BC-related question
So, how’s that clever strategy – you know, transforming the BC Liberals into a branch plant operation of Harper’s government – working out for y’all, anyway?
June 2012
Elizabeth May Among Frontrunners In Unscientific LPoC Leadership Poll
You can still vote for her here. Presumably Andrew Coyne supporters are playing some kind of elaborate prank, or think funeral home directors are sexy.
Toronto Star: Cohn: Pride has become a victim of its own success
Martin Regg Cohn usually write some good columns. This time I respectfully disagree with his comments about the Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA). He seems to imply that QuAIA is…
Toronto Star: Cohn: Pride has become a victim of its own success
Martin Regg Cohn usually write some good columns. This time I respectfully disagree with his comments about the Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA). He seems to imply that QuAIA is…
Toronto Star: Cohn: Pride has become a victim of its own success
Martin Regg Cohn usually write some good columns. This time I respectfully disagree with his comments about the Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA). He seems to imply that QuAIA is…
Toronto Star: Cohn: Pride has become a victim of its own success
Martin Regg Cohn usually write some good columns. This time I respectfully disagree with his comments about the Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA). He seems to imply that QuAIA is…
More oil, less democracy #nlpoli
“Oil and democracy do not easily mix,” wrote political scientist Michael Ross in The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations, his 2012 study of the impact…
A Vigil for Our Budget
Tonight, today, right now, MPs are in parliament for an unprecedented marathon of voting on proposed changes and deletions to the omnibus budget bill C-38. If you’ve been sleeping under…
A Vigil for Our Budget
Tonight, today, right now, MPs are in parliament for an unprecedented marathon of voting on proposed changes and deletions to the omnibus budget bill C-38. If you’ve been sleeping under…
Canadian Climate Survey 2: Warming Trend Obvious in the High Arctic
Last week, I kicked off my Canadian Climate Survey with a look at “global” warming going on in the capital city of Ottawa, based on Environment Canada weather records from…
Tubwerx.com -fraud spa service
I was looking for someone to fix my leaky hot tub and found this company Tubwerx and regret it all together now. So this guy Jim Gramatikopoulos (also goes by…
Wedge politics, not religious freedom, behind Danielle Smith’s refusal to apologize
Police officers walk in Saturday’s Pride Parade. Below: Danielle Smith, Alan Hunsperger. Since she won’t apologize for remarks made by one of her candidates during the recent election campaign that…
Wedge politics, not religious freedom, behind Danielle Smith’s refusal to apologize
Police officers walk in Saturday’s Pride Parade. Below: Danielle Smith, Alan Hunsperger. Since she won’t apologize for remarks made by one of her candidates during the recent election campaign that…
Finding fibre for China
Timber panel eyes logging protected areas, Wendy Stueck, The Globe and Mail, Jun 12, 2012 “A committee looking for ways to boost B.C.’s dwindling store of timber is looking at…
Stephen Harper and the Fatal Gamble
Well there he was the other day, telling a big economic conference in Montreal that his government's economic policies were a model for the whole world. But if you look…
The real Zombie that won’t die: The Myth of Crowding Out
Don’t get me wrong I am really encouraged that Mr. Moffatt took it upon himself to echo what we should all know by now: debt is not the story behind…
No Hail Mary goal from Ronaldo in Portugal vs. Denmark
It was a long time coming, Portuguese fans waiting with bated breath for their team captain, Ronaldo, to finally score as the clock wound down on Wednesday’s match against Denmark.…
Out of the Darkness, into…Well, More Darkness
The blog has been dark for awhile, mostly due to time constraints here on my end. Now that time has freed up a little, let’s hope the period of an…
A Sad Regret that Rae Said No
Of all our options for permanent leader, Bob Rae is the most competent, experienced, principled, classy, witty, formidable, erudite and knowledgeable. We would have been very lucky to have him…
Two good steps on income inequality
From Scott Brison, whose motion on the issue passed in the House of Commons today with multi-partisan support: The motion I introduced simply asks that the house of commons direct…