Sixth Estate Patronage List Poised to Return
A couple of years ago now, I decided to start a list that tracked all the various times that people receiving government appointments were noted in the press as being…
January 2013
Why Banning Guns Is Pointless, Or Soon Will Be
Thanks to 3D printing, a government ban on guns soon will be as enforceable as a government ban on pictures of guns. That is because, not in the too distant…
#Ottawapiskat Mirrors Attawapiskat
Life is hard when political leaders are corrupt. Election cheats, pork politics, and pocket padding is not limited to some corrupt leaders on First Nations (Reserves). Corruption exists where ever…
Adbusters’ project to “take down Harper”: #SwaggerNoMore
by Adbusters | Jan 17, 2013 “The time has come for all of us to get involved.” He ditched the Kyoto Protocol, voted against Palestine, violated human rights, passed unconstitutional…
Idle No More protests successfully wind up Alberta solicitor general
Alberta Solicitor General and Justice Minister Jonathan Denis, right, reacts to word of an Idle No More road blockade while Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell looks on. Actual Alberta politicians…
SNN and CBC on this cold January Sunday
It was a busy day for me today. And, I was asked to go on both Sun News Network and the CBC to talk about today’s federal Liberal leadership debate,…
From housing to plumbing
(originally written Mar 4, 2012. Part of Great Upload of 2013.) Readers (regular and irregular both) may know that about six years ago, I was quoted in MacLean’s saying Canadian…
Arnie Lemaire (BlazingCatFur) Settles With Warman
Sounds like this might be another in our, “Don’t @#$% With Richard Warman” series: Richard Warman is pleased to confirm settlement of his libel action against Arnie Lemaire (aka BlazingCatFur)…
4000 Reasons Not to Build the Northern Gateway Pipeline
The Northern Gateway Pipeline Community Hearings are nearly complete, with two remaining sessions scheduled in Kelowna and Vancouver at the end of this month. Come February, the Joint Review Panel…
A Freer Market
A FREE-ER MARKET One of the perpetual myths of our so-called capitalist society is that we have the closest approach to a “free market”, and that this is all to…
Gun Show Week Wraps Up – With Body Bags
It’s been a big week for the American gun show circuit. Five people were wounded from accidental gun discharges at three U.S. gun shows. The Shot Show gala, 2013, in…
5540…Somebody Could Get Shot On Highway 63
In The National Post the other day there was this piece of prose: Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam said that while there are no plans to shut down…
I was over fifty when I started to learn Inuktitut
The solitudes separating aboriginal and settler people in Canada are profound. As a child I learned that Canada was a nation settled, yes by people who came long before my…
Métis Nation Welcomes Plans to Reform Aboriginal Child Welfare System
by Métis Nation of Ontario | Jan 18, 2013: Métis Nation of Ontario Encouraged by Plans to Reform Aboriginal Child Welfare System Today Laurel Broten, Ontario Minister of Children and…
Albertans Step Up and Finance the BC Liberals!
Dara Quast-Community Activist It is hard to decide what is more offensive in this latest development of the BC Liberals seeking financial support from Albertan businessmen. Is it the blatant…
Trent University to Host North at Trent 2013 Lecture Series
by Trent University | Jan 18, 2013: Trent University is pleased to once again host the North at Trent 2013 lecture series, featuring three free public lectures from Trent and…
Proportional Representation? *check* Legalize and Tax Marijuana? *check* Carbon Tax? *check* Anyone But Harper Cooperation? *check* -Joyce Murray
Several bold but well-thought-out positions are making Vancouver MP Joyce Murray an interesting candidate for the Liberal leadership. Murray seemed to attract quite a bit of attention in the debate.…
Proportional Representation? *check* Legalize and Tax Marijuana? *check* Carbon Tax? *check* Anyone But Harper Cooperation? *check* -Joyce Murray
Several bold but well-thought-out positions are making Vancouver MP Joyce Murray an interesting candidate for the Liberal leadership. Murray seemed to attract quite a bit of attention in the debate.…
Proportional Representation? *check* Legalize and Tax Marijuana? *check* Carbon Tax? *check* Anyone But Harper Cooperation? *check* -Joyce Murray
Several bold but well-thought-out positions are making Vancouver MP Joyce Murray an interesting candidate for the Liberal leadership.Murray seemed to attract quite a bit of attention in the debate. She…
Vancouver Liberal Leadership Debate: First Impressions
As following the recent NDP and GOP leadership races so poignantly demonstrated, leadership debates are best at demonstrating the electibility of candidates. Basic values come through as well, but these…