Destructive attack on democracy
British Columbia’s wealthiest citizens will soon be pressured to contribute unprecedented levels of cash for an intensive PR campaign aimed at ensuring reelection of a business friendly government. This will…
2012
You would fight against disclosure too… #nlpoli
Rarely does one cabinet minister put on not one or two spectacular displays of incompetence in one session of the legislature, but justice minister Felix Collins has done that this…
Richard Epstein Off The Heartland Expert List
As regular readers may know, I spent a good part of May 2012 trying to convince that subset of the Heartland Institute expert list who were also legitimate scientists to…
Rumble on the right: Conservative candidates stampede into Calgary Centre
Astonished Calgarians watch as the Calgary Centre Conservative candidates ride into Cowtown. Acutal candidates may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Joan Crockatt, Rod Love, John Mar. By the time…
Rumble on the right: Conservative candidates stampede into Calgary Centre
Astonished Calgarians watch as the Calgary Centre Conservative candidates ride into Cowtown. Acutal candidates may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Joan Crockatt, Rod Love, John Mar. By the time…
The Quebec Students and the Little Red Square
The Grand Prix of Montreal is finally over, and sadly my favourite driver Anarcho Panda, the gentle mascot of the student movement, didn't win. And although there were a lot…
In today’s Sun: he’s Justin case
How serious is a Justin Trudeau candidacy for Liberal Party leader? Serious enough that the smearmongers are now frantically trying to stop his momentum. Serious enough that nasty rumours and…
Video: Yù – Carré Rouge
This beautiful video and song Carré Rouge traces the history of the Quebec student movement, which started on February 13, 2012, and continues to this day. The Red Square has…
Video: Yù – Carré Rouge
This beautiful video and song Carré Rouge traces the history of the Quebec student movement, which started on February 13, 2012, and continues to this day. The Red Square has…
Video: Yù – Carré Rouge
This beautiful video and song Carré Rouge traces the history of the Quebec student movement, which started on February 13, 2012, and continues to this day. The Red Square has…
Video: Yù – Carré Rouge
This beautiful video and song Carré Rouge traces the history of the Quebec student movement, which started on February 13, 2012, and continues to this day. The Red Square has…
What do vampires, zombies and UFOs have in common?
Nothing! Absolutely nothing… except maybe the fact that stories about supposed zombie people, vampire men and UFOs have captured the headlines of major newspapers in recent months. Freak stories usually…
Oceans Make People Socialists
At first I thought is was salt water, but then how do you explain Corsica. Mountains? Nope. Borders? Maybe. But the most logical illogical explanation for the French election results…
In French, You Only Capitalize the First Word of a Title
This is a For Your Information post from a blogger who lives in a very fragile glass house. Heaven knows, spelling, typo avoidance and grammar are not my strong suites.…
Canada’s “Refugee Exclusion Act” Clears Commons
What a sad day for Canadian politics! All day today, millions of us were entranced by the epic beginning of the struggle against Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s draconian Budget Bill…
The list keeps getting longer
There’s going to be a whole lot of stuff to revoke once the New Democrat Liberal party gets elected — now we can add this “Canada doesn’t want any wretched…
4730…Dean Del Mastro Wishes He Was A Yank
I will tell you why. He is soon to be the former MP for Peterpatch, Ontario. He will need a job and after being an MP a cool job is…
Federal Court Asks CRTC to Review the Status of CBC/Radio-Canada Station CBEF in Windsor
An investigation has concluded that CBC/Radio-Canada had failed to fulfil its obligations under Part VII of the Official Languages Act by not consulting the Francophone community in southwestern Ontario or…
Response to the Demise of Sec. 13 in "Maclean’s"
Earlier today, we were contacted by "Maclean's" and asked about our take on the demise of Sec. 13. We responded as follows: We think that the government was incredibly short…
Ballet Or Battle Of The Blades: CBC Has To Choose by Richard Stursberg
Former executive vice-president of CBC English services says that if the corporation is to survive recent cuts, it will need to make several tough choices, including between serving the public…