A Rogue’s Gallery
Just two pictures, so perhaps not a real gallery, but I think the descriptor is accurate. Recommend this Post
2013
New Progressive US Coalition Launches Keystone XL ‘All Risk, No Reward’ TV Ad
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: A new national coalition against TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline launched in the U.S. on Monday with a cutting-edge TV ad. The…
No free lunches… ever
Update April 9: I heard that CKNW’s Bill Good responded on his April 5 morning show to selected critics, people he declined to identify other than through reference to hated…
Balancing Act is a False Analogy for the situation Charles Sousa is in.
An article describes Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa as having to pull of a miraculous balancing act: He’s trying to prepare his first provincial budget while walking a high wire…
Balancing Act is a False Analogy for the situation Charles Sousa is in.
An article describes Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa as having to pull of a miraculous balancing act: He’s trying to prepare his first provincial budget while walking a high wire…
Why health professionals increasingly don’t want to work in community agencies
The closure of eight downtown Toronto hospice beds is hardly creating buzz in the health care community. But it should. Perram House hospice is not big enough to warrant major…
5835…Bye Bye Annette
She was a star, a Superstar, before Elvis. She was bigger than Britney and the two Justin’s are today. She was Annette Funicello. WFDS
Prince William: No kiss for him
A young lady snubs him. You should see the expression on his face. It is a funny video:
Rafe Mair: What I Want from Next BC Government
I was recently asked by a reader what it is I want, presumably in the way of government. I want a government committed to the preservation of farmland – not…
The conduct of the accused while on bail prior to revocation, if applicable, may be a relevant factor in determining whether to grant enhanced credit
R. v. Morris, 2013 ONCA 223 holds: While the trial judge concluded that lack of remission on pre-sentencing custody is not of itself a factor warranting enhanced credit, she also…
5834…Thomas Mulcair Is High. Again.
The Liberal candidate in Labrador is ahead of the field by about a million points. Les Whittington of The Toronto Star writes that "The May 13 byelection in Labrador is…
5833…Louisville In The House
I wonder how the NCAA basketball champions would fare against the CIS champion Ravens? That would be the Carleton Ravens versus the Louisville Cardinals. Louisville beat the Michigan Wolverines by…
A principle worth sticking
The New Democratic Party — Canada’s flagship party of principle — may well be poised to shun the very principle on which it was founded. Apparently weary of the red-baiting…
Two Faces of Education Minister Don MacRae
For those who don’t know who Don McRae is, he is the current in a long line of BC Education Ministers. The BC Liberal government has a habit of chewing…
My mom (guest post by Irene Jansen)
My mother, Wilhelmina Jansen, passed away April 4. I wanted to write this personal note about what my mother gave me.
InsightsWest BC Poll: 45% NDP, 28% BC Lib, 15% Green, 10% BC Con
A pollster by the name of InsightsWest, which is apparently a “progressive, Western-based” company that I’ve never heard of before, has come out with its seemingly first poll for provincial…
Thatcher’s Capitalist Revolt and the Impending Disaster. . .
I know one is not supposed to speak ill of the dead but Margaret Thatcher was an awful, terrible, scoundrel of a person. But as bad as she was, she…
Not Even One Cent Of Taxpayers Money Should Be Spent On Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral – Privatising her funeral would be a fitting tribute to her free-enterprise legacy
“The Iron Lady herself would surely agree that poor taxpayers should not be further burdened in these times of British austerity. Surely, the private sector, which benefited immensely from her…