Chicken Hawk
Last week, Stephen Harper bloviated about the evils of Communism and Vladimir Putin, in particular. Michael Harris writes that it was all surreal: Our 1950s prime minister has even taken…
June 2014
Adam Radwanski, courageous voice for freedom and democracy
Canada’s Most Boring Newspaper Columnist™was just on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning, and was asked to comment on his own newspaper’s endorsation of Tim Hudak’s PCs. He wouldn’t. That is, a…
Stephen Harper and the Groupie from Down Under
Well he may be making a fool of himself on the world stage. Posing as a champion of democracy and Vladimir Putin's worst nightmare. Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Russian…
Criminalizing Strip Clubs? Probably
The Conservative government has brought in new legislation, the “Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act”, that criminalizes the buying of sex. This legislation is in response to the Supreme…
Northern Gateway To Be Delayed?
“We’ve heard through the grapevine that the Harper government is going to announce a delay,” said the Chief Phillip said to the hundreds of people gathered to protest the bitumen…
Air Canada to London: back again #nlpoli
How times change. Last week, industry minister Susan Sullivan attended an announcement by Air Canada that they would be bringing back year-round direct flights between St. John’s and London. Starting…
The Ontario Election and the Never-ending Con Nightmare
It was dull grey rainy Sunday on the waterfront where I live, but at least it gave me a chance to collect my thoughts, wonder what is happening to this…
Numbed by numbers
I’ll be talking with Ian Jessop, Monday June 9, on CFAX1070. While the BC Government lays seige to public education, it seems a good time to see if all the…
Moncton Tragedy: The Racist Movement Response
We understand that many of our supporters have…. we'll say complicated relationships with the police. Regardless of how one feels about the police, we hope that our readers will at…
The NFA is right about one thing: it’s time to talk about guns and mental health
The National Firearms Association’s logo and slogan. What do you think their message is? Below: NFL President Sheldon Clare and the organization’s Executive VP, Shawn Bevins. All photos grabbed from…
Liberal campaign jumps the shark. Again.
The Ontario NDP is like Rob Ford? Seriously? From the Sun story, here. .
People Are Not Pigeons
You needn’t go farther than the comment section of a UK rag to find the sort of people who are okay with torture devices beging designed into their buildings. Is…
The Orient Express!!!
This is the Orient Express…well not the original Orient Express with service from Paris to Vienna and the Balkans or its successor that travelled from Strasbourg to Vienna. Those trains…
Looking over the edge of the world
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June 8: Too much…..
I curse myself for writing this on a Sunday evening when I could be doing something more useful like dozing in the sun on the balcony. It’s just that I…
Bill C-36 Analysis In Detail Part 3: Advertising
The government is playing some very subtle games with the language in C-36. In some respects, the language is ridiculously broad (e.g. the undefined nature of “sexual services”), in other…
On The Playground
Kids play hide and seek. A lack of good hiding places led to one boy climbing to the top of a tree. I almost didn’t see him.
III. Austerity and The Blocking of Social Citizenship In Ontario
When the Social Commons are enclosed, the state has decreed there are those inside and those outside the political order. I took up the issue of the Social Commons and…