Another Sun Bung-Up
In a story about the weekend's pro-Palestinian rally on Bloor St.:A version of this story that briefly appeared on torontosun.com contained quotes wrongly attributed to Bernie Farber, former CEO of…
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For Joyce Murray for Liberal leader
I have decided to support Vancouver Quadra MP Joyce Murray in the Liberal leadership race that has just officially begun. That's not a big surprise after my blog post last…
Cabot Martin’s paper on Natural Gas #nlpoli
Few people have the depth of experience in the province’s energy policy and history than does Cabot Martin. From the mind-1970s until the early 1990s Martin was a senior advisor…
Les democracy
"The only good farmland is former farmland" - J. Les John Les made an appearance with Sean Leslie on Liberal house radio Saturday and explained that party leadership had to…
Stephen Harper’s Humiliating Weekend
Golly. It must be a case of reverse voodoo eh?The more pins Stephen Harper sticks into his Justin Trudeau doll, the more Justin laughs.And the more Great Macaca Leader squeals.Read…
Battleground Calgary Centre
Voters in Durham, Victoria, and Calgary Centre head to the polls tonight in what were originally pegged as three “safe” by-elections. The story appears to be following the script in…
EFF.org: Trans-Pacific Partnership is trading away our digital rights
The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement is about to get a bit more crowded, with Canada formally joining as 'second-tier' negotiators at next month's talks. These closed-door meetings will...
Calgary Centre By-Election
I don't live in Calgary Centre and I don't have a preference for who wins tomorrow - as long as it's not Joan Crockatt. Calgary is more politically diverse than…
Calgary Centre By-Election
I don’t live in Calgary Centre and I don’t have a preference for who wins tomorrow – as long as it’s not Joan Crockatt. Calgary is more politically diverse than…
Calgary Centre By-Election
I don't live in Calgary Centre and I don't have a preference for who wins tomorrow - as long as it's not Joan Crockatt. Calgary is more politically diverse than…
The Democrats should be so lucky
This is a real column in a real newspaper, not an article from the Onion or some piece of snark from the Daily Show. And the scary part is that…
Leadership Update: Candidate’s Brunch
In addition to the leadership debate that was held here in Saskatoon (which we will be talking about in a bit), the NDP Leadership candidates took some time to attend…
Dear Stephen Harper: Most Canadians Don’t Give A Crap About The Monarchy And The War of 1812 … but we love Public Health Care!!!
OTTAWA - Canadians, it seems, love their universal health care. The monarchy? Not so much.A new national poll commissioned by the Montreal-based Association for Canadian Studies examined the pride Canadians…
Nunavut RCMP charge seven BCC prisoners in wake of jail fires
Three men face charges of arson endangering life and aggravated assaultNUNATSIAQ NEWSHerbert Janes, Willie Ishulutak and Sylvester Tarraq are escorted to an RCMP vehicle after appearing Nov. 23 at the…
No progress on hospital superbugs
There has been no progress stopping the spread of superbugs in Ontario hospitals according to government data. Reported C. difficile rates are about the same as they have been, starting…
Three Reasons You Should Vote for Harvey Locke
A lot of talk has been made of strategic voting in the last week. While Harvey Locke does have the best chance (see this poll for the latest information and…
The Way It Works
Alexandra Mendes has lent me a book by Eddie Goldenberg called “The Way It Works”, which is about his time as a senior Chrétien adviser. I’m only a short way…