The Liberal Party and the role of Quebec in Canada: Bob Rae’s Views
With the possibility that Bob Rae will soon step down as interim leader of the LPC and so trigger the beginning of the race to select the next permanent leader…
April 2012
In the global race to the bottom it’s impossible to tax the top
You would think Ontario would have learned it’s lesson by now. The rules of economic activity in the era of globalization changed everything and created the race to the bottom,…
Bib 183, riding the Cruise
I just got my confirmation for the Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour today – in the email. Bravo, Ottawa Bicycle Club. You’ve made it to the age of email. As snarky…
The NDP: So Full of Momentum They’ve Lost Their Second MP
Bruce Hyer, shortly before the NDP MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North, has quit the New Democratic caucus to sit as an Independent MP, citing the lack of freedom for MPs,…
Iggy, STFU. You Buggered Up the Liberals, Don’t Bugger Up Canada.
The Liberal Party’s celestial fuckup, Michael Ignatieff is at it again. Not content with consigning the once great Liberal Party to a rump, he’s now stirring up Quebec separatism. In…
Pardon?
Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett, speaking in the House of Commons: “(Aglukkaq) has cut programs for diabetes, youth suicide, Aboriginal health human resources. Can the minister explain to this house why…
Alberta Votes Live Blog
6 pm (mountain time!): The much anticipated downtown Toronto Alberta election night party is ready to roll: the Alberta flag has been proudly hung, the Big Rock beers have been…
Ontario Budget Consensus : Ontario Wins, Ontario’s Conservatives Lose
If you’re from Ontario, you have to agree that all the political discussions taking place to prevent an election are a welcome relief. The deal of course reached between the…
Ontario NDP’s Horwath misses her chance
The Ontario NDP have the balance of power in that province, with the PCs cancelling themselves out of the equation by refusing to cut a deal with the provinical Liberals.…
What’s Right; and What’s Left
A few things to talk about today; let’s start with everyone’s favourite debutant in her own mind, Bev Oda. I woke up this morning and scanned the daily headlines to…
Here in sensible Ontario, we tax the rich
So as expected, the McGuinty Liberals compromised with the NDP on the 2012 Ontario budget, applying a surtax to those who earn more than $500,000 a year, in order to…
ALEC’s Vision of Pre-Empting EPA Coal Ash Regs Passes the House
alec-exposed-600×400.jpg Authored by Sara Jerving of PRWatch.org and ALECExposed.org. Cross-posted with permission from the Center for Media and Democracy. The U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment on April 18…
Meanwhile, back at Yale, Adam Goldenberg is furiously tweeting about the merits of separatism
In the future, if you are to look up the dictionary definition of “idiotic,” this will be one of the examples offered up.
Raeside scores
Adrian Raeside has been drawing cartoons portraying the ferry fleet for over thirty years. From breakdowns, groundings, the Fast Ferry Fiasco, the Sunshine Breakfast, German-built ferries, the Million Dollar Man…
And You Promised God Not to Piss It Away
The Alberta bumper sticker read, “Dear God, give us another oil boom and, this time, we promise we won’t piss it away.” Maybe that just says what Albertans really think…
Ontario Budget 2012: Winners, Losers, And Mega-Losers
1) Let’s start with the mega-loser in all of this: Tim Hudak and the PCPO. Tim could have got something from the government in exchange for seeing this budget through.…
Time for a Change
After four continuous decades in power during which time the ruling Progressive Conservative party was virtually unchallenged in any serious fashion, is it any wonder that so many Albertans are…
A Victory
Every once and a while, there is a win for the good guys and gals. I don’t know about you, but it is enough to keep me going. Meanwhile, the…
A challenge to corporate media
British Columbia’s inept Liberals slide toward oblivion and Alberta’s long reigning Conservatives are already at the brink. No doubt, social media and online commentary contributes by impacting political dialog but…