Government of Canada is officially called "The Harper Government"
Right here live on the Canada Revenue Agency’s Official Website under the press releases. See the press releases here, here and here. It appears to be a new name as…
August 2012
I’m sure that Craig would be proud of his United Church of Canada electing a gay man as Moderator
The criteria my brother Craig set out for the United Theological College award in his name reads in part: To recognize the powerful and passionate ministries of gay and lesbian…
Cartoonist Murphy at it Again: New Video Mocks Enbridge’s Route Animation
Province cartoonist Dan Murphy is back at it – poking fun at Enbridge’s laughable marketing campaign for the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline. This time, it’s a spoof on the company’s…
Europe’s shrinking economy—bad news or good?
Once again the news of a shrinking economy leaves me with mixed feelings. According to the CBC, the economy of the European Union shrank by 0.2 per cent in the…
A suggestion for the Bank of Canada
Why not put a picture of a Canadian ‘icon’. She is very popular in U.S too. Dollar value may rise straight up – especially in U.S. Yes Pamela Anderson!
August 17: The blog I hoped………
….I would never have to write. It’s about a major story that did not appear in The Moncton Times and Transcript. In fact, no major story appeared anywhere in this…
The Snowbirds…
… yeah, they’re kinda neat… but $755 million worth of “neat”? I dunno. And we all know that the $755 million really means $1 billion++, right? Isn’t it time to…
They love going sleaze ball #nlpoli #connieplaybook
One enduring characteristic of Conservative political comments since 2003 is the resort to personal attacks. It must be Rule Number One in the Connie political playbook: Go sleaze ball. Don’t…
5046…Andrew Wiggins Has A Problem
My source tells me one of the things that may hold the best player in the world back, the best basketball player in the world outside of the NBA that…
The Problem With Racists
Focus groups are good at focusing. If there is a strong racist voice in the group, they might start to focus on race. When I heard the news this morning…
A House Divided Against Itself…
Left or Right…there is no in-between. The Toronto SunSo, when I started this blog less than half a year ago I never would have imagined linking to the Sun as…
Multiculturism vs. Redneck – $100 Bill Too Asian?
Redneck prevails. Martine Warren, a scientific advisor for the Bank of Canada has a close look at the bank’s new circulating $100 bill, Canada’s first polymer bank note, in Toronto…
Not White Enough for Canada
The new $100 bill featured the image of a woman peering into a microscope. That is until a focus group decided the woman looked, gasp, “Asian.” So, relax, you’re not…
Language Unbefitting a Govenment
As a retired high school teacher, I follow educational developments within Ontario but only occasionally write about them, my bias making most such posts rather predictable. That being said, however,…
Serendipity: A Video That Fits My Frame of Mind
These days I’m toggling back and forth between working on the short story collection Desire Lines and the first stages of a new non-fiction book called Road through Time. The…
Pussy Riot found guilty, sentenced to two years in prison
In Vladmir Putin’s Russia, a peaceful and legitimate act of civil disobedience earns you two years in prison. That’s the sentence a Russian court just imposed on three members of…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Andrew Jackson thoroughly demolishes the argument that after three decades of wage stagnation and soaring corporate profits, Canada’s economy somehow needs to see…