Jason Kenney’s Official Asshole Checklist
The man determining Canada’s immigration policy has yet to master email. When Jason Kenney, Canada’s Immigration Minister, hit the “Reply All” button when sending out an email, he let his…
June 2012
Erin Weir – Economist For Canada’s United Steelworkers – Has Some Fun At Senate Committee
Erin Weir is an economist with Canada’s United Steelworkers. Mr. Weir was recently treated in what can only be described as McCarthyist fashion by the Harper Conservatives.
My first gay wedding
On Saturday June 9th, my two friends Matty Mallon and Connor Cumming were wed in an informal humanist ceremony. You might Matty as the smiling bartender at Swizzles and Connor…
Comparing investment returns WA & BC
My earlier article pointed out the vast difference in overhead costs for government investment agencies in British Columbia and Washington State. One of our readers asked: “How did our group…
Canada outlaws the environment
Yes, that is an absolute hyperbole. Did it get your attention? Yesterday the Canadian House of Commons passed the disastrous bill c-38 that rolls back much of Canada’s environmental protection…
RCMP and Prairie Bible Institute acknowledge abuses, police aren’t laying charges
There will be no justice for survivors of abuse at Prairie Bible Institute. RCMP say that although 10 former students or staff kids from Prairie Bible Institute reported abuse to…
Five Years Since a Critical Day One
It was an early night to bed on Tuesday, June 19, 2007. I had absolutely no more drinking to do and decided that the last day of this particular spring…
Third pipeline leak in Alberta in three weeks
I don’t see what the problem is. These were ethical oil spills, weren’t they? Related posts (randomly generated) About those radical foreign interests opposed to the latest tar-sand pipeline
With new NDP shadow cabinet, Mulcair plots Harper’s 2015 defeat
Last week’s 24-hour House of Commons vote on Stephen Harper‘s draconian budget Bill C-38, the “Growth and Long-Term Prosperity Act”, ended in a dramatic fashion. The New Democratic Party (NDP),…
One big idea: Banking Oversight? Please.
Emerging from their resort world leaders have come up with one idea that just might work. Banking Oversight. No seriously, this is what they are spending money coming up with.…
Sun News Network’s vulgar response reveals CBSC as toothless, demonstrates need for meaningful regulation by David J. Climenhaga
Columnist says that the point of organizations like the CBSC is to shield their members from the threat of meaningful enforcement of even minimum standards.
Sun News Network’s vulgar response reveals CBSC as toothless, demonstrates need for meaningful regulation by David J. Climenhaga
Columnist says that the point of organizations like the CBSC is to shield their members from the threat of meaningful enforcement of even minimum standards.
I Love You Huffpo but What’s Going On?
I have been writing on environmental issues on the popular news blog Huffington Post going on five years now but I am not sure if I will continue. read more
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats on the outs.
4753…Wife Swapping In Ottawa
According to The Ottawa Citizen, relayed to me by Milky, the mid day guy at BOB FM in Ottawa, Kanata, a sleepy suburb of the sleepiest big city in the…
Tory Revenge on Page
Well, that didn’t take long. Recommend this Post
Harpers tar pit
Is the title of a one page article describing Harpers Canada by author Andrew Nikiforuk, in the current AdBusters and my new name for Alberta. Thank you Andrew.
Tweet of the day
I have such amazing staff. Its 7:30pm & almost all of my staff are working hard, many preparing for an exciting policy announcement tomorrow — Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) June 19,…
Contemptuous and contemptible
A lot of people are claiming the immigration and citizenship minister Jason Kenney’s “Asshole-gate” is a tempest in a teapot and now that Kenney has phoned Alberta deputy premier Tom…
Why Is Tom MulCair Protecting Dean Del Mastro?
I get LPoC talking points delivered into my mail-box every day. I usually ignore them, but sometimes they raise legitimate questions: NDP Must Stop Protecting Dean Del MastroOTTAWA— Liberal Access…