Going to the Wall in Defence of Mulcair
I have the following op-ed in today’s Saskatoon Star Phoenix: Royalty hike cure for Dutch disease Premier Brad Wall calls federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair “very, very divisive” for expressing…
2012
ConCalls: True Believers Ignore Evidence #RoboCon
@saskboy Will you ever learn that PMSH simply doesnt plan and execute Robocall-kindacrap? #notthatkindaPM @leaderpost— Carol Husband (@CarolHusband) May 11, 2012 “The Conservative Party can say absolutely definitively it has…
The Comprehension Constant #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale seems to have a chronic problem of saying things that are not correct and also saying things she does not mean. This is not just a poor…
Tim Hudak goes to Belleville
And here’s a headline he garnered as a result of a town hall he held on Thursday: “Hudak’s plans to kill FIT panned.” He promised to do away with the…
‘Tough on crime’ is becoming a farce
http://www.nationalpost.com/m/search/Tough+crime+becoming+farce/6603217/story.html?q=tough%20on%20crime How does taxing prisoners' pathetically meager earnings help victims or make streets safer? For six years now, the federal Tories have been getting "tough on crime." Many of the…
The saddest days of Peter Van Loan
As a skateboard trick, it’s pretty rudimentary. As a perspective on democracy, though, Peter Van Loan’s 180 is downright sad. It was seven years ago that the Liberals shut down…
Demonstrating empty headed desperation
Yesterday, I noticed a small gem in Rod Smelser’s informative twitter stream: “BC Govt Communications & Public Engagement has budget of $26M for spin, Environmental Assessment Office, $9M. Sierra Club:…
A quick primer: Inflation vs. Devaluation
Following a conversation I had tonight on twitter, I’d like to write a quick little guide on the difference between devaluation and inflation, as they do look quite similar. Let’s…
Incompetence, Delays at Elections Canada Compromise Investigation into Pierre Poutine
The latest Postmedia revelations, which appear to be consecutive teasers drawn from a single court record (why give us the whole story when you can drag it out over multiple…
Growing discomfort
This week, we learned that Stephen Harper, in Nixonian tradition, is using federal tax authorities to harass political opponents. From The Globe and Mail: “Tides Canada is having its charitable…
If you put all the water on Earth in one place
If you put all the water on Earth in one place it would look like this: Yes that is a lot of water, but compared with the rest of the…
From the Annals of Diplomacy: Stephen Harper fires a Cannon at the Parisians
Prime Minister Stephen Harper fires a Cannon at the Parisians. Defeated Canadian politicians on their way to cushy appointments abroad may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Lawrence Cannon, François…
Stephen Harper’s Massive Meltdown
Well so much for all those carefully staged photo-ops of Great True North Leader surveying his frozen dominion. So much for his grand plans to assert our arctic sovereignty. Six…
Canada’s Tiananmen Moments,
This is what police in Quebec are doing to striking students. I know that some people won’t like that I called this post “Canada’s Tiananmen Moments,” but by placing Quebec…
4624…What Year Is It In Arizona?
This is the state that, I have read, thinks it is okay to check the I D of t h o s e people at random to make sure they…
Daegu International Children’s Games Are Fast Approaching: Kitchener-Waterloo Youth Get Excited
Take this coupon, print it out, go to the Kitchener Moose Winooskis oand purchase some food to help support and send kids to the International Children’s Games in South Korea.…
Mmmm BBQ – Head to Sobeys on Columbia and Fischer Hallman Waterloo, ON
This Saturday, May 12th from 10 am – 3 pm head to Sobeys on Columbia & Fischer Hallman for a BBQ to help support the Kitchener-Waterloo International Children’s Games.
election of rookie mla’s kicks off municipal by-elections across alberta.
The results of the April 23 provincial general election in Alberta will cause a series of municipal by-elections as some successful candidates move from the previously held municipal roles into…
4623…Apparently Foreign Oil Companies
Are from other lands. This comes as a revelation in the popular press which is aghast that much of the money being made in Fort Mac and other Canuck oilfields…