The Liberals Need a Leadership Race Worthy of the Third Party
Leadership races for this place, should be open and vociferous ! So, in 2003 I attended a very strange and interesting event held in the Minto building at Carleton University,…
September 2012
McGuinty’s Legacy
The Bruce Power revitalization program is an essential element to Ontario’s plan to phase out coal generation in 2014. Coal output over the past decade has dropped by nearly 90…
Update On Levant’s Roma Rant
It has now drawn a complaint to the Alberta law society: Roma Community Centre (RCC) of Toronto, Ontario, wishes to file a complaint with Alberta Law Society (ALS) against Ezra…
Rick Mercer on Stephen Harper: He Knows Better, But Doesn’t Care
Rick Mercer’s back, and in fine form. Here’s Rick’s rant from September 18th, Omnibus Bill II: The Sequel. Wake up, Canadians!
Sex and the cabinet #nlpoli
If all the speculation about a cabinet shuffle in the near future turns out to be true, it will be interesting to see if Premier Kathy Dunderdale breaks the fundamentally…
Saving Our Democracy: When the People Awaken
As Stephen Harper drags our parliament into the pit of democratic depravity, by accusing the NDP of supporting an imaginary carbon tax only he can see. Repeating a Big Lie…
Definitely Worth a Listen
One of the greatest guitar solos you may ever experience. Keith Richards, Sympathy for the Devil. I may be biased. I will, however, pass up concerts to go out of…
Wall Resource Royalties
This article is going to be fun during an upcoming election campaign, so I’m making sure that it doesn’t disappear if the website it is on goes away. Wall muses…
I almost feel sorry for Mittens…almost
Jon Stewart at his absolute finest, he practically has steam coming out of his ears. The Democrats should be airing this morning noon and night until the election on any…
Why NHL Owners Should Budge
NHL President Gary Bettman is no doubt correct when he says that financial health for all 30 NHL franchises requires a bigger share of revenue for owners. But notice that…
Late night
UK Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg with his very own version of a Checkers speech. He offers an apology for supporting massive tuition fee increases when he and his party…
Campaigns to bear-proof all garbage containers in wild areas have been difficult because…
as one biologist put it, "there is a considerable overlap between the intelligence levels of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists."
Supreme Court rejects bid to keep abused toddler on life support
Hardly surprising: Supreme Court of Canada. BY NATALIE STECHYSON, POSTRMEDIA NEWS SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a motion that would have kept a…
The Difference Between a CF-18 and the F-35
If Canada had been operating the F-35 since 1988, we’d probably be hard pressed to find any still flying. Over the past 24-years, the twin-engine CF-18 has racked up plenty…
Democratic Renewal
I just got back from my Algonquin trip, so just a very brief post. In skimming today’s Star, there is a very interesting piece by Bob Hepburn on efforts at…
Conor Takes Dad For A Walk … Sort Of
Beautiful, fresh, early fall day today. Conor and I both felt like getting out for a walk and enjoying the fresh air and early fall colors. Conor, as usual, set…
Thursday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your day. – Common Dreams discusses the prevalence of inherited wealth among the U.S.’ richest individuals (as pointed out by a report by United for a…