If CPoC Central Contols Local Voters Lists
…as Tory MP Vellacott indicates, then this makes it more likely that Robocon was planned by someone close to the center of the party rather than via fringe players. It…
March 2012
information please
In at least one respect, I am a born librarian. Friends have said there should be a sign over my head: INFORMATION. Everywhere I go, people ask me for directions.…
A controversial facebook status
I’m shamelessly copying and pasting this from a friend’s Facebook status. As you might expect, it generated some controversy there, and I’m curious to hear what you think. “There’s a…
Upper deck of…
… OC Transpo #40! Yeah, I’m just a kid at heart! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Netflix in Talks With Cable Operators About Distribution Deals (Report) by Georg Szalai
A cable deal for Netflix would increase its competition with HBO, but one analyst says it could be a sign of weakening subscriber trends.
Hudak wants to order Toronto to build subways, not streetcars
Subways are wonderful. I'd be glad if Toronto had a subway system just as good as New York or London. But even if Mayor Ford's proposal proceeded we'd only have…
Dundernomics 101: The Cleary Factor #nlpoli
The gang at CBC shouldn’t feel sheepish. They might have been the ones who pushed it most aggressively but they weren’t the only news outlet that started talking up budget…
Dropping the In & Out appeal
The Conservatives have quietly decided to drop their appeal at the Supreme Court over the In & Out affair, and they’re paying back the money they owe to Elections Canada…
For #NDPLDR, It’s Thomas Mulcair or Bust
I made a Storify story out of my most recent decision to support Thomas Mulcair for NDP leader but seem to be having some trouble embedding it to my wordpress…
BC Liberals Need To Stretch the Truth, They Already Know We Don’t Believe Them
There is a lot of rhetoric going around in the current BCTF/BC Liberal Government battle over teachers contracts. To set a context; BC teachers have been without a contract since…
Canadians Are Owed Answers from Globe & Mail
One of the most surprising elements of the corporate media’s coverage of the robocall affair is the strange shifts that have occurred. Sun, as expected, backed the government. The Toronto…
BC Liberals Need To Stretch the Truth, They Already Know We Don’t Believe Them
There is a lot of rhetoric going around in the current BCTF/BC Liberal Government battle over teachers contracts. To set a context; BC teachers have been without a contract since…
Penguin cam
The penguins at Sea World San Deigo 24/7 for the months of March and April. Enjoy.
Video: Rafe Confronts Dix on LNG, Fracking, Enbridge
Rafe Mair pulls no punches in this, the second of a two-part interview with BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix – grilling the potential future premier of BC on Liquid Natural…
Today in party leader or Prime Minister?
This is nicely done, leader or Prime Minister, Manon Cornellier asks: Il y a moins de deux semaines, le 23 février bien précisément, Postmedia News révélait qu’Élections Canada menait une…
Reading the NDP Tea Leaves
Any good pundit (for is that not what I aspire to become?) must dispense with caution and modesty from time to time and, in godlike fashion, attempt to predict the…
Taxpayers on the hook for almost $600 Billion in mortgage debt
Do you know anyone who has recently bought a house with less than 20% down? I know a few myself, young twenty somethings with decent but not great income, who’ve…
Attack of the Drones – How Surveillance May Change our Culture
I’ve been following the rise of do it yourself (DIY) drones for a few years now, ever since Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired magazine, introduced me to the topic…