Is Canada’s left on the rise?
Discerning trends and making forecasts on limited data is not always the best recipe for making accurate forecasts, just look at pollsters. They take small snapshots of voter intentions based…
September 2012
In Sunday’s Sun: lies, damn lies, and polls
A joke. That’s what media political polls have become in this country. And, if the news media continue to trumpet the results of polls, they risk becoming a joke, too.…
Calgary Movement From the Inside
We’ll let the article speak for itself: How neo-Nazis think: Calgary photojournalist spends three years following skinheads’ lives (with photos) Brent Gundlock launches documentary project to understand extremist ideologies of…
The albino deer!
On film. So to speak.
Carving stone found
This is significant. The Western Arctic has had limited carving because of a lack of high quality stone: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/09/08/north-nunavut-carving-stone.html A Nunavut government project looking at quarries in the territory found…
National Post Finds Evidence of Electoral Conspiracy in Quebec
Seriously. They did. It’s all in this week’s column from Conrad Black — and let me just say how pleased I am that at least one of our major newspapers…
Robocalls Scandal: Elections Canada Paid Former RCMP Investigator $95,523
Elections Canada paid former RCMP investigator $95,523 for visit to only one out of 234 riding affected by robocalls during the May 2011 Federal election.
5144…In Honour Of The NFL: Worst Tat Ever
At least in the sport category. This beauty comes from Yardbarker Morning Bark. Speeling is so hard. WFDS
It seemed like a good idea at the time
In February of 2008, then Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day renewed the security certificates on five men that CSIS deemed to be threats to national security. A Supreme Court decision…
Another push for jobs by shifting the tax burden on workers…
… in Portugal. Portugal’s Prime Minister announced on Friday that the government would raise workers’ social security contribution rates from 11% to 18% (about one month’s salary)… and decrease companies’…
The Astronaut vs, The Space Cadet
This is, hands down, the funniest column I have read about politics in ages. Along with the jokes, it also contains some truths worth knowing.
Saturday night
To make up for last night’s music fail on the blog, this is the Foo Fighters performance at the DNC this week. Not bad at all. Predictable but fine choice…
What To Expect.
With the announcement of Erin Weir as the official second candidate in the Saskatchewan NDP leadership race, it would seem that the race will be getting interesting fairly soon. So,…
Canadian vs American Health Care- A View From Both Sides!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger Ian Reid knows the reality of both American and Canadian Health Care systems and his blog and the comments that follow are right on the money.…
Ann Romney on lesbian mothers
From glitter bombings to accidental confrontations with gay activists; Mitt Romney's campaign for president has been marred with anti-gay sentiments. Now comes another bump in his run thanks to his…
Saturday Photo: Spiders and Summer
My father used to say that big spiderwebs were a sign of oncoming fall. I have no idea if that is true,but here is an attempt at a photo of…
The Trials and Tribulations of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
There are times where I just feel sorry for him.
Low Growth & the Liberal Party of Canada: What should our economic policies be?
The future is not bright, and will get worse than most of us expect. A safe assumption for the next decade is that there will be limited economic growth. There…
On timelines
For the most part, I tend to be skeptical that annual caucus retreats should be seen as having any substantive impact on the political scene. But the NDP’s meeting last…
5143…What Is Going On On Parliament Hill?
Last week the story broke that Liberal Senator Joyce Fairburn was working as a Senator while suffering from Alzheimer’s. She had been suffering from Alzheimer’s a lot longer than the…