As I tweeted last week: I think I love @kristynwongtam. Quiet, reasonable, thoughtful, classy – and kicking #TeamFord ass. #TOpoli — Sol Chrom (@sol_chrom) March 22, 2012 Related posts: Politics,…
Number 5 Driving me to blog about public issues is passion for my grandchildren to inherit a better world. Unfortunately, the more I learn about the roads we travel, the…
Former Assistant Chief Statistician Michael Wolfson shows that governments collectively stand to save very little from hiking the age of eligibility for the OAS/GIS, a measure that is widely expected…
Film tax credit won’t return: Premier Brad Wall says his government will not reinstate the film employment tax credit cut in last week’s budget, but it is willing to consider…
oil-drum-stuffed-with-money.jpg Democratic Senator Bob Menendez (N.J.) has introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate to kill, once and for all, the billions of dollars worth of subsidies that are flowing from…
For my first post on Canadian Trends it seems only fitting I talk about trade diversification in light of Stephen Harper’s recent free trade meetings. It is (or should be)…
An unspecified number of people polled online in Newfoundland and Labrador by Angus-Reid approved almost equally of the job done by e Premier Kathy Dunderdale and New Democratic party leader…
Last week, I pointed out Greg Lyle’s polling showing that the NDP’s brand of social democracy enjoys plenty of popular support as a primary value system for a party seeking…
I’m 28, and I’ve voted in every federal election since I was old enough to do so. Yet I understand why the majority of people my age didn’t, and won’t,…
TurningBackTheClock ToDayOneVille On the weekend, following up on a post by Dave at the Galloping Beaver, NVG and I identified a HarperCon Operative who went to work Christy much earlier…
I’d largely echo what Jeff has to say about the NDP Convention as it relates to the eventual Liberal leadership. The Liberals would be wise to poach a few of…
Eleven year-old Ta’Kaiya Blaney of the Sliammon First Nation sings her hit song “Shallow Waters” to some 2,000 people outside the Vancouver Art Gallery. She tells the audience one year…
Eleven year-old Ta’Kaiya Blaney of the Sliammon First Nation sings her hit song “Shallow Waters” to some 2,000 people outside the Vancouver Art Gallery. She tells the audience one year…
I don’t think hiring Sara MacIntyre and other Harper enablers has had the impact Christy Clark had hoped. B.C. Premier Christy Clark has among the worst approval ratings of premiers…
World renowned climate activist Bill McKibben of 350.org lent his voice to the “Our Coast, Our Decision” rally in Vancouver Monday. McKibben told the crowd of close to 2,000 outside…
World renowned climate activist Bill McKibben of 350.org lent his voice to the “Our Coast, Our Decision” rally in Vancouver Monday. McKibben told the crowd of close to 2,000 outside…
World renown climate activist Bill McKibben of 350.org lent his voice to the “Our Coast, Our Decision” rally in Vancouver Monday. McKibben told the crowd of close to 2,000 outside…
Ah, election time. The promises are flying, candidates come out of hiding, and the lowly, forgotten voter becomes the belle of the ball. The election is underway, so let the…
