Big Surpise in Quebec: The Polls Were Wrong!
The turn out was very good–nearly 74 per cent–and the voters did their thing, making up their minds privately, and surprsing a lot of people. As you probably already know,…
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Notwithstanding the One Whacko, Quebec’s Collective Intelligence Prevails
Calling a general election during the summer months in order to avoid the anticipated turmoil of a government commission mandated to investigate corruption in the construction industry and dragging out…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – There wasn’t much doubt from the recent storm of astroturfed Twitter messages that NDP candidate Catherine Fife stood to do well in tomorrow’s…
Inexcusable
It should come as no surprise to anyone that I have no patience whatsoever for the politics of the separatist Parti Quebecois. Their success is an affront to the country…
More Thoughts on this Thorny Language Question.
Continuing on with the problem of language laws and the issues that the election of the PQ raises, I thought I would make a few more comments. These thoughts were…
Michelle Obama Gives The Best First Lady Speech Ever
First Lady Michelle Obama electrified DNC The upbeat Democratic National Convention offered Americans a stark contrast and approach compared to the RNC Convention last week. It has been a longtime…
Heather Mallick On The Insidious Nature Of Poverty
The older I get, the less patience I have with government that preaches an austerity that has a disproportionate impact on the poor. Of the right-wing rhetoric and mythology that…
Sept. 5: Page one….
In most newspapers, page one is for the big news of the day. But the front page of The Moncton Times and Tribune is always one that would stun a…
Jean Charest Exits on Top
The headlines haven’t been kind to the outgoing Premier this morning: Jean Charest’s luck finally runs out, Charest’s Gamble Costs Liberals, Charest Has Only Himself To Blame For Quebec Election…
amnesty: kim rivera is a conscientious objector. let her stay.
Gloria Nafziger at Amnesty International Canada: Amnesty International considers Kimberly Rivera to be a conscientious objector, and as such would consider her to be a prisoner of conscience should she…
Random Thoughts on PQ Victory
so yesterday were the quebec elections. the pq won a minority government (although i guess in theory the liberals and the more right-wing caq could form a coalition) but not…
5133…It Is Finally Here
The NFL. Tonight the New York Giants against the Dallas Cowboys. You know what channel.WFDS
Shooting Mars PQ Pauline Marois Victory. One Dead-One Critically Injured!
The Toronto Star reports that Quebec plainclothes police hustled PQ Leader off the stage while she was thanking her supporters for her minority government election win. One man was shot…
5132…The Sky Over La Belle Is Still Blue
Stop the hand wringing folks. Quebec is still there; I didn’t have to go through customs when I crossed the border this morning. They still sell beer at the gas…
Weathergirl Goes Off Script, Mentions Science
Pippa the weathergirl goes off script and drops some science instead of the usual barbeque forecast: * Yes, there is more sea ice missing now than there is ice remaining.…
Chicago Teachers Prepare to Strike on Friday
Public schools across Chicago opened Tuesday for the school year, but they may have to shutter their doors if the school board fails to come to an agreement with the…
headline letter in today’s star: let them stay
In today’s Toronto Star: Let U.S. war resister stay in Canada For the last few years, I have followed our government’s response to the issue of American war resisters in…
Fall 2012 – Some Fun Updates
Hi friends – am super excited about a number of upcoming events I’ve been asked to participate in this fall. All this means I’ll be in Charlotte, Boston and Washington…