Don’tWorryYourPrettyLittleHeads We’reOnItVille From an (apparent) press release from E-Canada: Statement sent to media this morning from Elections Canada: o The Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections confirms that it…
The Month: Christmas Gift Canada’s economy was buoyed by Christmas cheer as a December bounce more than offset slight declines in October and November to turn the fourth quarter positive.…
We’ve looked at Facebook games that promote goodness before, and now we can WeTopia to that list. Instead of taking all those in-game purchases as profit WeTopia gives to charities…
Did Vic Toews reward one of his mistresses with an appointment to the Manitoba Court of Queens Bench? That’s the allegation and, it’s claimed, the reason Harper removed Toews as…
Keith Beardsley writes: Canadians are tuned into this story because they get these types of calls all the time. They understand the issue. Who hasn’t been called at the dinner…
It’s time for a wild prediction, based on information I have, interpretation of law and political power, a touch of math, and a hint of guts (plus a reversal of…
Party leadership contests are not exactly like general elections. In a typical election there is one or two days when you have to make your way to the local community…
In January, at the Liberal Party Biennial Convention, the National Women’s Liberal Commission proposed a Resolution that would seek to have the federal government penalize provinces that do not guarantee…
The comparison between Canadian politics and American politics has been made more than once, the similarity of Liberal and Republican dominance in their respective countries during the last century is…
It remains to be seen just how involved the Conservative Party was in Robocon, but it certainly doesn’t help that they can’t keep their story straight. It was all Michael…
Guns are safe therefore he abolished the Gun Registry legislation. Computers are very dangerous therefore there is a need for Bill C30. Government must keep an eye on what people…
The Ever-Incredibly Depressing Jian Ghomeshi redux Well, I already wrote another post. This one I jotted and set aside. But anyway. Jian is interviewing Eugene Levy, and throughout the whole…
A bit less than a month ago we learned that Public Safety Minister Vic Toews had loosened the rules governing the ability of CSIS to trade in information derived from…
It didn’t have to come to this. Riding out what is becoming known as the “Robocon Scandal” was not the only option open to Stephen Harper. He could have vowed…
Having raised what I see as significant issues for Thomas Mulcair’s NDP leadership campaign, I’ll take a moment to contrast those against the trumped–up story that’s become the latest shiny…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, March 2, 2012. There was no post yesterday as I was quite ill! I hope you will…
Vic Toews has been rampantly spreading his PR spin about the online spying bills through Parliament and through the media with op-eds. He’s using the same, tired talking points to…
The stock market — also known as the greed-fear cycle. Alltop prefers the lust-sloth cycle.
… until I get my way. Judging by this story of conservative misbehaviour in Etobicoke Centre on election day, it’s not hard to figure out someone’s favorite bedtime story. Recommend…
