The Usual Suspects – Stifling Solar Energy
Avaaz - China Solar Panels - <- click to sign a quick and easy petition. So this is not very encouraging... that the government would worry about protectionism of economic…
October 2012
The Usual Suspects – Stifling Solar Energy
Avaaz - China Solar Panels - <- click to sign a quick and easy petition. So this is not very encouraging... that the government would worry about protectionism of economic…
Would we vote for someone who promised to:
“Protect BC Hydro and all of its core assets, including dams, reservoirs and power lines under public ownership.” “Restore an independent BC Utilities Commission, to re-regulate BC Hydro’s electricity rates.”…
Bellingham (Vancouver) to Honolulu, Fall or Winter: $309, return, taxes included
Bellingham to Honolulu: $309, return, taxes included. Ironically, on a direct flight with Alaska Airlines. Most of the dates available are in November and December, but there are a few…
Northern BC Mayor Pushes for Transit on Highway of Tears
Much of the recent media attention on the Highway of Tears has been about how amazing technology allowed police to solve a crime decades after it was committed and years…
Summerville for Victoria #yyj
A quick shout out here to a friend in Victoria, Liberal candidate Paul Summerville, who is exactly the type of person we need in the House of Commons. I hope…
Schools as charities
With funding cuts across North America, schools and school districts are turning to fundraising more and more as a source of income. There is a long history of parent committees…
By-election palooza: It is on for November 26th
On a Sunday morning, prime time for political news after all, the PM has called the by-elections that need to be called to fill the vacancies in the House of…
The next Ontario Premier
With a $50,000 entry fee, and a $500,000 spending limit – and, most of all, an end-of-January leadership convention – the Ontario Liberal executive is seeking to discourage minor candidates.…
5256…PM Calls For A Trio Of Bye Elections
Or is it byelections? Ah, you say tomato I say refrigerator. Cut and paste from Global. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced that three federal byelections will be held on…
Will Romney win the "jobs" argument and therefore Pennsylvania?
This Republican analysis thinks so: Our latest Pennsylvania poll conducted 10/11-10/13 and released by the Washington Examiner October 18thshows Mitt Romney has taken the lead over President Obama by a…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jim Coyle wonders whether or democracy is in decline, and cites as evidence the utter disconnect between the primary functions of elected…
Obama & Romney: Who is the "change"candidate this time?
President Obama surged to victory in 2008 riding the twin horses of “hope” and “change”, in the process beating off Hillary Clinton and then The Maverick and his moose-hunting Veep…
Throwing things off balconies
There’s this three-storey apartment building at the corner of Caldwell and Merivale, on the edge of the Experimental Farm, right by the path where I go for walks. There are…
An Australian Take on the American Voter
The 2012 presidential election is so close that the outcome will come down to the undecided voter. Yet it seems this is the group most easily buffaloed with nonsensical claims…
Sunday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
There were certainly some bright spots in the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ loss to Montreal yesterday, as is normally the case when a team has chance to win late against one of…
Oct. 21: Whence and Wherefore the Liberals?
In The Moncton Times and Transcript, Bill Belliveau’s weekly column is the closest thing we have to an official statement of the opinion of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick.…
The Sinking Liberal Fortunes. . . .
I think it is one of the great political ironies in Canadian history that Stephen Harper seems to actually believe that the downfall of the Liberal Party of Canada is…