Redistribution 2012: Western Canada
So as I said in the post before, I’ve managed to get my hands on the transposed results of the 2011 election into the new federal boundaries, which gave us…
2012
I really cannot imagine anything good…
… or productive coming out of this new, aggressive stance against Iran! Why, Stevo? What is there to gain from this? Need to grab some headlines? I don’t get it.…
An Embargo On Ideas In The Offing?
One of the pleasures of my retired life is getting together for coffee on a regular basis with my friend Ray, a retired vice-principal and one of the rare ‘good-guys’…
Economic Implosion is only one Factor in Our Demise
With no rebound in sight, there’s never been a slump like this – The Globe and Mail The focus here is on the usual neoliberal casino economics, not the real,…
“Having made the greatest legal blunder of the 20th century,” Dershowitz said of Darden, “he’s trying to blame it on the dead man.”
No matter your view on the case, it seems pretty thin to wait 17 years to blame someone who is dead and cannot respond; my view is the allegation is…
5142…Nanny Dalton McGuinty’s New Bar Law
Here he goes again. Spring of 2013 is the plan. WFDS
Democratic Party platform and the dismal record on civil liberties
The Republican Tampa outing was like an outsized town hall meeting compared to the Democrats’ mega-convention in Charlotte. The DNC audience was like a sea with no horizon… a microcosm…
5141…Prime Minister Harper Was Right
He was just visiting. The Toronto Sun breaks the story that the man that would be Prime Minister, Michael Ignatieff, is going back to Harvard to teach. You may now…
Former Manitoba Premier Howard Pawley Endorses Erin Weir For Leader Of The Saskatchewan New Democrats
The race to elect a new leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is officially underway.First to toss his hat into the ring was Saskatoon NDP MLA Cam Broten. Broten…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Dr. Dawg tears into the National Post’s gratuitous union-bashing: (W)hen it comes to unions, a careless disregard for facts seems to affect journos…
Iggy, we hardly knew ye
…actually, we knew you quite well, as it turns out. Hands up anyone who is surprised by this. Anyone? Anyone? Didn’t think so.
Canada Cuts diplomatic ties with Iran
John Baird and Stephen Harper, while attending the APEC meeting in Russia, made a ‘brave’ move to close the Canadian embassy in Iran and asked Iranian diplomats to leave Canada.…
Spoiling For A Fight
Tony Burman writes in this morning’s Toronto Star that Canada has a new Foreign Affairs Minister: His name is Benjamin Netanyahu. His day job may be prime minister of Israel,…
Public sector employment increases 2.45%
Public sector employment made a significant comeback in August in Ontario, according to Statistics Canada. After significant declines since April 2011, public sector employment has now made up most of…
September 8: liars, fools? and Harper….
I am beginning this in the early evening of Sept. 7 because of outrage at what Stephen Harper has done. It is dangerous, potentially murderous- and it cannot be excused…
Later Today: Complete Transposition of Federal Ridings
That’s right, I’ve got all 338 ridings transposed and laid out accurate as I can make it, using my fantastic sources. If you want to see all the transposed ridings,…
An Apt Contrast
There is the Energizer rabbit, brought to you by Everready: Then there is the Never-ready rabbit, brought to you by Ontario’s Conservative Party: Recommend this Post
5140…More Skateless Senators In Ottawa
Geez that Stephen Harper, the man who started out as a Reformer type, you know, Triple E Senate, shure has changed his tune.CFRA’s Norman Jack reports that “Since being elected…
The Confessions of a Quebec Anglophone
The other night I wrote about how shocked I was by the senseless act of cowardly violence that stole the life of poor Denis Blanchette. And how stunned I was…