Self Interest Is Their Only Interest
The Harper government is all about politics, all the time. Policy is not about improvement. And it’s certainly not about seeking out expert advice. It’s about exploiting personal advantage. Consider…
June 2014
Con Witchhunt on NDP
How is it that rules get changed and the NDP get the blame while the Cons walk away clean? Only in a corrupt Canada lead by Stephen Harper.
Peter MacKay and the Secret Taping of John McKay
It seems only fitting that the person who secretly recorded Liberal MP John McKay in an attempt to embarrass Justin Trudeau.A Liberal MP was secretly recorded saying that he thought…
Delay, legislate, litigate, repeat
Reasons for Judgment, Madam Justice S. Griffin, January 2014 The hearing before this Court follows on the Court’s declaration on April 13, 2011 that legislation interfering with teachers’ collective bargaining…
Be there or be square: When pride goes mainstream, is just being there enough?
Riders from the Gay Rodeo welcome Edmontonians to the New West yesterday! Scenes from Edmonton’s Pride Parade below: Alberta Premier Dave Hancock, left, and Edmonton City Councillor Scott McKeen, right,…
Saturday night blues blogging
If you have any suggestions, now would be the time to bring them up. This is Suggestion Blues by Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets, featuring Sam Myers. I can remember…
In A Swing Riding and Not Sure How to Vote on June 12?
If you’re not sure how to vote on June 12, please, for the love of all that’s holy, at least just VOTE and vote against a Hudak government.
Stephen Harper’s Monstrous Abuse of Power
In two weeks time Parliament is expected to adjourn for the summer. But before it does it will have made this ghastly Harperland an even more sinister place.For never has…
June 15
Do I ever have a surprise for all of you. .
So Why Does Tim Hudak Want to Kill the Ontario College of Trades?
Every Ontario Conservative is singing from the same Hymnal. “Close the Ontario College of Trades, close the Ontario College of Trades …. Hallelujah, Hallelujah.” Seemed strange to me because before…
Samana — Palm Plantations of Death
Photographs and text by Jan Smith On the road from Santo Domingo to Samaná there is stretch with many miles of oil palm plantations on each side of the highway.…
Samana — Palm Plantations of Death
Photographs and text by Jan Smith On the road from Santo Domingo to Samaná there is stretch with many miles of oil palm plantations on each side of the highway.…
The NDP email on "strategic voting" is largely nonsense
The NDP has sent several emails to supporters before and during the campaign premised on the idea that the best way to stop the Conservatives is to vote for the…
Riding by riding strategic voting in the 2014 Ontario Election
I’ve always advocated for strategic voting on this blog where we vote based on promoting certain goals given the constraints of both our local riding and the broader election. This…
Bill C-36 Analysis In Detail Part 2
Bill C-36 casts a much wider net than I had first thought. Traditionally, when a term is being used to define an offence, a definition of that term is inserted…
Kingston
I’m in Kingston now, holed up in my residence room after a couple of recovery beers. I don’t have my numbers because I only brought my phone and the GPS…
Portugal indebted to Angola after economic reversal of fortune | World news | Guardian Weekly
Portugal indebted to Angola after economic reversal of fortune | World news | Guardian Weekly. There was no doubt about the firm handshake, but the smile looked a bit forced.…
Mark Carney on capitalism eating its children
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, formerly Governor of the Bank of Canada, isn’t exactly your average leftie. Indeed, bank governors tend to turn up on the opposite…