Not Rae’s Day
After months of media speculation, Bob Rae has finally cleared the air on his leadership ambitions, announcing he will not run for permanent leader: Rae Will Not Run For Permanent…
April 2012
Are They Ready To Rumble?…..And/Or…. Write Harder?
NoHoldsAtTheInk-StainedBar PunditsInTheOctagonVille This week’s combatants in the Write Harder Battle Royale… The Vancouver Courier’s Bob Mackin and The Vancouver Sun’s Vaughn Palmer. The Battle Cry…. “Christy Clark’s Terrible, Horrible, No…
What’s That, David?
David Frum, writing in the National Post, gushes with praise for the Harper government. “Canada,” he writes, “can fairly claim to be the best governed country in the world.” The…
Star Readers’ Reactions To OAS Changes
In an earlier post I expressed both my bewilderment and disappointment at the muted ‘person-in-the-street’ reactions to the the Harper regime’s change to Old Age Security that will require people…
Rumble in the Jungle 2: Trudeau v Brazeau
Grace, classiness and composure wins against nastiness, childish taunts and narrow-minded conservatism! Trudeau, bombayé! Liberal «dauphin» Justin Trudeau scores major upset in Fight for the Cure boxing match over Conservative…
Electoral and Parliamentary Reform (Final)
Conclusion Over the last5 weeks I have outlined some of thepossibilities andchallenges surrounding changes to our Electoralsystem and briefly touched upon some of theissues surrounding Parliamentaryand Senaterules and modernization. It…
Its not you, its me
Sorry for the lack of posts over the last while — its not you, its me. I’ve been dealing with some stuff lately —First, iliotibial band syndrome complicated by a…
Great line of the day
From Boris, talking about the Trudeau-Barazeau dustup: Better watch that rematch Justin. Cons cheat when they can’t win honestly.
Routine cellphone tracking in the U.S.
There is a must read as context for the Canadian C-30 legislation that is pending, the lead from the New York Times today: “Police Tracking of Cellphones Raises Privacy Fears.”…
Not Our Budget
This is a very well produced video, especially on short notice. As with those in the video, this is not my budget, this is not my government and the process…
Not Our Budget
This is a very well produced video, especially on short notice. As with those in the video, this is not my budget, this is not my government and the process…
Not Our Budget
This is a very well produced video, especially on short notice.As with those in the video, this is not my budget, this is not my government and the process that…
Not Our Budget
This is a very well produced video, especially on short notice. As with those in the video, this is not my budget, this is not my government and the process…
As of May 2, 2012, Canada Elections Act is a Dead Letter
UBC’s Andrew Irvine has published a useful column in Postmedia explaining why “quick fixes” like electronic voting or proportional representation aren’t likely to improve the sorry state of Canadian democracy.…
Floundering Redford Tories’ fecundity fiasco no April Fool’s joke
When are they gonna learn? Loose Tweets Sink Fleets! Below: An agenda item from the Conservative brain trust’s emergency meeting yesterday. Actual Tory agendas may not be exactly as illustrated,…
English Defence League humiliated by no-show Aarhus summit
The English Defence League (EDL) suffered a humiliation in Aarhus, Denmark, where it arrived to set the stage for the rather grand sounding pan-European anti-Islamic Movement. Problem for the EDL’ers…
TRUDEAU VS BRAZEAU – (FULL FIGHT – COMBAT COMPLET)
This probably won’t be up for long … from LCN .. en francais … (you don’t have to listen to Ezra Levant or Lilley).