Mulcair is the right pick for NDP, Canada
#cdnpoli #ndp #tm4pm #thomasmulcair #lpc #gpc A lot of hand wringing is going on at several levels within the NDP about picking a former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister to lead…
March 2012
So I think I’ll write about the weather
Because there’s too much depressing stuff going on. Which isn’t to say that snow flurries tomorrow evening isn’t depressing enough. But at least there’s nothing to be done about it.
Dziekanski killer convicted
One of Robert Dziekanski’s killers finally ran out of luck this week. He now has a criminal conviction—even if it’s for a different matter entirely, one that I first blogged…
Why Conservative Ministers are ignorant; aka Tory Hacks are useful.
It’s public knowledge that the power of the Prime Minister in Canada is enormous. Key decisions are handed down, it’s a hierarchy mimicking Military Command. An essay called “Our Benign…
Radio Topics, March 27th
The Junos are in town this week, and so are all sorts of bands. Brothels legalized! Ontario budget Day! Freezes a coming: Salaries! Welfare! Alberta heads to the polls! Transgendered…
BC Liberal MLA Joins BC Conservatives as it’s First MLA
Well, it’s not as surprising as it seems – right now the BC Liberals are sitting below 30% in my polling average, so you may want to brace yourself for…
Ottawa police: the beat goes on (but at a cost)
Another tale about the out-of-control Ottawa police: three of these uniformed hoods set upon a gathering of friends and neighbours roasting marshmallows, and put one of them in hospital after…
For the Seriously Lazy
I’m not just talking about people who like to sleep in, or lounge in their La-Z-Boy®, or let the dog out of their truck half a mile from home so…
Sounds Yummy
The Barrie Examiner has a real weeper about the fate of the Ontario horse-racing industry if the McGuinty Gov. eliminates the slots-at-tracks agreement. It ends with: “It is a grim…
American Support for Afghan War Tanks
Four months ago a bare majority, 53% of Americans, thought US soldiers should no longer be fighting that conflict. Today that number stands at 69%. In November less than half…
ConCalls: Write CBC and other Media
Dear CBC: As a Canadian citizen, it is with great alarm that I’ve watched the RoboCon scandal unfold. The report to Parliament by Marc Mayrand, Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer scheduled…
Don’t Expect Much From Mayrand’s Testimony
There’s been a great hullabaloo recently about the fact that the Conservatives have scheduled Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand’s testimony for a period when most journalists in Ottawa, we are…
F-35: gross Conservative incompetence revealed
From Treasury Board President Tony Clement’s $50 million diversion of national security funds to his own riding, to the on-going election-rigging outrage, to the louche behaviour of Minister Christian Paradis,…
Canada’s Gatekeepers Conspire to Prevent Greens from Taking Their Rightful Place in Canadian Politics
We are well aware that Canada is considered to be among the dinosaur nations when it comes to environmental matters by the rest of the global community. Some would try…
Unionize Prostitution!!!!!
I thought I would spice some stuff up as I continue adding entries. I know it has yet again been a while since my last post, but I make a…
Breaking Spin-Watch: Rat(s) Off A Ship? John van Dongen Crosses The Floor
In a somewhat surprising move, Abbotsford-South MLA John van Dongen rose in hte Legislature in BC today and delivered a blistering critique of Christy Clark’s BC Liberal government, and then…
Alberta Votes… On April 23rd
And I’ve had my election page up for a month and half, go figure. But yes, Premier Alison Redford has called an election for the twenty-third next month, and it’ll…
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The Rich Get Even Richer, Steve Rattner, New York Times, March 25, 2012 Steven Rattner is a contributing writer for Op-Ed and a longtime Wall Street executive.
What a man should have?
So me and a couple of friends went to an Chapters- Indigo bookstore here in Toronto not too long ago and we found out that they have a section called…