Housing Market Hypocrisy
Yesterday brought new house price numbers showing that the Canadian housing market has not, as yet, fallen off a cliff. Prices are down a little in Vancouver while still rising…
2012
My Guest Appearance on Lang & O’Leary
As part of promoting my book “Thieves of Bay Street” last week I was booked as a guest on the Lang and O’Leary Exchange, CBC’s one-hour daily business show. Admittedly,…
RoboCalls Probe Extends To Conservative Party Of Canada Headquarters
OTTAWA — “Elections Canada investigators on the trail of the “Pierre Poutine” suspect in the robocalls case have been asking questions about the actions of staff at Conservative party headquarters…
In today’s Sun: untested, untried, unfit
How important is the last week in a campaign? Really, really important. Important enough to make the difference — in Alberta, and anywhere else. Lots of Canadians are now watching…
Independent MLA’s speak out
FORT ST. JOHN – Independent B.C. MLAs Bob Simpson and Vicki Huntington’s visit to the Peace allowed them to see the region’s natural resource face to face, resulting in questions…
Conservatives ask court to toss legal challenge to election result
How does this work? Simple — under the Federal Court Rules unless a claim is drafted so as to state a cause of action within the Court's jurisdiction the Court…
Radio Topics, April 17
Happy Tuesday! We’ve got an exciting show lined up. At 8:05, we’ll continue our build up to MEC’s annual bikefest, chatting with some of the folks behind the Right Bike…
The RoboCon Scandal and the Con War Room
Well I suppose it had to happen eh? Sooner or later the investigation into the RoboCon scandal had to lead all the way to the Con War Room. Elections Canada…
Krugman Puts Europe on Suicide Watch
Princeton economist, New York Times columnist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman wonders if Europe’s political leadership has a death wish. “The question then was whether this brave and effective action…
ConCalls: Coverup Emerges in #RoboCon
As I’d suspected MORE THAN A MONTH AGO, we’re looking at a coverup at the Conservative Party headquarters. March 6th was five days after I’d already explained to some political…
Life is a warfare and a stranger’s sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.
Marcus Aurelius Cheery guy that Marcus Aurelius
Niceying up the wealthy so we feel bad for them when we want to tax them more
There’s this refreshing counter-melody threading in and out of the deafening cacophony of rhetoric around cutting our way to greatness and the great quest for lower wages and cheaper stuff.…
Guest post from Farmland Defence League
BC Liberals Pat Pimm and Blair Lekstrom have proposed a delegation agreement for the Peace River Valley, a move that is intended to free them of political responsibility for development…
Harper on celebrating the Charter
Harper can’t celebrate the Charter ’cause it’s too divisive and all. This is weak tea for a Canadian Prime Minister: “In terms of this as an anniversary, I think it’s…
Liberal MLA Bloy embarrasses the Legislature
John Horgan, critic for energy, mines and petroleum resources, spoke to the Legislature Monday about directing the B.C. Utilities Commission to do a full and comprehensive review of the Smart…
Enbridge Pipeline: Radicals and Conservatives
The so-called “radicals” are really “conservatives” while those in government and industry favouring the pipeline are the “radicals”. Those attempting to halt the pipeline and slow development of the tar…
Canadian Politics Are Unstable? What?
Apparently that’s what’s being implied by former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, who appears to be pushing for a merger of the NDP and the Liberals more and more these days,…