I’ll never diss Hummers again
When we heard this story on CBC this morning, we all got a bit sniffly. This guy is a hero – and in a Hummer, no less!
September 2012
tonight in toronto: stand with the riveras
Tonight in Toronto, supporters of US war resisters and the Parkdale community will gather at United Church of Parkdale to support war resister Kimberly Rivera and her family. The Harper…
Quebec Election: Best Case Scenario
If you accept the premise that governments have a shelf life, then last night’s result in Quebec represents the best case scenario for the “rest of Canada”. Leaders rarely volunteer…
Professional Partisan Liberal Party Spin FAILS Yet Again
(Click on image above to enlarge ….) It’s comical when Libs or Cons try to attach horns and pointed tails to members of the New Democratic Party of Canada. One…
Municipal Investment Strategies for the Technological Singularity
An Open Letter to Town Council Dear Councilors: Your town may have an emergency plan, a development plan, a health plan — it may even have a plan for how…
They’re baaaaack….
Yes, dear readers, the separatists have once again grabbed the reins of power in that province that starts with a “Q”. With but a slight advantage over the Liberals, the…
Quebec election morning after
What a tremendously shocking incident at the PQ victory rally last night. To see a death at a political rally, other gun injuries and a fire set…that’s a truly shaking…
A media cautionary tale
The polling firm that says the NDP is way ahead… …is the same firm that declared the Parti Québeçois was headed towards “a comfortable majority.” Why does the Star do…
Quebec – good, bad and very ugly.
We had all 3 in last night’s Quebec provincial election. The bad news if you’re a Canadian federalist is the PQ won, and that Liberal Premier Jean Charest lost his…
Quebec Votes
The National Post is the only place so far that has a graphic representation of the vote breakdown. As in the case of Alberta, the pollsters seemed to have missed…
Upper Churchill – an unexplored alternative #nlpoli
Muskrat Falls “not a competitive solution” SRBP Exclusive Over the next 55 years – the Muskrat Falls planning period – consumers in Newfoundland and Labrador could achieve savings of up…
How to Decide Whether Public-Sector Employeers Are Overpaid
Recently I took a Globe & Mail columnist to task for arguing that Ontario’s public school teachers are overpaid. As a humble blogger I hardly expect a response from such…
If I were a Pauline Marois Political Adviser…
The face of intolerance being led away by police As the results were trickling in during what was a tumultuous provincial election in Quebec: tragedy struck. One person is dead.…
Post-Confederate Albertans in Ottawa, the PQ in Quebec: Can Canada afford a national leader with no national vision?
Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes note of Quebec’s aspirations. Alberta politicians may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Mr. Harper exhibiting the post-Confederation Alberta zeitgeist (Calgary Herald photo); PQ Leader…
Enough Cowichan Regional Nonsense
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Larry Woodruff is a Shawnigan Resident with strong feelings and opinions about local governance. He has sent them along to Cowichan Conversations, Cowichan Valley Citizen and…
Québec election asks more questions than it answers
So the results are in, we have a minority PQ government here in Québec, that is unless there are numerous recounts that result in a number of riding switching hands,…
Putting It All Together
Since I’m outside of Quebec, some might find it odd that my evening consisted of sitting down in front of the TV and watching the provincial election results. After all,…
Quebec election: What Francois Legault should do
Now that the dust is settling, a PQ minority government will take over in Quebec with roughly one-third of the vote, while the Legault Coalition party will end up with…