The NDP responds on the Office of Religious Freedom
It’s rare to get a response from a politician when you send them an email. It’s even rarer to get anything more than a form letter. But I’ve never seen…
March 2012
Alberta Education: An election bomb?
Alberta is ramping up for an election and while busty buses and money-for-nothing schemes are dominating the scandals, the new Education Act may be the thing that pisses enough people…
NDP Tied-for-first in Canada for the First Time in 25 Years!!
… or not, since everyone seems to have forgotten the Harris-Decima poll from August of last year. But yeah, as the Globe article says, it’s nothing to get excited about.…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
I didn’t think much could come along at this point in the NDP’s leadership campaign to significantly change my voting considerations . But the CROP poll published in Le Soleil…
What’s wrong with this picture? Website for English-Canadian Coalition unveiled.
It’s amusing enough that such an organization exists (if indeed it actually does) and its goals so lofty but judging from the banner photo, you’d be forgiven for mistaking the…
Sailing Into Uncharted Waters
You don’t have to like it but you’re going to have to live with it. Climate change is setting in – hard. It’s already here and we’re going to have…
What’s wrong with this picture? Website for English-Canadian Coalition unveiled.
It’s amusing that such an organization exists and its goals so lofty but judging from the banner photo, you’d be forgiven for mistaking the group for NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy…
Nail In The Coffin For Rob Ford On The Tranist File
Rob Ford lost a another key vote today in Toronto City Council. Weeks ago, the councillors called a meeting to bring back Transit City (essentially), voted on it, and Transit…
What!!!
Say it ain’t so! A CPC Cabinet Minister caught doing something UNETHICAL!!!! Wow. That’s about as shocking as finding out Don Cherry isn’t a vegan! Sheesh, why does the MSM…
Convention Bound
I’m heading to Toronto as an accredited blogger for the NDP Leadership Convention, which starts tomorrow. Should be a fascinating couple of days, particularly with so many scenarios in play,…
Things that make me go arghhhh! Part 1
I figure that this wouldn’t be a true blog without random kvetching about nothing in particular. So in that spirit, I present semi-aimless carping about disconnected aspects of modern life,…
Why Harper’s obsessed with winning Mount Royal
Harper is an unusual man, could easily be the “quiet neighbour who always kept to himself”. Unusual because of his absolute obsession with destroying the Liberal Party of Canada and…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Sixth Estate catches a right-wing election contractor defending vote suppression, then theorizes as to how Robocon may have come together. – The…
Another feckless accountability mechanism weighs in
The Ethics Commissioner has finally gotten around to deciding on the Rahim Jaffer matter where, if you will recall from way back in 2010 when this arose, Mr. Jaffer was…
From the witness stand, under cross-examination, the confessed murderess in the slaying of 8-year-old Tori Stafford grants that, yes, she’d been prone to outbursts of temper: “I would agree I had anger issues.’’
If it wasn't tragic this would be funny. "Anger issues"! Talk about evading responsibility — it reminds one of the Japanese Emperor suggesting the Second World War had not unfolded…
Margaret Wente’s wishful thinking crushed, kumbaya
Another day, another Wente column, this one dissing the Dippers. Thinks they haven’t got a chance. Oops, what’s this from yesterday, from the same paper? Kambaya, indeed.
Alberta universities make illegal donations to Conservatives
Oh my, even the universities are doing it. According to the CBC, a number of Alberta’s post-secondary institutions, including Athabasca University and the University of Lethbridge, have been donating to…
canadian profile: justin hines
In the March issue of New Mobility, I have a cover story about Canadian musician Justin Hines. You can see it here. I wrote this over my winter break –…