The Obama administration has recently adopted a very narrow definition of religious exclusions in the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. The effect of this is that ostensibly religious…
Shiraz Shariff works the phone in his Calgary office yesterday afternoon. Below: interim PC Executive Director Kelley Charlebois; former AHS Chair Ken Hughes; outgoing Calgary-West MLA Ron Liepert. The Alberta…
Photo of Rob Ford by Tannis Toohey for The Toronto Star Yesterday, Toronto City Council took over the lead on transit planning in the city and voted to reaffirm most…
As a social advocate I’m constantly referencing how egalitarian and supportive Scandinavian governments are. Sure taxes are high, but there are high levels of unionization and the population always rates…
It is no great revelation that Mitt Romney had a bad night on Tuesday. He showed poorly in Colorado and Minnesota. However, I think the results on Tuesday are more…
It is no great revelation that Mitt Romney had a bad night on Tuesday. He showed poorly in Colorado and Minnesota. However, I think the results on Tuesday are more…
It is no great revelation that Mitt Romney had a bad night on Tuesday. He showed poorly in Colorado and Minnesota. However, I think the results on Tuesday are more…
It is no great revelation that Mitt Romney had a bad night on Tuesday. He showed poorly in Colorado and Minnesota. However, I think the results on Tuesday are more…
As I first wrote about in yesterday’s post, former Calgary-McCall MLA Shiraz Shariff has been disqualified as the Progressive Conservative candidate in Calgary-West after complaints of voting irregularities at the…
IfTheWallsOfThe(notso)Microbus CouldTalkVille So, this morning I put the crazy college kid’s station on the microbus radio because Rick Cluff was driving me insane. As a result, littler e. and I…
This came to my inbox, and although both Rural and I agree that such a plan might be the only real hope we have for democracy (albeit one fraught with…
Ahem. A little mood music, maestro: Ah, that sets the tone brilliantly for what I’m about to say… And here it is. This morning, this Salon link popped up in…
As I continued with my round up of queer MPs, I caught up with NDP MP Libby Davies after QP yesterday. Q: What did you get up to over the…
It really says something when even the gun lobby thinks the Justice Minister has said something dangerous. Victoria Times-Colonist February 8, 2012 As for warning shots, he said they can…
The other day Obama, in his favourite role as Commander in Chief of The Great War on Terror, claimed that his Darth Vader fleet of deadly drones was on a…
The Toronto-Danforth Liberal nomination has become a battleground for the abortion culture wars. Just when you think you’re safe, it crawls its way back up to the forefront. Yay.
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Last summer I wrote a short post about Jack Layton’s legacy of generosity. There are many elements to citizenship — respect, engagement, critical thinking — but of all those elements,…
Yes, Rob Ford is still Mayor of Toronto but from tonight on we might as well start calling him pro tem. Councillor Karen Stintz has put together a solid 25…
Back in the early 1990s, Tony McAleer was a neo-Nazi based out in British Columbia best known for Canadian Liberty Net (a virulently racist telephone telephone line), being held in…
