So then what will they do? #nlpoli
Let’s make no bones about it. Even at the deepest darkest moments after the death of Meech Lake, federal-provincial relations were never as bad as they are right now between…
2012
The Bobo Cons and the Chinese Menace
Golly. I see Peter MacKay was in the hot seat again today. Claiming he’s smart enough to keep those fancy jets from costing us an arm and a leg. And…
Just saw the english Mulcair ad
My reaction: Why is this man on my TV looking all psycho-eyed in a suit and trying to make nice with me? As an anglo Quebecker, I really don’t like…
Just saw the english Mulcair ad
My reaction: Why is this man on my TV looking all psycho-eyed in a suit and trying to make nice with me? As an anglo Quebecker, I really don't like…
Just saw the english Mulcair ad
My reaction: Why is this man on my TV looking all psycho-eyed in a suit and trying to make nice with me? As an anglo Quebecker, I really don’t like…
Explaining the F-35 fiasco: the ‘Yes Minister Defence’
Yes Minister! Senior civil servants advise Defence Minister Peter MacKay, holding the Globe and Mail at right, on the F-35 purchase: “Confidentially Minister MacKay, everything you tell me about the…
Campaignus Interruptus
So long, Rick…and thanks for all the wanks.
Four new affiliates
Please welcome to Progressive Bloggers: From Orangutan In This Corner Song of The Watermelon Warren Kinsella
This is a test
I am dictating this post, I am not typing it. This is a first.
Field of galls
Feeling a little non-verbal these days. So here, have a picture. Not a great one, but it’ll have to do.
Fern Hill is still an idiot
And she still thinks hanging out where neo-Nazis and white supremacists hang out is okay. It isn’t. Time for Fern to learn a lesson, I’d say.
Crunch time for the Hub?
I haven’t written much about the Hub lately. But things have been moving along, behind the scenes. The big developments: Somerset West Community Health Centre’s board approved a plan to…
CBC’s role too vital to diminish
Columnist says the approximately $200 million in cuts Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is making to the CBC over the next three years is an ideologically driven decision that will do…
CBC English services to cut 256 jobs to deal with government cuts by Etan Vlessing
Columnist says the CBC News department is to take a $10 million hit to its annual operating budget, leading to the loss of 88 jobs.
Finding New Strategies for Progressives in Canada
A few weeks back, Andrew Coyne wrote an excruciatingly epideictic column for The National Post on the virtues of free trade in general, stressing in the process how virtuous CETA…
Defence Minister promises more F-35 oversight
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/04/10/f35-mackay.html
But trust, as former prime minister Brian Mulroney found, is easy to lose
We Liberals found that out too… http://www.thestar.com/mobile/NEWS/article/1159270 F-35s, robocalls and the erosion of Harper's credibility In politics, trust corrodes easily. The damage may not be visible at first, but…
Here’s a prediction: A Canadian F-35 will be shot down by a drone in 2035
One of the problems with living in a country like Canada is that certain people become the default person on certain issues. It’s a small place and the opportunity for…