I’m happy Canadians are happy
According to the Centre for the Study of Living Standards, Canadians are a happy bunch. A report by the Centre claims that over 90 per cent of us say we…
September 2012
Kay on Justin Trudeau: He’s not just a Pretty Face
Jonathan Kay of the National Post has an interesting reply to those commentators who describe Justin Trudeau as a lightweight politician: Justin Trudeau into the ring? It’s fashionable to write…
Public Interest Duty Should Stop Shouldice Sale
Can Ontario’s Minister of Health, Deb Mathews, stop the transfer of the Shouldice Clinic to the health care conglomerate, Centric? Absolutely, it is within her powers under the Private Hospitals…
Thinly Thought
I wasn’t going to do this. I really wasn’t. But then something happened to a friend of mine and it got my knickers in a knot and I know I’m…
Tuxedo Stan: Mayoralty Candidate for Halifax, Nova Scotia
Now this is a candidate one can vote for. This candidate is an international celebrity now and Anderson Cooper of CNN has endorsed this new contender. Tuxedo Stan has made…
Why Drivers Don’t Understand Cyclists
As an average cyclist I often find it confusing when drivers get their hate on for sustainable transit. Anyone who knows anything about the environment or living in an urban…
ConCalls: Maintaining Integrity?
What trust is there to maintain? There were (hundreds of) thousands of illegal phonecalls made in the May 2011 election, and there’s not been a single charge laid by Elections…
My candidate
At Ottawa airport. Just got this lapel pin from a union friend. This is my candidate!
Trudeau-media-lanche begins
Been up in Ottawa for business – some of us have to work, ya know – and been getting a ton of calls about Justin Trudeau. Herein, my take in…
Sept. 26: non-stories…
…the art of inventing news. Today’s Moncton Times and Transcript offers us several examples, right up there on the front page. We’ll start at the bottom with the most glaring…
Petition against the occupation of Gaza…
International petition against the Gaza siege While the Swedish ship Estelle makes her slow way to Gaza, visiting numerous ports on the way and being warmly welcomed, hundreds of parlamentarians,…
Petition against the occupation of Gaza…
International petition against the Gaza siege While the Swedish ship Estelle makes her slow way to Gaza, visiting numerous ports on the way and being warmly welcomed, hundreds of parlamentarians,…
Petition against the occupation of Gaza…
International petition against the Gaza siege While the Swedish ship Estelle makes her slow way to Gaza, visiting numerous ports on the way and being warmly welcomed, hundreds of parlamentarians,…
Anonymous Video of brutal police raid on Zuccotti Park Occupy protesters…
if what you’re reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that you find…
Anonymous Video of brutal police raid on Zuccotti Park Occupy protesters…
if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that you find…
Anonymous Video of brutal police raid on Zuccotti Park Occupy protesters…
if what you’re reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that you find…
New use for the House of Commons…
… considering that, thanks to Stevo, it’s pretty much useless as a place of debate these days… There ya go Mayor Watson! Centrally located. Great access to transit! h/t to…
Son of a Son of a……….
Justin Trudeau to run for Liberal leadership Son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau was coy all summer about leadership intentions CBC News Sounds like a bunch of ex-Libs posting…
Mitt Romney’s New Ad
Sorry! The audio is not that good. 🙂
Hong Kong Billionaire Puts Bounty On Converting Gay Daughter
A lot of gay people find their relationships don’t receive much support from their parents, but I think a lot of us can be glad we don’t have anyone quite…