Canada-Israel relationship: BBC survey and ‘Fault Lines’ report
With discussion of a possible boycott of goods from Israeli settlements heating up this week, the question is often asked why Canada is taking such a marked pro-Israel stance. Really…
August 2012
Will Britain Wage War on Ecuador to Deliver Assange to U.S.?
Ecuador has granted Julian Assange political asylum within its embassy in London. The Brits claim they have some right to attack the Ecuadorian embassy to seize Assange, presumably to facilitate…
Rats! Alberta has ’em … and not just the kind Ed Stelmach warned us about
Norwegian rats have their eyes on Alberta! It’s time to root them out, and their pipeline hating, royalty demanding, revolutionary pals! And where’s the AHS Plague Plan? And why does…
The Cross is Boss: Marois 1, Frontwoodsers 0
As a proud fifth-generation anglo Québecker de souche, properly baptised by the Plymouth Trinity United Church of Sherbrooke, I must take a moment here to salute Parti-Québecois leader Pauline Marois…
The Cross is Boss: Marois 1, Frontwoodsers 0
As a proud fifth-generation anglo Québecker de souche, properly baptised by the Plymouth Trinity United Church of Sherbrooke, I must take a moment here to salute Parti-Québecois leader Pauline Marois…
The Cross is Boss: Marois 1, Frontwoodsers 0
As a proud fifth-generation anglo Québecker de souche, properly baptised by the Plymouth Trinity United Church of Sherbrooke, I must take a moment here to salute Parti-Québecois leader Pauline Marois…
Commemorating Joe Romm’s “Language Intelligence”
Joe Romm‘s book Language Intelligence is now out in the US (but maddeningly, remains unavailable in Canada). Early reviews proclaim it as both a rhetorical masterpiece, and a masterpiece on…
5040…Fox News Er Sun News Nosestretcher
So, according to m’ real world and Facebook friend Dan Colterman “Brian Lilleys report tonight, points to Frank Graves being ‘Pierre Poutine’. Watch for it. This is going to be…
Personal Quebec Projection
Teddy here with my first personal projection for Quebec. I’ve also uploaded the ElectoMatic I’m using to google docs.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApUDSiORyjxidEw2bnRqN3VLTVA1N2hENmJnUkxpX2cFeel free to use this file. If you wish a more clean…
On Rob Ford’s REAL War on Cars
When Rob Ford took office last year, one of the ummm…controversial mayor’s first pledges was to ‘end the war on cars.’ He cited streets cars, pedestrians and those useful scrambles…
Enbridge is a Loser No Matter how the Bitumen Travels!
Richard Hughes Political Blogger Are the winds of change blowing? PM Harper says science will determine the outcome not politics. Uh huh, sure Steve. This after gutting the funding for…
United Church as Useful Idiot
I will get some heavy flak for this but by taking away the recognition of Israel’s fundamental nature as a Jewish state the United Church proposals have lost any measure…
The family tree of Quebec political parties
Taking a break from talking about Tracey Weiler and Tim Hudak putting full day kindergarten at risk for Kitchener-Waterloo families by talking about some other kind of families: the family…
We Want To Make It Easy For You To Vote
Or at least some of you. Only in America, eh? Recommend this Post
An anglophone ‘pur laine’ considers voting Parti Québecois
For those unaware, I moved to Québec City back in October of 2011, and I am about as English Canadian as you can get, given that my ancestors came from…
Enbridge Video Stunningly Misleading
Enbridge vid.jpg For compulsive watchers of, Enbridge Inc., the spill-crazy pipeline company that wants to pipe tarsands crude to the Canadian West Coast – or just for students of the…
Premier Christy Clark & BC NDP Leader Dix Differ Significantly on Enbridge!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Premier Christy Clark is preparing or at least attempting trying to sell out our provinces environment on land and sea. In contrast BC NDP Leader Adrian…