In 1997, the Chretien Liberal government bowed to pressure from a combination of provincial government and business interests to transfer the responsibility for meat inspection from Health Canada to Agriculture…
Two hundred years ago in New Brunswick, there was pretty much just one way to make some cash s….cut down timber. There was a huge market for timbers in the…
Happy Thanksgiving Day! I don’t know about you, but I feel that I have a lot to be thankful for!
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Murray Mandryk and Bruce Johnstone both thoroughly slam Gerry Ritz and the Cons for their food-safety negligence. But Johnstone hints at the…
I’ve received some pretty angry responses to the brief post below about the Trudeau folks from, er, Trudeau folks. Some have even taken the form of anonymous comments, which aren’t…
Values, in politics, aren’t something. They’re everything. So, too, is speaking with clarity and confidence. Last week, both notions — having a set of values and communicating them to voters…
According to the Winnipeg Free Press, Sacha Trudeau is "stepping up" to act as senior advisor to his brother Justin's campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.…
According to the Winnipeg Free Press, Sacha Trudeau is “stepping up” to act as senior advisor to his brother Justin’s campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.…
According to the Winnipeg Free Press, Sacha Trudeau is "stepping up" to act as senior advisor to his brother Justin's campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.Unlike…
According to the Winnipeg Free Press, Sacha Trudeau is “stepping up” to act as senior advisor to his brother Justin’s campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.…
NFL goes pink for breast cancer. All October. I am both a fan and an owner. Well a fan of the NFL and an owner of breasts. I am also…
Just as Stephen Harper radically remade the Conservative Party, Michael den Tandt suggests that Justin Trudeau and his inner circle plan to rebuild the Liberal Party from the ground up:…
In the latter part of my teaching career, I had the feeling that those in charge of education, especially on the local level, were suffering from a kind of drift…
It seems the Syrian government has been gaining the upper had in the rebellion recently. Perhaps this is behind the opening of a new front? http://bit.ly/QNwNVp via @MailOnline
A wee plug for the…. Pleasant Park and Hawthorne Public Schools Used book sale is back! Saturday, October 27 from 9 to 1 Join us in the Pleasant Park gym…
Rex Murphy on Standard of Conduct in Parliament
Once in a while Rex Murphy provides good commentary, as the following on the standard of conduct in Parliament – especially he talks about big-mouth Rob Andres. “Mr. Rob Anders,…