Tim Harper on Caterpillar’s Betrayal of Canadian Workers
As it hauls its billions in profits south of the border, Caterpillar executives should make a detour and stop in Ottawa to drop off the money they owe Canadian taxpayers.…
February 2012
Time Will Merge What Liberals & NDPers Can’t
Up upon an isolated mountain top, in a dark and long forgotten manor, underneath thunderous clouds, a large titanic body of gears and motors emblazoned in red stands motionless. The…
Sun TeeVee Fake Oath Tweet Fight!
AllTheStoopidThatFits TalkingPointsKoryVille This one is between Sun TeeVee staffer Ezra Levant who, essentially, accuses the Canadian Press’ Jen Ditchburn, who wrote the ‘Fake’ oath story, of being a MotherCorp mole.…
Tackling Violent Crime Act makes no material difference in dangerous offender finding
R. v. Lewis, 2012 ONCA 78 deals with an appeal from a finding the accused was a dangerous offender. In so finding the Court held that, at least here, the difference between the…
Dozing in front of the TV
Only a few thousand Canadians are watching Sun News on any given day — I never have myself. But I guess back on Oct. 19, that “miniscule” number included Jennifer…
The best Super Bowl ad was not seen in US. Shown only in Canada.
During a Super Bowl party I attended yesterday, there was much grumbling about the Canadian station not airing exclusive new ads debuting during the big game on US networks. We…
A Paean to ED Nurses or Just Annoying?
Twitter follower @camillelalonde — thank you — sent me this oldish link, which initially warmed the very cockles of my heart: Guest Editorial ACEP News September 2006 By David F.…
Here We Go Again – Republican Attacks On EPA Kick Off 2012 Agenda
business-anti-environment.jpg With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set to finally enact stricter air pollution standards in accordance with the Clean Air Act and two subsequent U.S. Supreme Court decisions…
Niall Ferguson cheers on war between Israel and Iran
“Hi folks, this used to be Israel. Or, was it Iran? I forgot. Oh well. Where’s my paycheque?” Or, more like an Israeli attack on Iran. The money quote: War…
This Grey Day
You are running, dust flying from your hair. You leave it all behind. I cannot keep up. Or perhaps you are whirling, twisting and turning in circles, spinning so fast…
An authentic winter weekend in Montréal
Click here for a link to an album of pictures from my busy weekend in Montréal. (As I write this I still have a half-day left here so there will…
4186…Happy Birthday To You
I didn’t quite understand what was going on when I was watching the game on RDS. My New York City friend Len Berman cleared it up: “Montreal Canadiens fans sarcastically…
No, Harrison Ford should not play Deckard in new "Blade Runner"
When Blade Runner was released in 1982, I became a little obsessed. I saw it dozens of times and effused to anyone within earshot what a forward-looking film it was.…
Syrian bloodbath: the Canadian connection
The slaughter continues to this very moment, and the screams of tortured children echo in Syria. Russia and China (the owner of big chunks of our tar sands and the…
Classy move…
I might just go out and buy something from Mark’s Work Wearhouse this weekend! Closing the plant had immediate political reverberations on Parliament Hill and at Queen’s Park. Electro-Motive received…
4185…Succeeding Jack Layton
It was in your paper this morning and my Montreal Gazette: “Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called a by-election for the riding formerly held by late NDP leader Jack Layton.…
4184…Today’s Reason To Drink
It is your Queen’s 60th anniversary as Queen. That includes you Kent Glowinski and you also Rachel Decoste. Sixty years same job; bit of a throwback.WFDS
Arizona governor Jan Brewer scoffs at accusations of racism. Arizona senator Cecil Ash wants holiday for white people.
All I can say is that Arizona must have a lot of white people. A lot of old, rich white people. How else could the governor get up in the…
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Drops The "H-Bomb"
I’m not talking about that other H-bomb, the one that the US government dropped on innocent civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. No, I’m talking about Adolph Hitler, yes, that H-Bomb.…