Musqueam Midden Burial Site Compromise
It’s very interesting to see the work that has gone into a possible compromise to deal with the competing demands around the Musqueam midden burial site. See below. Several weeks…
April 2012
Sixth Estate Opens Competition for New Name for BC Liberal Party
British Columbia is in the process of setting one record, and in the next few months it may set another. I can’t think of another occasion in Canadian history when…
Bidding with Bettman by Ivan Fecan
Ivan Fecan, former President and CEO of CTV, Toronto says CTV/TSN never bid on the Hockey Night in Canada rights.
The goal: “One process” that complies with Canada’s international commitments
Friday, April 20, 2012 20 years ago Canada signed the Rio Declaration, committing us to carry out "environmental impact assessment, as a national instrument … proposed activities that are likely…
Mulcair Exhales Hot Air On Pot
The NDP have “clarified” Mulcair’s stance on marijuana. It’s a bit of sad update, only the most hardened partisans could spin this “progressive”: The New Democratic Party is trying to…
The Canada-New Zealand Fracking Connection
I’m down in New Zealand at the moment, filming for a feature documentary involving the unconventional gas industry – particularly the increasingly controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” –…
Some Liberals Won’t Read This … but they should!
“If history repeats, we are about a decade away from the publication of a book called “The Strange Death of Liberal Canada.”The history in question is that of Britain’s Liberal…
ABVOTE: Hell No
Warren Kinsella says here and here that Progressives should vote for Alison Redford’s Progressive Conservative Party in Alberta’s Provincial election. It is a formulaic and emotional appeal to strategic voting.…
BC Liberals Sort-of Survive
Last night saw two by-elections in British Columbia occur and despite the predictions of some media, some bloggers, and myself, the BC Liberals actually came out of it smelling slightly…
The Alberta Election – #FF – Just When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Any Worse…
The Alberta Candidates: Brian Mason (NDP), Alison Redford (PC), Raj Sherman (L), Danielle Smith (WR) So, I’ve had a few people ask me why I haven’t blogged about the Alberta…
Mexico does what the rest of North America can’t…
… Pass climate change legislation. Via Nature news and the BBC. Related posts (randomly generated) Republicans block FISA talks Green Party Adopts Net Neutrality in Policy Platform Who knows more…
Final Polls for Alberta
While there’s still time for a couple of extra, it’s probably that we’ve come upon the final four polls for the Alberta election race, which means that it’s about time…
If Danny didn’t have the balls for it… #nlpoli
Job cuts in the public service. One of the more spectacular communications frig ups by the Premier lately. Here’s what your humble e-scribbler said on March 6: So if Danny…
Tory MP Brent Rathgeber On Peter MacKay and F-35s
From his blog: As I watched Bob Rae’s admittedly thoughtful question of Privilege tabled earlier today in the House of Commons alleging Ministerial impropriety regarding the F-35 Fighter Jet (non)…
Rex Murphy’s Naive Take on the Quebec Student Protests
On CBC’s The National last night, Rex Murphy weighed in on Quebec’s student protests; the transcript can be found here, and the three-minute video here. He calls the protests “short…
Let’s make this simple for Jen Gerson and Stephen Taylor
1. All political parties attract their fair share of idiots and extremists. 2. It happens on both Right and Left. 3. When the media or the public bring idiocy/extremism in…
You’re welcome to your conscience, but keep it out of my rights
I’m about to do something I hoped I wouldn’t have to: weigh in on Alberta’s election morality battleground. I have been reluctant to do so and have been quietly biting…
4510…Happy Birthday To You
The oldest stadium in Major League Baseball, may be the oldest stadium still in use in the world, at least at a high level, Fenway Park in Boston, turned 100…
4511…I Am Not A Fan Of David Suziki
Just rubs me the wrong way. Sanctimonious, patronizing are the two nicest things I can think to say about him. I would like him to retire. Not die. Retire. Definitely…
Update to my last post about the Alberta election…
Yup, some of the biggest wing-nuts can be found the comments sections of the on-line stories. Check out THIS doozy comment on a CTV News story about a new poll…