Gifts for our children
When Liberals formed British Columbia’s government in 2001, they had a commitment to manage provincial finances responsibly. The result: program cuts, reduced capital spending and lower costs of administration. Fiscal…
July 2014
Uncommon Stupidity #nlpoli
There are times when a politician’s comments are so stunned they just take your breath away. The first few days of the Damn-fool Fishery this weekend were marred by a…
Five Foot’s Hubby Booted Off Blogger?
These Israeli-Palestinian set-tos always Put Arnie over the moon, so I imagine someone reported some kind of hate-speech/policy/terms-of-service violation thingy to Blogger Central and they yanked his site. But no…
Stephen Harper and the Perfect Storm that Will Defeat Him
He has yet to comment on the latest twist in the Duffy scandal. But in his shadowy bunker Stephen Harper must be feeling the heat.For by now even he must…
Tobacco companies—the biggest, baddest drug dealers pursue our kids
If we conjure up an image of drug cartel bosses, we might imagine swarthy men with gold chains hanging around their necks and voluptuous babes hanging off each arm. This…
My tweets about Duffy
Today’s Duffy news about the personal trainer and the makeup artist etc is just a gift to Twitter. Here’s my contribution: I guess Duffy needed a fitness instructor because he…
Russia must be stopped! And Peter Goldring’s just the man to do it! We’ll fight to the last Frenchman and German!
After we’ve won the war with Russia, a beachhead in the Caribbean! Edmonton MP Peter Goldring as illustrated by Press Progress. Below: Rob Ford, Louis Riel, Ann of Green Gables…
Coming soon: High Noon in Ottawa, starring Senator “Sixgun” Duffy
The Mounties have ridden into town, dismounted, and placed their investigations in the hands of the state prosecutors. The prosecutors have carefully drafted 31 charges against a senator, and the…
The Con Regime Goes After Pen Canada
We always knew he was the most disgusting bully this country has ever seen. We knew that he was using Revenue Canada to try to intimidate his political opponents.Or anyone…
Hard question about MH-17 disaster: BUK missile video blaming Russia is debunked
Below right: Black boxes being handed over to Malaysian delegation Since the crash of Malaysian Airlines MH-17 in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, questions have been raised about why the plane was…
In Tuesday’s Sun: Mike Duffy isn’t the only one who should be charged
It’s a little like being charged with speeding when you’re not in a car. Or, it’s like robbing a bank when, you know, there’s no bank. Or, say, being busted…
July 22: lean pickings
The biggest story (perhaps the only story) in section A is that a new shoe store is coming to Moncton. We’re on the edge of the greatest crisis in history.…
To the ‘progressive mainstream’, re. the police
In this post, I want to address a certain subset of people who have progressive politics of one sort or another, and I want to make one fairly narrow point…
More on Language Changing: Would That Things Be As Easy As Kids Make It Seem
A few weeks ago I posted about the inclusion of words from Arabic in Montreal French. Wallah Wallah has become non-perjorative term for someone of Arabic descent among Grench speaking…
From outside the Liberal spin machine
Last March, the government MLA for one of Canada’s wealthiest municipalities rose in the Legislature to speak about natural gas. Jason Sturdy said, “our government’s deep-well royalty credit and infrastructure…
Open letter to Metro News
To whom it may concern: I write in respect of an article written in your publication by your Jessica Smith Cross, with whom I have spoken once, to my regret.…
Northern Gateway Shows New Approach Needed
Last month, the Northern Gateway pipeline was approved by the Harper government. In response, many First Nations people swore they would never support the pipeline being built through their lands.…