Abortion: The Liberal Party should respond with a boycott
Stephen Harper promised before the election not to reopen the abortion debate if he was re-elected. Now one of his MPs is tabling a motion to reopen the debate. Harper…
April 2012
Koch Brothers fund Fraser Institute
Fraser Institute.gif Hats off to Alex Stoymenoff at the Vancouver Observer for turning up evidence that the Koch Brothers have been ladling money into Canada's own climate dissembling Fraser Institute…
Margin of Error
I don’t think I’ve ever followed an election where the polls were as horribly off the mark as they were in Alberta. Last May, when the media jumped on the…
Ontario PC MPP Bill Walker, scumbag
Just named me, and a personal relationship, in the Leg. I dare him to repeat it when he isn’t protected from a libel lawsuit. I dare him. (And if he…
New shoes make everything seem right
Two stories that will leave you wondering about the direction Canada is taking under Stephen Harper. This is not the Canada we once knew… nor the one we voted for.…
Fun With Infographics (Ethical Oil Edition)
Via Matt Price @ HuffPo Canada:
4539…Game 7 Tonight For Ottawa, Canada
The last of the 7 Cdn teams plays game 7 tonight in New York. It is Ottawa, a team that 99.9 per cent of the world thought would suck horribly…
Some positive messaging from Christy Clark in BC – but that name change…
I wrote earlier this week about some lessons I hoped BC Liberal Premier Christy Clark would take from the experience of Alberta PCPremier Alison Redford, who was able to win…
How Kids Shape Parents
An excerpt from my third “special to National Post“: Now I’m doing something quite different: watching an episode of Bewitched with my younger daughter. Though it was a TV show…
Get Fourth Wall on Tour and Online
Dave Meslin is a Toronto based awesome dude that wants to make Toronto a better place, and now he and the Fourth Wall team want to bring something cool to…
Wildrose redux: why the Internet is fun, etc.
Wildrose not as scary as some say The Daily News (Kamloops) Fri Apr 20 2012 Page: C1 Section: Opinion Source: Vancouver Province It is intriguing to hear the gathering chorus…
How Nurses View Themselves
A selection of “What I Actually Do” meme posters” related to nursing, which have been making the rounds on the Interwebs. Some of them, I guess, are funny and clever,…
Harper Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Appoint CBC Leadership by Ian Morrison
Keen to control the media and how it portrays his government, FRIENDS says Prime Minister Harper should not be allowed choose the leaders of our public broadcaster.
FRIENDS launch People’s Pick for CBC Chair
FRIENDS says the antiquated practice of political patronage for appointing the CBC Board and President is in need of reform.
4538…At Least The Tories Are Consistent
They hate on the poor and the underclass in Canada and now it appears, no, it is certain, that they hate on the poor internationally. Don Cayo in today’s Vancouver…
CBC’s advertising debate by Graham F. Scott
FRIENDS says adding advertising on CBC Radio 2 threatens its “distinctiveness”, especially niche programming that private broadcasters are unlikely to step in to replace.
4537…Another Note To Gary Bettman
You gotta get ahead of this racism bullsh*t among your fan base in the NHL G-man. blacksportsonline.com has an array of racist bullsh*t that Boston Bruin fans unleashed when Joel…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Paul Wells had previously theorized that the size of environmental demonstrations in Montreal might hint at the NDP’s ability to establish a…
Finlandia
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