Whiners and bitchers
They whine to the Harper Cons about how unfair it is that the CBC is a “state broadcaster” and then they bitch when the CBC competes with them to become…
April 2012
Conscience Rights in a Free Society
The Wildrose's stance on conscience rights has quickly become the wedge issue differentiating it from the Progressive Conservatives. "Populist" Danielle Smith's unwillingness to clarify her personal views on the party's…
Conscience Rights in a Free Society
The Wildrose’s stance on conscience rights has quickly become the wedge issue differentiating it from the Progressive Conservatives. “Populist” Danielle Smith’s unwillingness to clarify her personal views on the party’s…
Conscience Rights in a Free Society
The Wildrose's stance on conscience rights has quickly become the wedge issue differentiating it from the Progressive Conservatives. "Populist" Danielle Smith's unwillingness to clarify her personal views on the party's…
Conscience Rights in a Free Society
The Wildrose’s stance on conscience rights has quickly become the wedge issue differentiating it from the Progressive Conservatives. “Populist” Danielle Smith’s unwillingness to clarify her personal views on the party’s…
Bear Safety Tips for Bob Rae
Liberal leader Bob Rae seems intent on provoking a Grizzly attack. I have slightly adapted some internet advice for him: – Play dead! (The latest polling results should make that…
4438…How Did Jimmy Watson Miss This One?
There is a big push in Ottawa, supported by Warren Kinsella’s fave mayor, Jim Watson, to get AA baseball in the city. Ottawa had a AAA team for a while,…
A White-Haired Shade Of Pale
HeDippedTheLightFandango ALongLongTimeAgoVille Joan Bryden, of the Canadian Press, zooms in on the present day Bob Rae: The (recently-released) Harris-Decima survey conducted for The Canadian Press indicates the New Democrats surged…
How far can you go in a day
Another canoe tripping question. Trip planning is fun but there’s too many variables, I tell you. And if you’re travelling in one of Ontario’s managed parks, it matters how far…
Alert! Episode 210
Political scientist and Canadian Dimension collective member Dennis Pilon discusses what the federal budget reveals about Stephen Harper’s Plan for Reshaping Canada. Canadian Dimension collective member Andrea Levy talks about…
4437…Shots Rang Out In The Memphis Sky
On April 4, 1968, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot to death in Memphis. The killer James Earl Ray fled to London, England, via Ottawa. He…
Guest Post: Mulcair vs. the Chickenhawks
Dan Tan weighs in on Thomas Mulcair’s principled position on Iran – which may come as a pleasant surprise to anybody concerned that he’d be more interested in appealing to…
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Frances Russell comments on the Canada which the Harper Cons are determined to destroy. But the more important point looks to me to…
When Will The CBC Learn?
With the announcement of 650 job cuts at the CBC I’m left with one very poignant thought: when will the CBC learn? When will they learn that the Conservatives have…
4436…But His Calculator Is Bilingual
French and English numbers. Lee Berthiaume at The Ottawa Citizen reports that New Brunswick anglophone and Canadian Auditor General Michael Ferguson figures he should be speaking French like a guy…
Woman arrested based on Facebook photo: negligent investigation?
If reported correctly this is sloppy police work. Photographic identifications, especially of strangers seen on just one occasion, are famously unreliable. ID from a Facebook page is preposterous — the…
4435…Let’s Annex Iceland And Greenland
Hey they want to use our dollar, at least Iceland does, and they are kind of like Newfoundland in terms of economic culture. Plus I hear it is a good…
4434…Why Do We Need Fighter Planes Again?
Would someone enlighten me. They seem awfully expensive. Honestly, would you tell me why? WFDS
The F-35 Fiasco. Time For an Intervention?
It took long enough but our media are finally coming to realize that the Harper regime is no longer fit to govern. Andrew Coyne writes of a “government in collapse.”…