Wynne to become Premier
It’s all over but the voting. Unless divine intervention occurs, Kathleen Wynne will be elected as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in 2 to 3 hours. Unfortunately, I will…
January 2013
EnviroCan Coddles Big Fossil
Harper’s EnviroCan doesn’t have the stomach to prosecute oil, gas and pipeline companies for their wanton mishaps. It prefers, instead, to speak sternly to them or at least send them…
Why I Joined the Wynne Camp
Eric Hoskins | Gerard Kennedy Sandra Pupatello | Charles Sousa | Harinder Takhar | | Kathleen Wynne It took them some time. In fact quite a bit of time. But…
Supreme Court of Canada to hear landmark Tsilhqot’in Aboriginal title case
by Tsilhqot’in National Government | Jan 24, 2013 TŜILHQOT’IN TERRITORY, BC – The Supreme Court of Canada announced today that it will hear the Tsilhqot’in Nation’s landmark Aboriginal title claim,…
It’s going to be tight!
In line to vote now. Here we go!
Interview with Chris Drew (Wynne Camp) Before Third Ballot
Eric Hoskins | Gerard Kennedy | Sandra Pupatello | Charles Sousa | Harinder Takhar | Kathleen Wynne
Xtra journalist accredited to attend Ontario Liberal convention,misleading Xtra story gives different impression…
This story caught my interest as an accredited blogger at the Ontario Liberal leadership convention. I just had a chat with the party’s media person, Bradley Hammond, about it. He…
OLP Leadership – Penultimate
The final ballot is being cast. The deadline to withdraw has passed. Kennedy went to Wynne with about 8 minutes left. Sousa has decided to join him. Wynne has a…
More construction at Centennial Pool
Here you can see the additional aluminum supports that have been erected to hold up the fabric covering. Only a small area at the north has had some of the…
2nd Round Results
Kennedy: 285 (13.7%)Pupatello: 817 (39.4%)Sousa: 203 (9.8%)Takhar: 18 (0.9%)Wynne: 750 (36.2%) Takhar missed the 2nd round drop off but unofficially went to Pupatello, That’s why his number above is so…
Bill 115 Protests Grow Outside Leadership Convention
Eric Hoskins | Gerard Kennedy Sandra Pupatello | Charles Sousa | Harinder Takhar | | Kathleen Wynne Teachers protesting Bill 115 have swollen to hundreds in number, blocking off the…
OLP Leadership – 2nd ballot
This is likely the penultimate ballot, as Kennedy and Sousa would be silly to carry on at this stage. He would need over 100% support to even edge into second.…
A brief… LULL #olpldr
We’re in the middle of a lull while we await 2nd round results for the OLP Leadership Convention. The two front runners are neck and neck (Wynne and Pupatello), with…
A Picture While you Wait
Everyone is waiting for 2nd ballot results, but they have not arrived. So I thought I would post this instead. I’d forgotten that B. Farber took a pic of me…
Help! My DVR is broken! What’s on TV?
Funny, isn’t it, how you can become so dependent upon a technology that didn’t even exist just a few years ago. OK, maybe funny isn’t the right word. Perhaps a…
The Latest Affront to Decency – Ag-Gag Laws
Big Agra has been plagued by whistleblowers exposing industrial agriculture’s excesses such as animal cruelty, food safety or environmental degradation. Now Big Agra in the U.S. is fighting back with…
Salt Lake City Pollution
If we are not careful then we all, around the globe, will be subjected to this kind of pollution in the not too distant future. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news,…
OLP Leadership – 1st ballot
Teddy here. With Kyle likely busy doing delegate things, I thought I should fill in. A fair warning to readers: I had expected the results would come out tomorrow, so…
Saturday Photo: Orange Rules
For the NDP wine and cheese on Thursday we used bowls of clementines for table decorations. They looked quite nice, and had the advantage of being both cheaper than flowers,…
Results of the First Ballot
Eric Hoskins | Gerard Kennedy Sandra Pupatello | Charles Sousa | Harinder Takhar | | Kathleen Wynne The results of the first ballot: Eric Hoskins 150 votes 7.2% Gerrard Kennedy…