Craaaaack …
I wanted to like Allison Redford, I really did. But an ongoing series of missteps, clumsy decisions such as major cuts to education and overt hostility to this province’s workers…
March 2014
Rushing to claim victory—in seven months!
Torontonians now have the main contenders for the Toronto mayoralty in October. You hardly need public opinion polls to tell you who are the serious three and the lesser two.…
John Tory and Karen Stintz: the birthers of Toronto municipal politics
Like their muse Donald Trump, John Tory and Karen Stintz have taken to regurgitating lies that are as old, and as credible, as the Protocols of the Learned Elders of…
Olivia Chow On Scarborough LRT Vs. Subway
I am happy now. On radio this morning, Olivia Chow endorsed the cheaper 7-stop Scarborough LRT over the now-approved/funded 3-stop subway and tax hike.— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 13, 2014…
Leaving Them Behind
When Stephen Harper was the Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Mitrovica writes, he sought out journalists: He courted press coverage enthusiastically. (There’s a word commonly used in Ottawa to describe…
Guilty Indifference
This world is going up in flames, and nobody wanna take the blame. – Charles Bradley This years Oscars have come and gone, and each year becomes more forgettable in…
Olivia’s campaign video
I like it. (And, yes, before you ask, she did experience some facial paralysis recently. So perhaps John Tory’s campaign can mock that, just like they mocked Jean Chretien’s facial…
Watch out, circus! The lion tamer is here!
From today’s Globe, by Gable. Classic. .
All hail the Glorious Leader Trope #nlpoli
“Province to deliver on promise of whistleblower law” read the headline for the CBC’s online story about the provincial government throne speech read Wednesday in the House of Assembly. About…
General James Jones Didn’t Disclose Industry Ties Before Testimony at Keystone XL Hearing
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing today on the U.S. State Department’s national interest determination for the northern half of the proposed TransCanada Keystone XL tar…
How the Conservative Government Dishonours the Military
So Canada is leaving its occupation of Afghanistan. I never liked the mission. I never liked the context. I never liked the propaganda. I never liked the transformation of some…
Tyler Sturrup Appealing Murder Conviction
Late last year Robert Reitmeier was convicted of murder Mark Mariani. A year previously Tyler Sturrup pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison for his participation in the…
ResultSource – Mark Driscoll and Mars Hill NYT Best Seller List – ministries buying their way to the top
Mark Driscoll and Mars Hill church in Seattle have been getting attention again, this time for the choice to use a company called ResultSource to push one of Driscolls books…
The Real Reason the Cons Want to Muzzle Elections Canada
) They are only 25 second ads designed to encourage young Canadians to vote in 2008.But they are the reason the Cons are trying to muzzle the Chief Electoral Officer.Not…
March 12, 2014 was the day that the Canadian government…
March 12, 2014 was the day that the Canadian government officially ended its 12-year occupation of Afghanistan. What a pointless waste of lives, money and resources for a so-called “mission”…
$45000 trip has serious political costs for Redford
TweetAfter spending two months avoiding having to pay the costs of her $45,000 trip to South Africa, Premier Alison Redford called a press conference late yesterday to announce she would…
Nahlah Ayed in Regina for Minifie Lecture at #UofR
She was crunched for time in writing a speech, something she’s not used to doing either, so she wrote a diary of her recent coverage in Ukraine and made it…
Payment of $45,000 travel bill by Alberta Premier raises as many questions as it answers
There will be no more scenes like this aboard Government of Alberta aircraft, thank you very much! Actual Alberta cabinet ministers and cabin crew may not appear exactly as illustrated.…
The Department of Justice Public Consultation on sex work ends Monday March 17th.
The Department of Justice Public Consultation on sex work closes March 17, 2014. Although the questions appear to be stacked, it’s important that people who support decriminalization participate. There’s certainly…