Linda McQuaig on Harper Austerity
In case you missed it, today’s Star has Linda McQuaig’s latest column in which she opines on the Harper austerity program, juxtaposing the P.M.’s insistence that we live in challenging…
April 2012
We are More Genourose Then I thought.
According to a new poll done recently a vast Majority of Canadians are willing to pay higher taxes to combat income inequality. As we know income inequality has risen over…
About All That Balmy Winter Weather
For the sake of argument let’s just call it – oh I don’t know – global warming. People in most parts of the country enjoyed a dry, mild winter and…
Mulcair Positive Ad Campaign
Countering the bad news: Introducing Tom Mulcair in English and in French
Slightly Aged Column Day
Here, on how the latest round of cuts at multiple levels of government has been conspicuously designed to avoid having the wealthiest pitch in to improve public balance sheets. And…
Wildrose leader Danielle Smith’s hidden agenda
Here is Alberta’s Wildrose leader Danielle Smith: “…abortions are a horrific practice… Any politician who challenges the status quo gets pilloried by the media, abortion-rights groups and opposing politicians…the taxpayer…
The Opposition Doesn’t Much Care But Canadians Do
Harper, freely aided and abetted by the opposition parties in our Petro-Parliament, has been pulling Canada’s political centre to what, in decent times, would have been considered the far right.…
The "Heart of the Fraser"
Here is a short video about places and things we take for granted. Many of us drive through this area and never give it a thought, I for one have…
The "Heart of the Fraser"
Here is a short video about places and things we take for granted. Many of us drive through this area and never give it a thought, I for one have…
The "Heart of the Fraser"
Here is a short video about places and things we take for granted. Many of us drive through this area and never give it a thought, I for one have…
The "Heart of the Fraser"
Here is a short video about places and things we take for granted. Many of us drive through this area and never give it a thought, I for one have…
Accused entitled to the undivided loyalty of counsel
R. v. M.Q., 2012 ONCA 224 deals with the highly unusual fact situation where a defence counsel, who acted for a complainant on an assault then acted as trial counsel for the accused.…
Redford Back in the Game? #AbVote Poll – 35.5% Wildrose, 34.2% PC
It wasn’t even a week between the days the poll were conducted, but Leger Marketing’s poll of Albertan voting intentions this week shows a crazy drop for the Wildrosers from…
Fidel Castro’s editorial: Stephen Harper’s Illusions
“I knew about the damage caused by the Yankees to the people of Canada. They forced the country to look for oil by extracting it from huge extensions of sand…
Mark Steyn whines about John Derbyshire fallout: why can’t I just call a coon a coon?
Ah, free speech. It’s hard out here for a modern conservative. Those darned liberals have taken away every speck of freedom and decency from right wingers. No longer can conservatives…
A New Kind of Warfare – Computer Code, Not Missiles
Military history going back to the very beginnings of civilization has been an endless succession of technological advancement as each side tries to get ahead and remain ahead of its…
Surrey teachers speak to Mr. Abbott
From the Chimney Hill Elementary Teaching Staff To the Honourable George Abbott, Minister of Education On the Occasion of His Visit to Our School. We have chosen as a teaching…
I Did Not Have A Relationship With That Giant Chicken
I have a feeling this picture will come back to haunt Mayor Ford… Pic from here. If I were going to run for Mayor in 2014, I would secure all…
Killed by Canada’s Oil & Gas companies? – Doc subject & eco-activist Wiebo Ludwig succumbs to cancer
Wiebo Ludwig, Canada’s controversial anti-oil patch activist died of esophageal cancer yesterday, leaving behind a legacy of resistance against this country’s dirtiest industry and greediest corporations. The Albertan had his…