Expert political analysis
Worth keeping in mind, however, that this is the same guy who saw Rocco Rossi and Tony Genco as the start of a massive migration of Italian-Canadians to the Ontario…
2013
Ford follies, a continuing series
Yeah, we’re a world-class city. Yep.
Body Count #nlpoli
“We’ve now confirmed 98 layoffs across government today,” tweeted CBC provincial affairs reporter David Cochrane on Thursday afternoon. “Working on departmental breakdown…” Cochrane the casualty figures for each department later:…
Dignity, always dignity
Take a good look at this photo of the soon-to-be-former mayor of Toronto. I don’t think the Rob Ford bluster is going to be sufficient teflon this time. It isn’t…
5705…Bad News For Toronto
The sanctimonious and boring Olivia Chow, currently an Member of Parliament for a random Toronto riding tells The Toronto Sun that she is considering running for mayor of the most…
5704…Bacon Is Not Just For Breakfast Anymore
No. You can also wear it. Like this young lady. Got this from Incrediblethings.com via Milky at BOB in Ottawa. Says that “Iowa just held their 6th annual Blue Ribbon…
Why Justin Trudeau Shouldn’t Lead The Liberals
For the very same reason why so many Liberals want him to win, Justin Trudeau shouldn’t become Liberal Leader. If 150,000 people only supported Justin Trudeau because of substance then…
Buh-Buh-Buh-Budget
Hooollly crap! That was epic! Did I not say it would be epic? I totally did. Where to even begin? The fact there is less than a billion left in…
Close enough for government work: Alberta Tories manage to hold their centre-right turf
Finance Minister Doug Horner preps Albertans for yesterday’s budget. Actual Alberta finance ministers may not appear exactly as illustrated – but that’s the trick, isn’t it? Below: The real Doug…
A new, longer, hockey stick
There is a new hockey stick in town, one with a shaft extending back all the way back to the end start of the holocene about 12,000 years ago when…
Stompin’ Tom Connors and the Con Stooges
It was a wonderful Canadian moment.One of my Canadian heroes, Romeo Dallaire, talking about another of my heroes, the late great Stompin' Tom Connors.Telling Evan Solomon about the day when…
We ought to be outraged!
From Kevin Trenberth: China now emits more carbon dioxide per year than any other country. They are changing our atmosphere, and by doing so they are changing our climate. We…
http://issuu.com/randalljaykay/docs
http://issuu.com/randalljaykay/docs: The above link is to an archive of various scanned articles and newsletters from the 1980s and 1990s that are related to topics such as anti-fascism, radicalism, socialism, anarchism,…
Members of Canada’s centrist New Democratic Party (NDP)…
Members of Canada’s centrist New Democratic Party (NDP) caucus sing the Stompin’ Tom Connors song “Bud the Spud”, which is about a character who — unlike the fraudulent Conservative senator…
On Hate Crimes and Sexual Orientation
I was reviewing for a test on theories of discrimination and hate crimes in Canada with grade 12 students, and one review question was, “When was sexual orientation added to…