Canada has officially joined the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, and has done so as a second-tier partner, meaning that we have had to accept, sight-unseen, the provisions that have already been…
Trent’s Website: LINK On the campaign front, Trent Wotherspoon has release his newest campaign plank that focuses on addressing the problems (and causes) of poverty within Saskatchewan. Provided at the…
What did Justin Trudeau’s dad do for a living again? From today’s Toronto Star. Justin Trudeau’s image in Quebec is shaped by perceptions of his father Good to see Captain…
This is the pinnacle of raising a family. This, right here. This thing that happened to me just last week. Technically, I suppose it happened to the entire family. It…
Those would be the accepted results in the debates down south. Two to one for El Presidente; One to nothing for El Vice Presidente. Will this translate to the reupping…
As you know by now, Dalton Mcguinty has declared he won’t be running for the federal Liberal leadership. I’ve said previous to this that I didn’t think he would be…
Dalton McGuinty is not running for the federal leadership it is now fully confirmed. Just wanted to highlight one of the things he said in his interview with Joan Bryden…
In the excitement at finally convincing his father to be the first subject of his water portraits, Peter Holmes poured cold water over his father’s head. A surprise to both…
Photo: Chicoutimi/Wikimedia Commons Canadian politics can be loud in the streets as much as it can be quiet in the polling station. As the Canadian Press’ Benjamin Shingler stated in…
I remember first coming across the Facebook Page that this talk is about, but I didn’t know the context, how it got started, or how it evolved. The video went…
“NDP leadership candidate Erin Weir is proposing a universally accessible daycare and early learning program for Saskatchewan children between the ages of two and five. “The importance of early childhood…
Fracking is still a very unproven technology – there are threats of contamination of air and water supplies as well as rural landscapes becoming industrial wastelands. Now, there’s the threat…
Hold onto your hat. The history of everything in two minutes by Zack Hemsey.
Today’s headline on p. 1 of The Moncton Times and Transcript is a pretty strong example of what our North American newspapers have fallen to. It is pure propaganda for…
Cato Institute, the right wing think tank co-founded by the Koch brothers, plans to release a document this week that has all the appearances of being a government report on…
We can read about ‘five ideas to reform post-secondary education in Canada in a University Affairs article by columnist Léo Charbonneau. The strategies (proposed by a Globe and Mail reporter…
Climate scientist Michael Mann has finally filed his lawsuit: Today, the case of Dr. Michael E. Mann vs. The National Review and The Competitive Enterprise Institute was filed in the…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Generally speaking Canadians have pretty much thrived in a democratic society where the ‘Rule of Law’ is observed along with respect for parliamentary traditions and practices. It…
Judges are not limited by submissions of the Crown in sentencing. That said, as the Court of Appeal notes today in R. v. Menary, 2012 ONCA 706 ‘jumping’ a sentence…
Doing Government Websites Right
Today, I have a piece over on Tech President about how the new UK government website – Gov.uk – does a lot of things right. I’d love to see more…