Controversial natural gas fracking operations in BC (Damien Gillis) CALGARY – With the Northwest Territories preparing to take control of its resource development next spring, its industry minister has been…
Lee’s holding down the fort, the freezer is full of suppers, tomorrow I’ll water the plants, and then I’m off. I’ll be back in about two weeks with pictures of…
This will be a big-ish essay, and take a while to get to the stinger. For those who might not feel like reading to the end but who might accept…
I have been hard on our new Employment and Social Development Minister, Jason Kenney, for buying into a widespread myth about labour shortages and skill mismatches in Canada. So, to…
One argument against wind and solar that I’ve seen over and over again is the notion that they’re just incapable of meeting our energy needs–that if you installed as much…
In other words, just dessert Canada for not taking care of your political institutions. Take a look around: an out-dated voting system, scandal in the Senate, documented voter suppression through…
Thursday, November 14, 2013 Last month, Anna Johnston joined policy makers, government officials, lawyers, academics, and professionals from across the continent at a session held by the commission in Washington,…
First the bad news, even if it’s old news. Stanford University scientists report that not only is the Earth undergoing one of the largest climate changes since the dinosaurs disappeared,…
I am a huge Katie Simpson fan. Simpson, who’s been doing amazing work for CP24 with her Rob Ford coverage, is seen here reacting on live TV to Ford’s comments…
Today, the Globe ran an opinion piece by Lindsay Mattick Davidson, one of the Justin Trudeau “ladies night” organizers. She, apparently, is unhappy with those of us who criticized the…
There are plenty of those who consider themselves Liberals or even New Democrats yet aren’t faintly progressive. The inescapable fact is that one can’t be corporatist and progressive. The two…
In the wake of this week’s Supreme Court Hearings on the Senate Reform consultation questions that the Harper Government posed last spring, the National Post’s Andrew Coyne has postulated that…
You couldn’t get the best scriptwriters in Hollywood or Broadway to come up with this line. Rob Ford, responding this morning to numerous allegations that he hired a call girl…
“I am offering to act for all of the proposed defendants in Mayor Ford’s anticipated lawsuit on a pro bono basis. It is important that a signal is sent that…
“You know what, I’m not perfect.. Maybe you are, but I’m not.” -Rob Ford Rob is right. We should all cut the guy some slack. After all, who among us…
The Ford Brothers show on Sun News! Is it because I would ask them about: • Rob’s crack and Oxy use? • Doug’s drug dealing? • Drinking and driving? •…
-Rob Ford is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. -Mike Duffy is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. -Patrick Brazeau is a member of the Conservative…
Coriolanus is a tough play, full of politics and angry people and shouting mobs. It has no comic relief, no jesters, no romance and no real heroes. No great soliloquies,…
Apparently, Rob Ford has caught the conservative bug for suing everyone in sight. First of all, while it may be possible to sue over statements that several people gave to…
