a member of a campaign) and came away with a few lessons learned. You…
(as posted at JoeyO.ca) I’ve wanted to be a Member of the Legislative Assembly since I was 17 years old. The problem was always that, even as a 17 year-old,…
Last night’s Toronto leadership forum has received plenty of attention, including media coverage as well as personal takes from Ian Welsh and Progressive Proselytizing. Subject to the below my own…
The CBC Ombudsman has agreed with me and others who raised the issue of Stephen Smart’s conflict of interest. Now, we await the corporation’s resolution of this matter. You can…
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and his ever-reliable buddy Clarence Thomas have a peculiar fascination with the death penalty. They like it. In fact, they like it so much…
Details were leaked this week from the talks between the Alberta Teachers’ Association and the Alberta government. Alberta teachers are currently the highest paid outside of the north, with salaries…
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned… This isn’t the first time that Newt’s embittered second wife has emerged in the media to seek revenge for being cheated on…
I’ve long been aware of the National Energy Board but never paid much attention to it. However, for my article Regulators throwing loaded dice, I had a look at backgrounds…
I just thought I’d give a quick update of how things are going with the BC Humanists here in Vancouver. First, we’ve finalized the date and location of our new…
AllTheSellingOutThatFits TheCorpIsNoLongerOurMotherVille The CBC in BC is running its student intern program (or a sort) again. Which is laudable, I reckon. What is not so laudable, by my reckoning anyway,…
Slithering through the right-wing blogosphere – from Vox Populi via Instapundit to Canada’s proud wingnut Canadian Cincinnatus – is this revealing but puzzling comment about feminism, using the tragedy of…
I needed to get a job as a library page in order to be “in the system” at the Mississauga Library. Job openings rarely, if ever, go external. Since after…
Following a series of hapless debate performances and a campaign trail littered with innumerable (albeit hilarious) gaffes that left him woefully polling in the range of his presumed IQ, Texas…
