jason kenney kills dream of canadian immigration for 280,000 people
Anyone who follows Canadian immigration had to see this coming, although I admit I didn’t think they’d do it in one fell swoop. Just as they have done with refugee…
April 2012
Possibility of a brokered convention looms large over tight Republican race
I'm not sure why Americans are so negative about a Convention that actually chooses the candidate. We almost always have that in Canada — and it tends to be a…
Out-of-context quotes from my work in progress
I’m well stuck into what I hope is my last draft of my next novel, and I thought I’d share the occasional quotation from the book: The sirens were an…
4416…I Thought Marty Burke Wanted Public Life
I mean, seriously, you ran for Parliament and everything. So you chose the public life but now you are being a b*tch about the whole thing. Federal Guelph Conservative candidate…
4415…If You Are In Kansas This Is Old News
But if you are with me in The Great White North it is as fresh as a daisy. MSNBC has a story out of the home of the 7 Nation…
4414…At Least He Is Pretty
David Beckham. He is a soccer star. Who is married to a pop star. Posh Spice. There in lies the problem. Let the Yahoo! Football blog Dirty Tackle fill in…
Some recent cases on issue estoppel
Wolfe v. Pickar, 2011 ONCA 347 (per Goudge J.A., Gillese and Watt JJ.A. concurring) held that in determining whether the doctrine of issue estoppel applied, the Court of Appeal follows…
4413…Juno Update
Still no buzz in Ottawa. As best I can figure the whole house is paper. That is show biz talk for no one paid for tickets. Except fools.WFDS
The pre-reading bookworm
Irene picked up a bunch of ‘chapter books’ aimed mostly at grade school kids from Boomerang Kids on Friday. Apart from demonstrating impeccable taste in child literature, Irene also demonstrate…
Dear Premier Jean Charest,
Here are some words of advice. You may be making the biggest career mistake of your life by ignoring the hundreds of thousands of protesting students in your Canadian province…
4412…Dimitri Soudas’ Beard
Apparently the former head bully in the Prime Minister’s Office was out witted by Don Martin, a mere journalist. So the big girl threatened to go to Mr. Martin’s boss…
PMMLiberal.ca: Celebrating the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
I recenlty wrote a blog entry for the Liberal Party of Canada in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission. On a blustery Saturday morning in 1982, the Right Hon. Pierre Elliot Trudeau sat…
Conservative Budget Shows Us What is Important to Them
A common response from many pundits on the recent Conservative budget seems to be: sensible, dull, uncontroversial. David Frum recently published his analysis and went a bit further asking whether…
Conservative Budget Shows Us What is Important to Them
A common response from many pundits on the recent Conservative budget seems to be: sensible, dull, uncontroversial. David Frum recently published his analysis and went a bit further asking whether…
Leadership 2012 Lessons Learned – Pundit Edition
With a week’s perspective on the NDP’s leadership campaign, I’ll take a quick look back to see – particularly in comparing my own impressions as to how the vote might…
How to Stalk Girls for Fun and Profit.
Alison at Creekside alerted me to the existence of this app, and some of the increasing disquiet with regard to its possible use. From here: … Girls Around Me wasn’t…
4411…Harper Knows Marketing Be Where It Is At
Which is why he was all over the place when in opposition, pre opp and now. About the only thing the Tories don’t have is a perfume/fragrance. This is not…
4410…Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk
Plus six. In the bank. Bill Self. WFDS
4409…Beat Him Like A Rented Mule
Him is Senator Patrick Cash-For-Life Brazeau and he got beaten by elected Papineau MP Justin Trudeau. I frankly did not see this coming and nor did the books who had…