Professional Partisan Liberal Party Spin FAILS Yet Again
(Click on image above to enlarge ….) It’s comical when Libs or Cons try to attach horns and pointed tails to members of the New Democratic Party of Canada. One…
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Municipal Investment Strategies for the Technological Singularity
An Open Letter to Town Council Dear Councilors: Your town may have an emergency plan, a development plan, a health plan — it may even have a plan for how…
They’re baaaaack….
Yes, dear readers, the separatists have once again grabbed the reins of power in that province that starts with a “Q”. With but a slight advantage over the Liberals, the…
Quebec election morning after
What a tremendously shocking incident at the PQ victory rally last night. To see a death at a political rally, other gun injuries and a fire set…that’s a truly shaking…
A media cautionary tale
The polling firm that says the NDP is way ahead… …is the same firm that declared the Parti Québeçois was headed towards “a comfortable majority.” Why does the Star do…
Quebec – good, bad and very ugly.
We had all 3 in last night’s Quebec provincial election. The bad news if you’re a Canadian federalist is the PQ won, and that Liberal Premier Jean Charest lost his…
Quebec Votes
The National Post is the only place so far that has a graphic representation of the vote breakdown. As in the case of Alberta, the pollsters seemed to have missed…
Upper Churchill – an unexplored alternative #nlpoli
Muskrat Falls “not a competitive solution” SRBP Exclusive Over the next 55 years – the Muskrat Falls planning period – consumers in Newfoundland and Labrador could achieve savings of up…
How to Decide Whether Public-Sector Employeers Are Overpaid
Recently I took a Globe & Mail columnist to task for arguing that Ontario’s public school teachers are overpaid. As a humble blogger I hardly expect a response from such…
If I were a Pauline Marois Political Adviser…
The face of intolerance being led away by police As the results were trickling in during what was a tumultuous provincial election in Quebec: tragedy struck. One person is dead.…
Post-Confederate Albertans in Ottawa, the PQ in Quebec: Can Canada afford a national leader with no national vision?
Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes note of Quebec’s aspirations. Alberta politicians may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Mr. Harper exhibiting the post-Confederation Alberta zeitgeist (Calgary Herald photo); PQ Leader…
Enough Cowichan Regional Nonsense
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Larry Woodruff is a Shawnigan Resident with strong feelings and opinions about local governance. He has sent them along to Cowichan Conversations, Cowichan Valley Citizen and…
Québec election asks more questions than it answers
So the results are in, we have a minority PQ government here in Québec, that is unless there are numerous recounts that result in a number of riding switching hands,…
Putting It All Together
Since I’m outside of Quebec, some might find it odd that my evening consisted of sitting down in front of the TV and watching the provincial election results. After all,…
Quebec election: What Francois Legault should do
Now that the dust is settling, a PQ minority government will take over in Quebec with roughly one-third of the vote, while the Legault Coalition party will end up with…
The Caregivers’ Six Senses: Today is TOUCH
This is the first in a mini-series about how the senses are used in caregiving. Today’s subject: TOUCH One of the benefits of caregiving, I believe, is that we touch…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats nodding off.
Why the Republicans Should Take Notes from Quebec
Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan have been traveling America promising a more appropriate recovery and an overall better America, if they are chosen in the upcoming election…
Robosurveycalls
My first career was as a market research analyst, and ever since then I’ve been a market research hobbyist. As part of that I always volunteer to do surveys –…
PQ To Form New Quebec Government
Parti Quebecois win the day in Quebec!