Les règles…
…n’appliquent pas à moi. More of the same from Harperland. The Prime Minister’s Office is defending a Conservative MP who raised thousands of dollars at a private fundraiser that had…
July 2012
Canada Live, July 25: Christy Clark, nation-wrecker
As I speak on Krista’s show, Christy Clark is observed lurking behind the set.
Show Her The Money
Andrew Coyne, in this morning’s National Post, accuses B.C. premier Christy Clark of engaging in political extortion: Clark’s real weapon is political: the opposition of much of the B.C. public…
TDSB To Star: It’s Gonna Cost You To See My Hand
The Toronto Star, after conducting an excoriating investigative series on the fiscal incompetence of the Toronto District School Board in its very costly arrangement with Jimmy Hazel’s Maintenance and Construction…
New column day
Here, on how Regina City Council’s attempt to use the same old spin to sell yet another stadium plan (which leaves most of the cost and all of the risk…
Website maintenance
I’ve been told that there will be some work on the server that hosts this blog so don’t be surprised if you try to come back later and get nuthin’.…
Forty-seven Signs of the Apocalypse (#32)
From the Book of Toll-Free Numbers And lo, there will come a time when it will be possible to talk to the other Faithful, who live at great distances. Truly,…
I’ll Be Playing Mini-Golf That Day
For a Libertarian, failing once is not enough. By the way, I found the pic here, a story about the latest failed attempted at corporate sock-puppeting. That may or may…
Housing market at tipping point?
Sleeper report: “Canadian home prices could fall 25 per cent.” More on this prediction by economist David Madani at Capital Economics in the Globe: “Overall, the willingness of buyers to…
Gander at the goosing #nlpoli
Apparently, your humble e-scribbler got on Steve Kent’s nerves. The Conservative politician and his friends have been bombarding Twitter and Open Line shows since the middle of July will all…
Stephen Harper and the War on Government
The thing that scares me the most about living in Harperland is how so many, who should know better, can't see the forest for the trees. Or the monsters who…
B.C.’s pipeline bargaining position stirs Alberta outrage, but makes political sense
Alberta Premier Alison Redford, left, negotiates with B.C. Premier Christy Clark, holding carrot, as seen by the Alberta media. Actual neo-conservative Western Canadian politicians may not appear exactly as illustrated.…
Is Civic Hacking Becoming ‘Our Pieces, Loosely Joined?’
I’ve got a piece up over on the WeGov blog at TechPresident – Is Civic Hacking Becoming ‘Our Pieces, Loosely Joined?‘ Juicy bit: There is however, a larger issue that…
Drought’s Footprint
More than half of the country was under moderate to extreme drought in June, the largest area of the contiguous United States affected by such dryness in nearly 60 years.…
Loss of Arctic Sea ice at least 70% man made
Not exactly shocking news, James Annan reports on the recent paper investigating: how much of the decline in sea ice was plausibly due to various natural phenomena like the Atlantic…
For Whom Does Bell Toll?: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s Reilly, replacing Lindsey, with your (slightly lower-tech!) update: read more
Former Vancouver park board commissioner Stuart Mackinnon questions new meeting schedule
By Matthew Burrows, Straight.com Publish Date: July 25, 2012 A former Green park board commissioner by night and a schoolteacher by day, Stuart Mackinnon admits he’s “a bit of a…
I bet the Ontario PCs and NDs dont have the guts to hear from this Ornge witness
…because they don’t want to hear the truth.
We get more letters!
Well Warren I take a major offence to being call names by you on BY Line , the Liberals that created the problems in this country .Treadeu brought in all…
4936…Headline Of The Day Is From Yer Capital
It’s a beauty. From The Ottawa Citizen. Gatineau violent crime figures skewed by 2011 murders Stupid murders.WFDS