What do you get when you cross a polar bear and a seal?
A polar bear
2012
Rick Salutin On Teacher Unions
We seem to be in the constant throes of anti-union sentiment during a time they are most needed. The right wing, including Ontario Conservative leader young Tim Hudak, seems to…
The Islamophobic web
“Canadian Hindu Advocacy” is a group that says it plans to screen the Innocence of Muslims propaganda film that has stirred up chaos and death in the Middle East. Who…
Occupy Collingwood Part Deux…
… or the Long March to Truthiness… On Monday, the folks who want town council to revisit the decision on rec facilities will march from Central Park to town hall.…
Parliamentary privilege should not be overused
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee recently began legal proceedings against the Auditor-General because he was refusing to deny an access to information request. Access to information is a…
Parliamentary privilege should not be overused
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee recently began legal proceedings against the Auditor-General because he was refusing to deny an access to information request. Access to information is a…
Parliamentary privilege should not be overused
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee recently began legal proceedings against the Auditor-General because he was refusing to deny an access to information request. Access to information is a…
B.C. Leaders Plan Mass Rally Against Enbridge Gateway Pipeline October 22
Next month, Canadians will launch one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in the country’s history. Over 80 influential leaders from across the country, representing a wide cross-section of…
Parliamentary privilege should not be overused
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee recently began legal proceedings against the Auditor-General because he was refusing to deny an access to information request. Access to information is a…
Cabinet Audition #nlpoli
According to former Tory caucus member Tom Osborne, caucus knew a month ago that Kathy Dunderdale would be shuffling her cabinet in October. That’s bizarre in itself. But now we…
From the protesters in Cairo
“Before the police, we were attacked by Obama,” shouted one demonstrator, blaming U.S. President Barack Obama and the U.S. government for insulting the Prophet. One banner held aloft by demonstrators…
A Wake Up Call To Women
“Women must wake up this great force they possess and bring the world back to peace and harmony.” THIRTEEN INDIGENOUS GRANDMOTHERS
RIP Peter Lougheed
I remember Peter Lougheed mainly as a young boy interested in politics sparring with Pierre Trudeau over the Constitution and to a lesser extent the National Energy Program. I now…
John Cummins To Bail On B.C. Conservatives?
Dean Skoreyko may be a few cans short of a six-pack, but he does seem to have an in with the B.C. Conservative Party. So when he writes that party…
Friday miscellany…
What the hell is with McGuinty and all of this nanny state nonsense? Banning teens from tanning beds? Really? Isn’t this the job of a parent? This move is totally…
Criminal Hate Speech Complaint To Be Filed Against Ezra, Sun News?
When Deboaned noted in my comments section that police were “taking an interest” in Levant’s anti-Roma screed, I didn’t think much of it. But now I am informed by usually…
Osborne quits Tory caucus #nlpoli
Tom Osborne is part of the old townie Tory establishment in Newfoundland and Labrador. He quit Kathy Dunderdale’s party on Thursday to sit as an independent member of the House…
Aimee Semple McPherson goes to Broadway
Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson is opening on Broadway in October. With book and lyrics by Kathie Lee Gifford and music by David Pomeranz and David…
Netanyahu, Harper, and the War on Obama
The other night I accused Stephen Harper of timing his decision to sever ties with Iran in order to ratchet up tensions, just before Benjamin Netanyahu went ballistic. Why is…