Canada’s Labour Day came about after following years of organizing, strikes, parades and protests. Labour Day was declared as an Official Holiday in 1894 by Liberal-Conservative Prime Minister Robert David…
Two Liberal bloggers – Scott Tribe and local Kitchener-Waterloo blogger Darcy Casselman, who I’ve read once or twice but don’t have the greatest familiarity with – have come out saying…
Kitimat – A large tanker carrying hooligan oil set forth from Kitimat to the Burrard Inlet in the Salish Sea. The hooligan run was a bumper crop so it was…
My Paradise Canada Lost Lost to be recovered.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a hero for peace. The Iraq war “has destabilized and polarized the world to a greater extent than any other conflict in history,” wrote Tutu, who was…
For the record: I’m a card carrying federal Liberal (and remain so, despite the trouble the party is facing right now). I have BEEN an Ontario provincial card-carrying Liberal until…
You may have heard of him. He is the Member of Parliament for Outremont, a fancy and schmancy neighbourhood in Montreal. An area that now that I think of it…
Although there is no law prohibiting the use of The Reid Technique, I find that it has the ability to extinguish the individual’s sacred legal rights to be presumed innocent…
The Cat believes that it is almost certain that Justin Trudeau will run for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. If he does not, his credibility would be…
This was the shooting script for the 2009 short film, ‘The Golden Pin’, which I co-wrote with director Cuong Ngo. I also worked as Associate Producer on this production. The…
If you have an option to not see “Hit & Run” , take it. If I’d written this review last night, I might have given it a 5 and said…
On October 21st, 2013, Calgarians will elect a new City Council. That’s 414 days from now. There will, no doubt, be some new faces on council. Some new titles, too:…
This is terribly convenient. If the charge is bogus then all the pressure on Pakistan goes and the dreadful law stays. Somehow I doubt the Imam desecrated the Quran simply…
In Public Opinion Research conducted by the District of Fort St. James 198 respondents indicated a significant majority (86%) opposed the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal. The following letter was put…
We’ll know the answer Tuesday night, will Quebecers choose the separatist PQ, take a flyer on the populist CAQ or will they instead opt for the devil they know in…
Prominent Academics Respond to the TPP (via EFF) We asked several academics to let us know their thoughts about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The TPP is a secretive, multi-national…
Desmond Tutu wants Tony Blair and George w. Bush tossed into the prisoners’ dock before the International Criminal Court. The Archbishop wants the pair tried for the invasion of Iraq.…
Actually I don’t think that the worst football coach in the history of football ever left the Waterloo Warriors; the team was suspended for a bit but played last year…
Indigenous Pipe Line (Twinned) Filed under: Political Humour Tagged: Aboriginal, bitumen, chanupa, First Nations, indian, indigenous, native, oil sands, peace pipe, peacepipe, pipe line, tar, twinned
“Can you recommend a good doctor?” This is the final question in an article by Tony Bates about teaching, and it frames the debate nicely. We would be very disinclined…
