5732…Stompin’ Tom Lives, Really, Sorta
Many white folks in Ottawa are familiar with Lucky Ron. LR has a long running show on Saturday afternoons at The Chateau Lafayette just down the hill from The Hill…
March 2013
5731…News In Ottawa Has Gone To The Dogs
Or puppies. Seriously your capital, my hometown, Ottawa, has to be the mellowest big city on the planet. The news reflects that. Back in the day the late and lamented…
Lessons from Big Tobacco: When the right to make money trumps the right to clean air
In Manitoba, beach-goers fed up with cigarette butt litter and drifting plumes of smoke have reason to celebrate. The province is the first in Canada to make beaches and playgrounds…
How to vote in Trudeau’s coronation
Even before Justin Trudeau announced his candidacy to be the next Liberal leader, pundits were tripping over each other to declare the inevitability of his eventual success. With Marc Grarneau…
5729…If The Pope Had Of Been Quebecois…
This would have been the cartoon in the next day’s Montreal Gazette. That Aislin. WFDS
5728…A Pope From The Americas
Yes. Pope Francis The One. The funny thing about this is how a lot of silly folks involved in social media, you know Twitter, Facebook and the like, are all…
Perspective cat field
So much anymore, I can’t say that I use any one single app for drawing. I am pretty sure this was done in Pen & Ink, but then… … Over…
If Garneau is conceding, what of the others?
There were a lot of other LPC leadership contenders I’d have thought would concede the race a lot sooner then Marc Garneau did – those folks who didn’t even have…
Petrostate Watch: State Department Keystone XL Assessment Report Written By TransCanada Hiree
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive | Mar 13, 2013: The U.S. government lied to the American people – and the rest of us – about that Keystone XL…
Unions Are To Blame For Impeding Consumer Access To Low Prices
At least Fox News believes that is true. H/t Media Matters Recommend this Post
A good start, but more action is needed.
Currently 94% of our wireless market is dominated by three companies who control much of our wireless airwaves, which allow your calls and data to reach your mobile phone. We’re…
Thank gawd, finally a new cult leader was appointed in Italy by…
Thank gawd, finally a new cult leader was appointed in Italy by an elite cabal during a secret backroom ritual. This one is from Argentina. I guess that country deserves…
High-Carbon Fossil Fuel’s Achilles’ Heel
The Fossil Fuelers’ nightmares lie not so much with environmentalists and regulators as with shareholders and investors. The energy companies are pretty adept at fending off environmentalists and regulators but…
The Alternative Federal Budget 2013 – Doing Better, Together
These are the remarks by David MacDonald and I prepared for the press conference marking the release of the AFB 2013 in Ottawa, March 12, 2013. Time flies and our…
Dad’s In the Hospital? Conor to the Rescue!
Last Thursday I was in substantial difficulty with a possible lung infection and an asthma attack. While waiting for my turn at the after hour’s clinic I rose from my…
CBC Changes Name
In a surprising move, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has announced that they will be temporarily rebranding themselves as the Catholic Broadcasting Corporation. CBC spokesperson Rebecca Khadr told reporters “this move…
Throwing Down the Dirty Oil Gauntlet
Pacific Pipeline Crucial For Canada, Baird Says In Asia CBC | Posted: 03/13/2013 7:39 am EDT What’s crucial, Baird is that you develop some level of adult understanding regarding the…
The New Pope
The new Pope, the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, has a very interesting past; I can’t help but wonder if our press will want to resurrect it. H/t Nickie Recommend this…