Why No Fighter Competition for Canada?
Critics for the F-35 routinely slam the Harper government for single-sourcing the choice for Canada’s next fighter aircraft. They argue there should have been an open competition to assess all…
2012
British Religious Group Offers Their Thoughts On Marriage
The Muslim Council of Britain has declared that equal marriage rights are “unnecessary and unhelpful.” What a coincidence—I was just thinking the same thing about declarations from the Muslim Council…
Trailbreaker: Yet Another Tar Sands Pipeline in the Works
With all the recent controversies and media attention surrounding the proposed Northern Gateway and Keystone XL pipelines, you would not be remiss in thinking that these are the only projects…
Fone Fraud: The Solution
The solution to robo-calling and the ‘fone fraud fiasco’ is simple: permission.
Reading Solar When the Weather’s Gone Wacky
The weather is exceptional, spookily so. Ian McEwean’s novel Solar is excellent reading for such a time. The hero (and I use the term advisedly) is a physicist Michael Beard…
No one seems to know who the mystery employee for robocall company RackNine really is
This is not all that surprising. People in the robocall business, or telemarketing, commonly use assumed names in business: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/19/who-is-rick-mcknight-no-one-seems-to-know-who-the-mystery-employee-for-robocall-company-racknine-really-is/ Who is Rick McKnight? Postmedia News Facebook Postmedia News and…
Pan-Canadian Election Fraud Syndrome…
AreWeInStockholmNow StrangeSymptomsVille …In Which Saskboy Asks, Where Is The Outrage? “…For some reason unknown to this point, serious violations of the Elections Act all over the country were minimized, ignored,…
Are You Afraid of Clowns?
The only ones who frighten me are the ones holding political office. But, just to show you that I have a sense of humour and don’t spend my entire life…
Gay marriage was a slippery slope after all
Same-sex marriage is a slippery slope. A Sens fan marrying a Leafs fan? Abomination..
More By-Election Talk: Port Moody-Coquitlam
Awhile ago (well, the end of January) I did an overview of the BC provincial riding of Chilliwack-Hope, where BC Liberal incumbent since ’96 Barry Penner had stepped down, triggering…
Aliens?
Quite possibly, the worst Photoshop job ever with the worst grammar ever. (Know Your Meme, Ancient Aliens)
2012-03-20 11:22:39
Gardhouse complies with #Uxbridge email request. More ‘inspiring’ quotes… #recallgardhouse
Crime and Conservatives
I know correlation is not causation, but it’s hard not to notice that in jurisdictions with a strong Conservative political tradition, they tend to have higher crime rates. Awwwwkward …
Pandering to Hate
Throughout his career, whenever his job was on the line French president Nicolas Sarkozy has never shied away from pandering to the worst instincts of the French people. With the…
Goodbye Finn
Today our family said goodbye to Finn, our 10 year old Norwegian Elkhound. He was a good companion, and will be missed. May your heaven be filled with squirrels to…
Decision to conduct inquiry subject to judicial review only in the narrowest of circumstances: Bell v. Ontario (Human Rights Commission), [1971] S.C.R. 756 no longer good law
Halifax (Regional Municipality) v. Nova Scotia (Human Rights Commission), 2012 SCC 10 deals with a judicial review of an early determination of a human rights commission to conduct an inquiry.…
5.37%
No surprise that the NDP would breeze into Jack Layton’s old seat, but the Conservative result barely cracking 5 percent was a bit… well, hilarious. So much for two-time loser…
Initial Thoughts on NDP Leadership Convention (#ndpldr)
So, what do I think is going to happen at this weekend’s NDP leadership convention? I’ve been paying attention to the media articles, the debates, and the Twitter feed. It’s…
The deepening shadows of Canadian politics
Canadian Conservatives work best under cover of darkness. In government, committees are now routinely forced into in camera sessions. Documents and records are withheld to the point that the Harper…
2012-03-20 10:51:18
Gardhouse promise to release #Uxbridge e-mails so far empty #recallgardhouse