The Globe & Mail’s discourtesy
“The vindictive discourtesy of three Air Canada baggage handlers on Thursday toward Lisa Raitt, the federal Minister of Labour” is how an editorial in the Globe & Mail began this…
March 2012
The Massacre of the Afghan 17 and the Obama Cover-Up
After the cold-blooded murder of the 17 Afghan villagers in Kandahar province the US military and the ever-complicit Obama regime constructed an elaborate cover-up, exposing the Administration up to charges…
The Guardian Reveals Key Funder of Global Warming Policy Foundation Is Michael Hintze
GWPF.jpeg Cross-posted with permission from The Guardian by Graham Readfearn, Leo Hickman and Rupert Neate Michael Hintze, a leading Conservative party donor who runs the £5bn hedge fund CQS, has…
C’mon Adrian Dix, you’ve got to be better than this
The BC Liberals are faltering. Their leader is disliked across much of the province. They are prime for a smart, disciplined opposition to pounce. The stakes are too high –…
With this early spring, Toronto’s Forsythia Festival (in Cabbagetown) is blooming far sooner than May!
27 thousand words Cabbagetown, Riverdale Far
Taxing High Incomes in Ontario
It is notable that the scale of Ontario’s ostensibly dire fiscal position did not prompt any notable response on the tax side, beyond postponing planned reductions to the corporate tax…
NDP Leadership Race from a Gendered Lense
One womyn is too young, the other is too old: Is age really the factor in the NDP leadership race? In the past NDP leadership race there were only two…
Co-op beats Spanish recession
As one of the PIGS, the four (or six) European countries whose dysfunctional economies are much in the news these days, Spain is perhaps not the place you would expect…
The Trial of Stephen Harper, Part II
As suggested I have now contacted Avaaz.org and the Council of Canadians seeking their assistance in organizing a petition demanding our federal and provincial governments take immediate action to decarbonize…
Van Dongen Grab Raises Questions About Cummins’ Integrity
The resignation of John Van Dongen from the Liberal caucus to become an instant one-man Conservative caucus has, for me at any rate, put the focus on John Cummins…How does…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Fred Wilson weighs in on Thomas Mulcair’s mandate as the NDP’s new leader: (M)any progressives with no interest whatsoever in a “Blairist” agenda…
My Morning Ride.
AndTheCircleGoesRound AndRoundVille Came out of the woods by the daycares this morning. As I waited to cross the street while the German SUV’s dropped off the highschool kids who live…
On standards of disproof
In keeping with my own admonition, I won’t spend too much time amplifying the messages the Cons want to send in attacking NDP leader Thomas Mulcair. But I do think…
Back to Short Stories: The Dubliners Is the Best
Now that the NDP convention is over and the manuscript for River Music has been delivered, I’m back working on the collection of short stories I got a grant to…
March 28: less and less about less and less….
In recent weeks, The Moncton Times and Transcript has become noticeably worse, even by Irving press standards. It is coming close to having no news whatever. The reasons are surely…
The Current Account Deficit
The National Bank have published a very useful and interesting report on the current account deficit, which is now running at about 3% of GDP. They argue that the deficit…
Brad Wall’s Closed Mind Closes Door On Sask Film Industry And Drives Hundreds Of Jobs Out Of The Province
“The puzzling thing about Brad Wall’s decision to cut the film tax credit (albeit, after a three month extension to July 1) is the unusual stridency we’re hearing from the…
Ocean view #7
Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: art, ocean, painting, seascape, water
Alberta Votes Day 3: Time to bring back Ed?
In retrospect, maybe it wasn’t such a good idea for Alison Redford to call the election after a month of wall-to-wall scandal and controversy. Two more polls have been released…