Across Canada and every other place where austerity has become a household term, the idea of generational conflict has come out of retirement (pun intended). In Canada, intergenerational issues and…
Hundreds of Ottawans are expected on Parliament Hill tomorrow to demand justice for 600 missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. The event is part of the nationwide February 14th…
Wednesday, December 7 packed plenty of contentious debate into an extremely short day, with a time allocation motion and debate on two bills fit within an afternoon sitting. The Big…
A Conservative minister stated this in the House of Commons: But when Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia attacked the Conservatives for “preparing to read Canadians’ emails and track their movements through…
Apparently 2008’s and 2011’s Liberal candidate in Toronto-Danforth, Andrew Lang, was asked to step aside in favour of a “star candidate,” but instead stepped aside for a “no-name” candidate, named…
The Prime Minister’s trip to China last week sparked a flurry of media coverage regarding prospects for “closer” economic ties between Canada and China. Some even speculated that another free…
getup_ad_mining_media.jpg IT was an extraordinary response, but then it was an extraordinary video revealing some extraordinary alliances. Two weeks ago I posted a story on my blog about a YouTube…
Our obsessive Harper government would like to bring you this heritage moment: “Statement by the Honourable Joe Oliver, P.C., M.P., Commemorating the Historic Discovery of Crude Oil at Leduc #1.”…
Oh, Greece! What have you done? You’ve given up before the war was won. You laid down before the greedy banks And told your people they should give thanks For…
I think Alex Tsakumis’s open message to CKNW’s Bill Good deserves repeating. So, I repeat it: “HUGE JEERS to Bill Good, the complete idiot that he is, who last night…
Conservative MP Larry Miller hauled out the ‘H’ word last week in the House of Commons, suggesting that the Liberals, in their support of the gun registry, are big fans…
I discovered Adele in 2011, way behind most of the world. If you watched last night’s Emmy Awards, you’ll know her too. Sylvia Patterson, writing in The Observer in 2008,…
Yes, boys ‘n’ girls, shit keeps coming outta that mouth of his. He, who recently said that it is perfectly ok to use information derived from torture, has done it…
Ron Paul has come under some fire for newsletters bearing his name that contained racist remarks some 20 odd years ago. The Texas congressman and Presidential hopeful has said he…
In light of Vic Toews comments today, I thought a poll might be in order to solicite some opinion: Vic Toews is…
Rachel Maddow (with the help of Doug Wead, a senior advisor to the Ron Paul campaign) describes how the wily old coot is attempting to exploit flaws in the present…
Dennis Gruending has the back-story on some of those migrant workers killed in that horrific accident outside of Hampstead, Ontario last week, the most significant bit being (for me at…
Premier Photo-Op says, “I am not interested in raising taxes. We are committed to find ways of getting agreements but we are not going to ask taxpayers to pay more…
Pardon my gush, but it’s true. She really IS a doll. She’s funny, she’s unpretentious, she’s blessedly drama-free in spite of everything she’s been through (how many pop stars can…
