The moral reasoning behind Mr. Harper’s environmental policies?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. If Stephen Harper wants to keep his faith, and how it affects his politics, close to his vest, we can’t fault…
March 2012
The Insufferable Mr. Flaherty
Jim Flaherty came to Toronto yesterday and lambasted Ontario for its poor fiscal management: “Frankly, Ontario’s spending mismanagement is a problem for the entire country,” he said. “They have no…
Harper cuts Environment Canada budget because of the internet. Dovetails nicely with Bill C-30.
The Conservatives are a lot of things but probably their strongest quality is that they are shrewd. They’ve built their strength thanks to a wedding of the oil barons of…
Israel acquired Air-bases in Azerbaijan to attack Iran?
If the story is true and Israel does carry out air strikes against Iran then the world is up for a big catastrophe. US and other major forces such as…
texas anti-choice sonogram law: doonesbury cartoon and very real life
If you haven’t seen the abortion-related Doonesbury cartoons that many US newspapers refused to run, you can read them here. Go Garry Go. More importantly, if you would like to…
CBC Cuts 115 Million/CPC Advertising 136.3 Million
One of the more maddening refrains we keep hearing OVER and OVER again, the observation that this budget didn’t cut as deep “as expected”. What that insight reveals is that…
the lessons in tpl’s struggle
With the Toronto Public Library workers back at work after a ten-day strike, here is an assessment of their settlement, from a TPL librarian (my friend and comrade) who is…
Harper’s Budget: Fossil Fuel Subsidies Maintained, Conservation Groups Targeted
While I’ve been traveling in southern Ontario this past week, with little time to spend on the internet, it seems that I and my fellow Canadians have fallen down the…
What Will Replace Section 13 Of The Canadian Human Rights Act
Rob Nicholson responds to my email. Comments below: Correspondence from the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Thank you for your correspondence concerning the Government’s proposed amendments to…
Saturday At The Movies
* Giant Red Planet.com
4406…Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk
Finally the Big Dance. Ohio State vs. Kansas; Kentucky vs. Louisville. Off to the beer store. WFDS
4405…Happy Birthday Gordie Howe
If any day should be a National Holiday in Canada this would be it. Happy birthday Number 9. WFDS
The budget fallout
Among other budget fallout, the Conservatives have signalled that they will reform EI to try to cut down on its “reliance” by those in seasonal industries, which makes some people…
Visualizing Alberta – Pt 3
Teddy here. I’ve run our official Blunt Objects projection though an updated map, and made a few personal adjustments where I feel the numbers might not be telling the full…
Alberta Votes: It’s going to turn ugly.
Today we saw another Progressive Conservative choose to throw Ms. Redford and the PC campaign under the bus: this time, for the opposite reason Ms. Kennedy-Glans did yesterday. A MLA…
Friday night
This is just over 3 minutes because it’s a preview but it’s so good! 40,000 listens on Soundcloud in the last day, the kids love it. Have a good night!
Harper didn’t even try to hide it
They didn’t even hide itThe Conservatives have decided to take on Canada’s charitable sector, primarily the Environment groups, accusing them of being too political and un-canadian. This is not the…
Canadians are penniless!
Canadians are penniless. Love the penny. Hate the penny. Regardless of your feelings on the penny… sure, the penny’s days were numbered, but now that the penny is on its…