They Know Nothing
Former Ontario premier Mike Harris appointed a high school drop out as his first Minister of Education. Stephen Harper has followed in Harris’ footsteps. The other Michael Harris — who…
October 2013
NDP’s Mulcair is looking for love.
Federal New Democrat Leader Thomas Mulcair has taken a shine to tar sands economics. He has joined with Stephen Harper’s Conservatives who seem titillated with the sexual suggestiveness of having…
Catholics crash poll to protect privilege
Ontario’s Liberal government has done something really cool in setting up an online database for policy ideas that can be submitted and voted up or down to prioritize what the…
Much media ado about not very much #nlpoli
On the face of it, anyone even passingly familiar with political events in Newfoundland and Labrador for the past decade would look with some justifiable scepticism on an announcement from…
Harperland and the Progressive Journey to Victory
It's been pretty grey and wet where I live. It gets dark before you know it. Soon it will be winter in Harperland. In all its grim horror.But on the…
Jonathan Besler Makes Vigilante Border Patrol Crackpot Look Reasonable By Comparison
For a change of pace we decided to see what would be polygamist Jon Besler was up to lately. So far his activity seems to mainly consist of commenting on…
Monsanto is Winning this year’s “Nobel Prize of Agriculture”
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This message was sent to me along with a petition. (Thanks Tom) Please take a few minutes to read and then forward this along to your friends…
In Tuesday’s Sun: the national language omnishambles
Language changes. Many eons ago at Carleton University’s journalism school, Prof. Roger Bird was listening to some of us energetically debate whether the proper spelling was “cigarette” (as The Canadian…
All in a diplomatic day’s work
So in one single day, we’ve managed to offend the Maldives, take potshots at the Commonwealth (and have some normally friendly Commonwealth allies reproach us), and get into a diplomatic…
Frank Giustra, President Bill Clinton’s Close Colleague, Joins US Oil Sands Board
Frank Giustra – key power broker and close colleague of former President Bill Clinton – has taken a seat on the Board of Directors of U.S. Oil Sands, an Alberta-based…
Clash of the Titans – U.S. Chamber of Commerce versus The Tea Party
The American Chamber of Commerce is rising up against the Tea Party, trying to break the extremists’ hold on Congress. Republicans are breaking.The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the bedrock of…
Guest blog – Indie ISPs team up to force Big Telecom to stop mistreating Canadians
Guest blog – OpenMedia.ca community member Teresa Murphy looks at how independent ISPs are teaming up to help stop Big Telecom from mistreating Canadians: Recently, two pro-customer applications were filed…
Toronto needs a mayor: drugs were used to get back Rob Ford’s phone
Snippet below. Link here. “…According to the Toronto Police document, Lisi set about trying to retrieve a stolen phone in March. Ford and Lisi (who has a criminal record for…
Idle No More Global Day of Action October 7 2013
by: Idle No More | Press Release Idle No More protest on Parliament Hill. Dec 21, 2012. (Photo: Obert Madondo) October 7, 2013-Ottawa, Canada: Today marks the global day of…
Faytene adds a new hat (Two actually)
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Faytene Grasseschi’s latest idea may be a “reboot” of an idea she tried up in Canada. During the first weekend in…
"When Wealth Disappears"
The chief economist of HSBC. Stephen D. King, says we’re in for a dose of reality – the best days are no longer ahead of us. Growth-driven prosperity, as most…
"Libdemo" – the Return of Co-operation, Merger, and Other Nonsense
You knew it wouldn’t go away, and it hasn’t – those who feel that the only way to beat Harper’s Conservatives is to force everyone together in an unhappy mess…