Redford Tories anti-labour laws too extreme for Wildrose
TweetAmid a storm of embarrassing news stories of unreported deaths of children in the foster care system, Human Services Minister Dave Hancock rushed forward last week with Bill 45: Public…
December 2013
The creature that would not die!
The Senate expenses scandal is the Energizer bunny — it keeps going and going. Its Parliament Hill rock ‘n roll — it will never die. Its a Canadian T-Bird —…
BC Hydro Rate Shock Powered By Lies
Rafe Mair One of my favourite bloggers is longtime broadcaster, and former Socred Cabinet Minister Rafe Mair. Here he is his going after corruption and deceit over BC Hydro Rate…
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Michael Chong’s Reform Act Must Be Done Carefully
Michael Chong’s proposed Reform Act, the text of which isn’t yet public, is widely expected to change the wide Parliament works, mostly by taking power away from party leaders and…
PEF Session at the House of Commons Finance Committee
The Progressive Economics Forum (PEF) normally hosts sessions at the Canadian Economics Association’s annual conference. But the House of Commons finance committee threw most of the union economists testifying in…
In Tuesday’s Sun: Paris Ford
Rob Ford went to see a football game on Sunday night. The rest of us got to see what people really, truly feel about him. They flocked to him. They…
How to play tennis in Mexico
Public courts are rare in Mexico. Mexico has a lot of private clubs, where guests are usually welcome. These clubs don’t do much in the way of publicizing their existence,…
Shawnigan’s CVRD Money Grab Designed To Slip By Unsuspecting Taxpayers
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger One of the most abusive practices of local governments is the ‘Alternate Approval Process’. In plain english it is a money grab dressed up in legalese in…
Ex-Harper advisor slams Canada’s Keystone XL pipeline promotion
WASHINGTON – A former Harper government appointee used a keynote speech at a Washington event Monday to trample Canadian authorities’ message on oil pipelines while describing the country as an…
Janice Raymond, and Healing Old Wounds
This post is a personal reflection on Janice Raymond’s visit to Vancouver during a memorial for the victims of the massacre of women at L’École Polytechnique, which took place in…
Janice Raymond, and Healing Old Wounds
This post is a personal reflection on Janice Raymond’s visit to Vancouver during a memorial for the victims of the massacre of women at L’École Polytechnique, which took place in…
Former Harper Adviser Denounces Canada as "Rogue State."
In 2006, economist Mark Jaccard was appointed by the Harper government to a seat on the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.Today, in Washington, the former Harper…
JT: Avoid Pitfalls/Continue Practising What You Preach On Cooperative Government
So does anyone read anything these days about that women’s night fundraiser and some of Justin Trudeau’s comments on China at it that some media and political partisans tried to…
two not-so-youth novels: another great one by john green, and part two of the hunger games
Looking for Alaska, John Green (2005) Some months back I blogged about The Fault in our Stars, by John Green. I absolutely loved this book. I went in search of…
Working through the Trip
Today I started working through the photos and began transcribing the pages and pages of notes that I took on my trip (No laptop when I travel: it’s just one…
We won!
Last week saw four by-elections happening on the same day and Brian and I would like to warmly congratulate our two newest Liberal Members of Parliament; Emmanuel Dubourg for the…