Campaign Capers: Peter, Paul and Provincial Airlines
Two months ago I added Peter Penashue, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, to the list of people I was keeping an eye on for this series of posts. He finally surfaced…
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Best Buy/@BBYCEO and CEO Secession Planning
@BBYCEO, when it was controlled by former CEO Brian Dunn When Brian Dunn resigned as CEO of Best Buy, he switched his Twitter name from @BBYCEO to @briandunn, taking all…
Perth-Smiths Falls: Big cuts for a small hospital
The peer review is done, but the details around the 6 per cent in cuts to the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital are still somewhat sketchy. The cuts are…
Please Just Go Away
Justin Trudeau — and Marc Garneau — have what it takes to be prime minister, says Michael Ignatieff. Now I’m going to have to vote for that Borys guy.
Weekend Watch: Babes For Breasts
Since Ottawa songtress Ana Miura founded Babes For Breasts (B4B) in 2003, the musical collective has raised over $50,000 for breast cancer charities. Miura enlisted fellow Ottawa singer/songwriter Amanda Rheaume…
Another Scurrying Rat – This Time He’s NDP
NDP MP Nathan Cullen says the federal government should have done more to prevent the experimental dumping of 100-tonnes of iron sulphide in the waters off the Queen Charlottes. Oddly…
First Nation: Bill C-45 allows tar sands industry to destroy vital waterways and treaty rights
by Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Today the conservative government tabled a new version of Bill C-45, a 443-page bill, to implement its federal budget. The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN)…
No Woman Dies in Childbirth, Another Republican Fable
This time it’s in Illinois where Republican congressman Joe Walsh attacked the abortion exception for “life of the mother” on the basis that no woman today dies from childbirth. In…
FTA’s Assumed Benefits Can’t Be Found
Last month’s over-the-top “celebrations”of the 25th anniversary of Brian Mulroney and Ronald Reagan’s signing of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement seemed strained, to my mind. The self-congratulation and back-patting struck…
Soccer in Canada if you have a penis?
I’ve been holding back posting this for a few days until my utter anger dissipated. Well, that ain’t really happening… If you are serious about soccer as a career. if…
Health Facility License Auction Health Cost Driver
It seems so obvious in hindsight: if you want to know what is going on in business-side of community medicine look where doctors look – the classified section of The…
PEI Liberal MLA shows no shame to emotional crowd at Province House.
At least that is the headline I would very much like to see, on the news tonight, in the paper tomorrow. Of course it’s not likely. All we’ll see is…
Peace? It’s a Dangerously Flexible Concept
The Canadian debate over the F-35 has always overlooked perhaps the most critical issue. We never want to discuss what signing on for the F-35 means for Canada’s defence policy…
China-Canada Investment "Straitjacket:" Interview with Gus Van Harten Part 3
This is the third and final post in the series China-Canada Investment “Straitjacket:” Exclusive Interview with Gus Van Harten. You can access Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Canada…
The Rats Scurry for Cover
Russ George must be wondering where everybody went? The rogue geoengineer behind the dumping of 100-tonnes of iron sulphate off the Charlottes in July suddenly doesn’t have all the friends…
Are Conservatives Fudging on the Pension Reforms? Is the Media doing its Job?
Once again, so far as I can see, the criminal neglect and incompetence of the nation’s media appears to be on display with respect to the new budget bill. Here’s…
Upcoming collective bargaining may test new Liberal strategy
The Ontario Liberal government’s brand was built on creating social consensus after the harsh discord of the previous Mike Harris Progressive Conservative government. That worked well for the Liberals until…
Navigable Waters Protection Act Under Attack…Again
The Harper Government plans to further roll back the historic Navigable Waters Protection Act in this year’s omnibus budget bill. The new proposed changes to the Act follow serious cuts…
My link to The Linc
Lincoln Alexander served as the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1985 to 1991. Alexander was also a Governor of the Canadian Unity Council. In 1968, he was elected to…