Sex Early On: A Liberal Woman’s Perspective
Yesterday the ever so intelligent author of the Liberal Pugilist wrote an article pertaining to sex while dating. In summary, he was trying to make the point that a woman…
April 2012
Happy 30th Anniversary, Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms
According to Louise Arbour, Canada’s internationally renowned & universally lauded Charter of Rights & Freedoms (HBD, eh?) “has transformed a country obsessed with the federal-provincial division of powers and enabled…
Elections Canada keeps rulings secret on 2,982 complaints since 1997
Federal politicians continue to fail to require disclosure of key information to ensure the Canada Elections Act is enforced fairly and effectively OTTAWA, April 16, 2012 – Today, Democracy Watch…
The Fallacy That Government Is A Business
Don Lenihan writes that Canadian politics has been corrupted by a powerful fallacy. Simply put, that fallacy is that government should be run like a business. And, because successful businesses…
CBC: Rogers’ cell phone price-gouging hits BC family in the wallet
This is outrageous: This man’s son was not informed of new fees on his texting and was charged a whopping $1,400 by Rogers—talk about price-gouging! To make matters worse, Rogers…
ConCalls: Hamilton Challenges Council of Canadians
Conservative Party lawyer Hamilton thinks he can get the legal challenge launched by the Council of Canadians thrown out of court before it gets rolling. If he manages this, it…
Wither The Federation
There is a great deal of interest in the Alberta election outside of the province. Some of the attention has to do with the province’s growing status within the federation,…
TED Talk Tuesday: Follow Your Curiosity
In this talk from a 2012 TEDx conference at the University of Florida, Morris Morrison talks about the subjective nature of what it means to be successful, drawing on his…
Foolish Humans, Kneel Before Me!
Perhaps my sense of human is on the wane, but if you really think about it, the implications of this story are deeply disturbing. Recommend this Post
24 hours in legal politics
First, on the Racknine suit against Martin and the NDP…NDP MP Pat Martin issued an apology yesterday for the statements he made regarding Racknine when the issue appeared in the…
A very lame Harper excuse on the Charter
I’m surprised Harper commented at all on this, but I suppose he felt he had to, given the attention to his government’s notable silence on the issue of why they…
Harper Meet Keedle. Your Black!
I an surprise of events Harper told Canada that the War on Drugs have failed. Now when I heard this I was on the verge of an aneurysm. Harper a…
Glad Somebody Noticed
Ms. Smith’s language may prove attractive to voters, but it means Alberta will likely be pursuing a more aggressive strategy at a time when it most needs the co-operation of…
On April 26th, The Abortion Debate Gets Briefly Re-Opened
Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth’s motion M-312 calling upon Parliament to debate whether an unborn child is a human being and the human rights implications of those findings, is scheduled for…
Drug stores, mail carriers, and Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
As your humble e-scribbler pointed out in August 2011, the province’s drug store owners lost their fight against lower drug prices for consumers in the province. Some of them –…
$30K+ Liberal donations involve Charles Jago
True intermediary needs impartiality, Editorial Peace Arch News, April 11, 2012 “Wherever one stands on the current teachers’ dispute, it must be recognized that it is crucial for all sides…
Competence and integrity: abject failure
John Cummins talks to Craig Oliver, CTV Question Period: “The issue really is more a matter of competence and a matter of integrity and the Liberals are abject failures on…
Truthiness in BC
During the past week, this blog’s third birthday slipped by and I barely noticed because life is busier than ever. What began as an aim to gain a little writing…