Peter Mackay: Besides F-35 another $2 billion bungling
Defence minister Peter MacKay is taking the heat for the shortcomings of the F-35 project in public, yet he is no longer in control of the process. Chris Wattie/Reuters This…
2012
Engage
Last night I was having several parallel conversations online, all pertaining to civic engagement (or the lack of it, more precisely). What comes first, the politicians willing to interact with…
Crash Course History: Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars
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Alberta’s Sarah Palin defends candidates who say whites better, gays will burn in Hell
Right here. (But, whatever you do, National Post’s Jen Gerson, don’t cover that!)
Alberta Votes 2012: The lesser of two evils, is still evil.
I came across this condescending and narrow-minded video campaign a few days ago. Albertans vote on Monday so I thought I would commented on it before the polls open in…
A couple of things…
… have me wondering what is being put into the water consumed by the good burghers of a) Toronto and b) Alberta. Exhibit A, Toronto: Rob Ford’s approval rating is…
The Wildrose cabinet: Jen Gerson, don’t read this
Jen Gerson thinks it’s “fear mongering” to take a look at the public record of Wildrose extremists, such as the one who has called for David Suzuki’s murder. That’s a…
The case for an NPD-Q
A year, now, since Québec first crested the Big Orange Wave, and still, the NDP continue to thrive. It prompts a brand-new big idea: isn’t it time to build a…
The World 20-Years From Now Will Not Resemble the World Today
Change is happening and the pace of change is accelerating. Most of the changes that are nearing will not be welcome. Some will be enormously challenging. The global consulting giant,…
Meet your Wildrose Candidate: John Carpay
John Carpay is Wildrose’s Calgary Lougheed candidate. Anti-choice, anti-gay marriage and advocate for privatized healthcare. Health Minister John Carpay? Within the first five minutes of meeting Carpay at a Fraser…
The essence of bribery #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Authorities in Quebec have their hands full with a raft of corruption investigations, according to the Globe and Mail. This paragraph toward the end of the Globe story stands out:…
Now is the time for all good Liberals to come to the aid of their party.
Important note: The following blog is intended only for people who usually vote Liberal, but who are thinking of switching their vote to either the PCs (to stop the Wildrose)…
George Zimmerman will be free on bail
It is sad. This man is a cold-blooded murderer. Maybe it helped that his father was a judge. To me it looks like first justice denied and now justice delayed.…
Extremism in Wildrose
Well, what our newest member lacks in total post, he certainly makes up in impact. Naberius200’s article on Link Byfield’s association with white supremacist Paul Fromm has resulted in more…
Friday morning Robocon blogging
The story of vote suppression in last year’s federal election has moved ahead this week on two different tracks. Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher, the journalists who originally broke the…
Wildrose activist calls for murder of David Suzuki
…the same Wildrose delegate, Richard Evans, who mocks Holocaust victims, and promotes the neo-Nazi Stormfront web site. Here’s an exchange between Evans and Kate MacMillan of Small Dead Animals, who…
I am an astronaut
Does that surprise anybody? I have been an astronaut all my life enjoying the ride on a special spaceship which travels in space constantly. The name of that spaceship is…
How I’d Vote
Far be it for me to tell anyone in Alberta how to vote. I don’t live in the province anymore, and my biases are right there for you to see…
Common law duty of fairness does not always require that a party be permitted legal representation
Telfer v. The University of Western Ontario, 2012 ONSC 1287 holds that there the common law duty of fairness does not, in an administrative context, always require that a party…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Paul Buchhelt offers five reasons why the extremely wealthy should pay more in taxes. But if we can anticipate some conflict over that…