Budget Day
Source: Government of Saskatchewan – Budget Key Facts and Figures While there is some stuff to talk about federally, namely Speaker Andrew Scheer’s potential conflict of interest with regards to…
March 2012
BNTITW: Secret Service Ducklings
A couple of Secret Service officers stationed outside the White House give a family of ducklings a lift… Maddow says that it’s “100 percent politics free” but I disagree. Obviously…
On warning signs
It may be that upwards of 70% of the NDP’s leadership votes are already in before the convention this weekend. But here’s another suggestion as to why it’s worth being…
The (not)Premier’s almost Nevergreen….
DillingTheBert AllTheWayToTheTopVille Non-club member Robert Matas has an interesting story in The Globe today about how Christy Clark did her best (or should that be worst?), more than once, to…
Looking back at the effects of voter suppression in 2008
I read with interest Professor Anke S. Kessler’s draft paper on the effect of Robocalls on the 2011 election.It reminded me that I had run a series of posts from…
Coward Rob Ford Leaves Chaos In His Wake
Today, Toronto mayor Rob Ford bolted and ran when he saw that he could not win the day. He left a fractured and confused City Hall in his wake. This…
The Politics of Conservatives is Big Business
Within two months Canada’s ruling Conservative Party rejected government intervention in one labour dispute and leapt at the chance to intervene in another. In January a manufacturing plant owned by…
Blood & Honour Associate Found Dead
When we posted the photos of Shawn Macdonald on the blog after his arrest, he was often found along side another Blood & Honour member. We learned today that he…
The NDP and the Arrival of Spring
What with the fog hanging over the island, and the usual run of depressing stories, it hasn’t been too easy to write about politics in Harperland this week. Or even…
Jason Kenney Misspells
I guess the spellcheck only works in English? @kenneyjason: Nowruz pirooz to all Canadians of Persian origin! http://is.gd/XpujMm Joyeuese Nowruz! http://is.gd/OalyAZ The adventures of a Franco Ontarian Viz Min Woman…
4371…Just When I Thought It Was Safe To Get TV
Like reconnected, I got a bit behind on my Rogers bill, like 1,800 dollars or something and the pricks cut it off. Yes Rogers has no soul. Anyhow, just when…
Poll blues
Robocalls, schmobocalls, said Ipsos Reid a mere 10 days ago—Harper’s still the man: Tom Clark, Global’s chief political correspondent and host of the network’s weekly political affairs program, The West…
Breezehill Development: my comments
Today is the deadline for your comments on the proposed 28 story Claridge development at Breezehill and Somerset. Although Melanie Knight, the planner who will report and make recommendations on…
Aveos: Denis Lebel More Or Less Says Chuck Strahl Lied To Parliament
Denis Lebel’s formal salute to union workers involves another finger. When Air Canada passed off its maintenance jobs to Aveos in 2011, there was a significant outcry about the move.…
So we still have a land line
Apparently to turn your phone line into a dry loop, a technician has to actually come to your house. And do what I don’t know. It would have been great…
Poll: CPC 30%, NDP 30%, LPC 20%
I'm not crazy about the numbers but one thing is sure — the Conservatives have dropped at least ten points: John Ibbitson – The Globe and Mail http://bit.ly/GFTNwn The New…
Where’s the vision? Where’s the dream?
Where’s the vision? Where’s the dream? No seriously, where is it? In an unusual twist today I’ve decided to write 2 (yes 2!) blog posts. This post just occured to…
Le 22, on ferme! – Artist-run centres across Québec support the student movement
Over the last month and a half, students across Québec have been mobilising against the dramatic tuition hikes being imposed by the Charest government and education minister Line Beauchamp. Emerging…
S-92 incident: March 2012, Newfoundland offshore #nlpoli
From the offshore regulatory board, March 21, 2012: The C-NLOPB has been notified that on approach to the Terra Nova FPSO, Cougar Helicopters experienced a #2 Input Module Chip Light…
Election Stockholm Syndrome
Conservative Canadians are sympathizing with their captors. Just happy to have finally kicked the pesky 2 year election cycle with a Conservative “stable” majority government, the fact that it was…