American Neo-Nazi and 4 Others (Including a Child) Dead. Murder-Suicide Suspected
Not Canadian news (though he had the support of a lot of boneheads who knew him up here) but this is one of the reasons we keep track of these…
May 2012
4572…Stephen Harper’s Version Of A Free Press
Is a press that is free to say what Stephen Harper wants the press to say. Case in point. Brigette Pellerin reports in The Ottawa Sun that Radio Canada, that…
4571…Look For Me At The GGs Saturday
Big after party at Rideau Hall and you know the WFDS doesn’t miss big parties. The Governor General’s Performing Arts Gala is going down at the National Arts Centre in…
Parks Canada: firing staff, shortening seasons privatizing hot springs. What’s next? Branded elk?
This week’s announcement of federal government layoffs featured a lot from Parks Canada. And then, a day later, the agency announces they’re going to sell off three of its most…
One Month Later – How the 2012 Federal Budget Impacts the Arts
With the release of the 2012 federal budget one month behind us you’ve likely captured the gist of the budget – cuts to the CBC and none to the Canada…
Proof We’re Never ‘Ready’ For Warrantless Access: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s Lindsey with your update: read more
Rae confirmed that he is waiting until June or July to determine whether he will be a candidate in that race.
But he said the Liberals first have to set the rules for the contest — including whether Rae will be eligible, given his interim post. "Before I'm allowed to make…
Politics and Entertainment 2012-05-02 20:54:00
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Canada may be secretly preparing to decouple from the USD
Almost exactly one year ago I wrote a piece on my old blog about Canada’s economic situation. In it I concluded there were two possible outcomes in the medium term:…
Blast Furnace Canada Blog 2012-05-02 20:15:00
So today, a former exec at Ornge ™ was disputing the idea that her rapid rise from an ex-lifeguard to a top executive position there had nothing to do with…
No Party Closer To Hitler Than Conservatives
It’s odd that Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper claimed last week that the NDP were soft on Naziism in 1939, not only because it was erroneous, but because of all…
I also told the reporter that Ontario PC MPP Rick Nicholls is a low-down, good-for-nothing snake
…guess that didn’t make it into the story. I like this part, however: “Kinsella said he’s fair game, because he’s partisan. “But spouses, girlfriends, boyfriends and family members are not,”…
A Multi-Partisan Approach to Environmental Protection
I am a strong believer in the Green Party. It plays an essential role. Environmentalists cannot afford to patiently wait around for traditional parties to see the light and pass…
Journamalism
Crikey, you’ve got to hand it to Sun Media, they’ve discovered the Elections Canada database apparently: “Media ‘experts’ are Grit, NDP donors.” They’ve tracked the political donations of three Canadian…
Liberal Baggage
David Eaves and I have a review of Peter C Neman’s When the Gods Changed, in this month’s Literary Review of Canada. We use it to continue to explore the…
Fiction for Good Living
For a long time literary critics and philosophers have argued, along with the novelist George Eliot, that one of fiction’s main jobs is to “enlarge men’s sympathies.” Recent lab work…
Let His Blackness Come Home
It is clear that the travails of prison life–the shitty food, the difficulty of taking a shower without getting gang-raped, the need to trade your Order Of Canada for some…
Happy Anniversary!
One year ago today, Stephen Harper turned an “unwanted election” into his first majority government, Jack Layton and the NDP soared to never before seen heights, and Liberals spent the…
Happy Anniversary!
One year ago today, Stephen Harper turned an “unwanted election” into his first majority government, Jack Layton and the NDP soared to never before seen heights, and Liberals spent the…