Oil and Democracy #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Michael Ross contends there is a relationship between oil revenues and democracy. Crudely put: oil hinders democracy. First, the oil-impedes-democracy claim is both valid and statistically robust; in other words,…
April 2012
Thanks, Ken, I actually do love to hear that
From reliable source(s), an exchange that took place between and Ken Zeise, who was until recently the PC Party President, at the Mississauga South Ontario PC AGM: Zeise told me…
4530…NBC News Anchor Anti Free Speech
I stand corrected. Former NBC news anchor is what I should have written. That, of course, is Peter Kent, who used to be a journalist and, one would presume, was…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday April 25, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, April 25, 2012: Groia Civility Hearing: Bay Street lawyer’s career hinges on results of LSUC hearing Former…
4529…Bev Oda Been Caught Stealing
Postmedia reports that “International Development Minister Bev Oda “unreservedly” apologized on Tuesday for billing taxpayers for bumping herself up from a five-star hotel to a swankier hotel while attending a…
Mitt Romney a Bishop?
“By most accounts, Mitt Romney, as a Mormon bishop, was a good listener, a measured thinker and an innovative manager who considered various positions before making decisions. By most accounts,…
Spring Signs of A Thaw In Our Political Passivity?
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen in print the term ‘Red Tory’, used to describe an economic conservationism balanced by a social progressiveness. Yet it is included in…
What is a group of frogs known as?
An army of frogs!
ConCalls: The NDP and Liberals were #RoboConned
A spokesman for the Conservative Party attacked Frank Graves, the head of Ekos, for donating to the Liberals in the past. “Frank Graves … is the same pollster who predicted…
Forget The Band, Listen To The Drums
One day, my hope is politics- or more correctly how citizens weigh political considerations- becomes primarily a conversation of practical expressions rather the useless banter that now dominates. Currently, every…
"I Urge Canadians To Stand Up To This Government And Fight For Our Collective Right To Privacy"
It’s very interesting to compare the coverage of yesterday’s Commons ethics committee inquisition of former Liberal staffer Adam Carroll in the Toronto Star today with the coverage the CBC aired…
One step forward…
… Metro Transit is cutting evening ferry service. The last boat leaving Halifax in the evenings will now depart at 10:30 p.m. instead of 11:45 p.m. This is insane. Dartmouthians…
Alberta Votes . . . for Mugabe Again!
Alberta Votes . . . for Mugabe Again! Pollsters, Pundits, and Academics Amazed; Blame Voters for Being Unvoterly Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the Soviet Union, Equatorial Guinea, Castro—strange bedfellows…
Classics of Travel Literature — The Odyssey & The Hobbit
The Odyssey The Odyssey is a story about a homicidal maniac (Odysseus) who refuses to ask for directions. This tragic flaw, shared by many men, leads his crew to disaster.…
Krista Erickson Looks Like Ann Coulter, And Other Things We Learned About Mark Steyn’s Toronto Appearance Without Actually Going
Last night, Mark Steyn–the U.S. author whose writings served as the inspiration for Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik–performed in Toronto for a small crowd of mostly white geezers: A…
An Oda apology and other notes
CLICK TO ENLARGE The cheeky folks at the Globe who do the celebrity photos have some fun with the Bev Oda Savoy swank affair. Slide 3 is devoted to Bev…
Managing Public Art – An interview with the Bryan Newson of Vancouver’s Public Art Program
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas ‘Abundance Fenced’ Bryan Newson is the Manager of the City of Vancouver’s Public Art Program. He and his staff have been responsible for bringing you everything from…
Another Tom Marshall masterpiece #nlpoli
You’ve gone through the media reports and heard the interviews and comments from pundits and politicos alike. Now you want a better idea of what is going on and what…