4371…Just When I Thought It Was Safe To Get TV
Like reconnected, I got a bit behind on my Rogers bill, like 1,800 dollars or something and the pricks cut it off. Yes Rogers has no soul. Anyhow, just when…
2012
Poll blues
Robocalls, schmobocalls, said Ipsos Reid a mere 10 days ago—Harper’s still the man: Tom Clark, Global’s chief political correspondent and host of the network’s weekly political affairs program, The West…
Breezehill Development: my comments
Today is the deadline for your comments on the proposed 28 story Claridge development at Breezehill and Somerset. Although Melanie Knight, the planner who will report and make recommendations on…
Aveos: Denis Lebel More Or Less Says Chuck Strahl Lied To Parliament
Denis Lebel’s formal salute to union workers involves another finger. When Air Canada passed off its maintenance jobs to Aveos in 2011, there was a significant outcry about the move.…
So we still have a land line
Apparently to turn your phone line into a dry loop, a technician has to actually come to your house. And do what I don’t know. It would have been great…
Poll: CPC 30%, NDP 30%, LPC 20%
I'm not crazy about the numbers but one thing is sure — the Conservatives have dropped at least ten points: John Ibbitson – The Globe and Mail http://bit.ly/GFTNwn The New…
Where’s the vision? Where’s the dream?
Where’s the vision? Where’s the dream? No seriously, where is it? In an unusual twist today I’ve decided to write 2 (yes 2!) blog posts. This post just occured to…
Le 22, on ferme! – Artist-run centres across Québec support the student movement
Over the last month and a half, students across Québec have been mobilising against the dramatic tuition hikes being imposed by the Charest government and education minister Line Beauchamp. Emerging…
S-92 incident: March 2012, Newfoundland offshore #nlpoli
From the offshore regulatory board, March 21, 2012: The C-NLOPB has been notified that on approach to the Terra Nova FPSO, Cougar Helicopters experienced a #2 Input Module Chip Light…
Election Stockholm Syndrome
Conservative Canadians are sympathizing with their captors. Just happy to have finally kicked the pesky 2 year election cycle with a Conservative “stable” majority government, the fact that it was…
Landmark ruling on prostitution laws coming Monday
I predict: overruled: http://bit.ly/GJnlJ2
ALEC Climate Change Denial Model Bill Passes in Tennessee
alec-exposed-600x400_0 (2).jpg The month of March has seen unprecedented heat and temperatures. A rational thinking, scientifically-grounded individual could only posit, "Well, hmm, I bet climate change has something to do…
The C-word: Refreshing honesty from NDP’s Nathan Cullen
Remember when Michael Ignatieff turned himself into a pretzel while trying to respond to the simple question whether he would or would not enter into a coalition with other parties…
What’s driving Vision to change rules on naming parks?
Stuart Mackinnon March 21, 2012 City Caucus.com If we rename a Strathcona park, philanthropist Milton Wong might top the candidates list Guidelines approved in 2007 give community a voice over…
Tom Mulcair and the Tar Sands: One Step Forward, One Step Back
I’ve had the opportunity to consider New Democratic Party leadership contender Thomas Mulcair’s article, “Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Country” published online in Policy Options Magazine.…
Mad Men: The tobacco industry’s 60-minute infomercial.
Don Draper, circa 1965. There is a lot of buzz pop cultural circles these days about the Sunday return of Mad Men, the wildly acclaimed but little watched (although it’s…
40,000 Dippers Down, 90,000 to go!
There is a lot of interest in the election of the next NDP leader: thousands have already cast their preferential voting ballots! The NDP’s two-day leadership convention begins Friday in…
Homeless Hotspot
There has been substantial debate, and much virtual ink spilt, over the Homeless Hotspot program in Austin, Texas. The program is relatively straightforward from the title: 13 homeless men and…
The Robot Speaker and the RoboCon Scandal
As you know I’ve had my doubts about Andrew Scheer, the Speaker of the House, ever since he ruled that Vic Toews’ parliamentary privileges had been violated by Anonymous. Boo…
Demand a Royal Commission, Canada!
FACT: Only the Harper government can call for a judicial inquiry into the Robocalls Scandal… and that ain’t gonna happen, Canada! Would you like a Royal Commission to investigate the…