In December, it was predicted that outgoing finance minister Dwight Duncan would reduce his deficit forecast just before his departure (for Bay Street). Duncan had somehow estimated in his fall…
Saskatoon Star PhoenixFebruary 4, 2013The government might not like the fact that provincial auditor Bonnie Lysyk is going beyond what her predecessors have done in stressing the need for one…
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/02/04/pol-senate-spending-living-expenses.html
Just the other day he was cuddling his chinchilla, and pretending to be Mr Nice Guy Leader.Today he was back in all his fascist foulness playing Great Crime Busting Leader.Justice…
Why would my friend Pupatello agree to be a Minister of Finance without a seat in the Legislature – when the very people doing the supposed asking were attacking her,…
Applies generally–not just to science blogs–I would say. Journalistic logic is always concluding “It sucks, but its there”. From here.
As I look out of my living room window, I think about my neighbors. I don’t know anyone in my area who has invited an aging parent to live at…
Pennywise, pound foolish? A penny saved is a penny earned Worth every penny. Today the penny starts it’s journey to being the new record/rotary phone/typewriters. It will forever have a…
For those of you that went long on poutine, congrats.Because of the demise by fire of the St. Albert Cheese Co-operative, which is/was in St. Albert, Ontario, just south east…
The demise of the penny cost me 2 cents at Metro today. Just saying.WFDS
That safety at the end of the Super Bowl was very expensive/profitable. If you get it, you get it. If you don’t, never mind. WFDS
Unless, of course, that freedom is used to criticize Israel. Recommend this Post
The moderator failed to ask the tough questions, such as “Mr. Bertschi, why on earth are you wearing that scarf?“ My mind has been on the Ontario Liberal leadership race…
Time To Put The Past Behind Us And Move On The Citizen Friday, February 01, 2013 With the process now underway to sell off the property that was bought in…
Though the right is, in many places, still riding high in the actual political struggle, if we talk about it honestly the right has, in fact, already lost the political…
by Conference Board of Canada | Feb. 4, 2013: OTTAWA – Canada has been unable to reverse the rise in income inequality – and poverty rates – that occurred in…
In a way it’s a sign of how sick our democracy is, and how pliant our national media has grown, that the future of the Parliamentary Budget Office (and especially…
Another win in federal court! From the War Resisters Support Campaign: On Friday February 1st, the Federal Court of Canada released a decision granting U.S. war resister Jules Tindungan a…
Warren Kinsella called attention to this ad on his blog. Thanks Warren. This is a fantastic ad, glorifying the triumph of hard work, persistence in the face of adversity and…
Audio Podcast: some initial thoughts after the second Liberal party leadership debate in Winnipeg.
