And liberal thinkers need not apply?
This needs to be clarified. Nobody owns your body but you. A true liberal recognizes the right of men and women everywhere to the freedom of control of their bodies.…
September 2014
A Fossil Fool
http://toronto350.org/ Stephen Harper is at the UN today to attend a meeting of the Security Council. He chose not to attend yesterday’s meeting on climate change. As
The Utter Disgustingness of Ezra Levant
I never thought Ezra Levant could stoop as low as he did when he donned a red wig after Jack Layton died to mock his supporters.But his recent attack on…
Doug Ford flips and flops on Toronto’s Pride Parade while out councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam gets homophobic hate mail from Ford Nation
In Tuesday’s debate among the three major candidates for Toronto mayor, Doug Ford was asked repeatedly by his opponents during one of the defining moments of the night if he…
Justin Vs. Ezra
An interesting bit of tactics. In fact, it would be just swell if Canadians thought of you as the typical, modern conservative, @ezralevant. Anything we can do to help?— Gerald…
Stephen Harper and the Day of Reckoning
Well there he was last night attending a Climate Summit dinner in New York along with his Con cousin David Cameron.After skipping the summit itself. And while Cameron seems very…
Cabinet documents and deliberations #nlpoli
One of the big changes Bill 29 made to the province’s access to information law was to give a list of documents that could not be released under the Access…
The ‘Second Hand Dealers in Ideas’ Who Sold Us Neoliberalism
A fateful meeting between economist Friedrich von Hayek and British aristocrat Antony Fisher had lasting consequences—including for the debate about climate change policy. Picture: Fisher with Margaret Thatcher. Friedrich von…
The Con Speaker and the Death of Parliament
For years Stephen Harper and his Cons have been slowly killing our Parliament.They have have debased it, they have rendered it impotent. They have reduced it to a scripted horror…
ISIS—a force for peace?
A juxtaposition of two articles in the Guardian this week suggested a very odd development indeed in the Middle East—the barbaric hordes of ISIS currently marauding through Syria and northern…
Investors Waking Up To Risks Of Stranded Assets, Realities Of Shale Bubble
The day after some 400,000 people marched in the streets of New York to call for climate justice, the world woke to some more historic news: The Rockefeller family, heirs…
Brian Gallant has a thin resume? Stephen Harper hasn’t held a real job since he quit the mailroom in ’79 or whenever!
New Brunswick Premier-designate Brian Gallant, grabbed from his campaign website. Below: Cranky old National Post opinion thingy Kelly McParland, age undetermined; Justin Trudeau, 42, getting off an airplane with some…
Mini-schools a start. Grown-up conversations key to solving the crowded schools problem.
TweetThe de-Redfordization process continues this week, as Progressive Conservative Party leader Jim Prentice tries to sweep the memory of Alison Redford from of the minds of Alberta voters. On Monday,…
RIP Susan Kent Davidson (Skdadl) of POGGE
I was sad to see this obituary. The obituary will name her as being the younger sister of Peter Kent and Arthur Kent – well known Canadian personalities, but I’ll…
Sun sets on Trudeau’s relationship with a certain broadcaster
So, Justin Trudeau isn’t talking to Sun Media reporters, or opinionators, or whatever other categories of people they employ, until the organization apologies for a ridiculous Ezra Levant segment I…
Harper Refuses To Answer ANY Questions On Iraq Mission – Partisan House Of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer Refuses To Follow Rules Of The House!!
Speaker Andrew Scheer is so completely in the pocket of the Prime Minister’s Office, he will not follow the Rules of the House and require the Conservative Government to adhere…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Tunnelling cats.
Some Nightmares Are Real
Sleep tight, Prime Minister Harper. Recommend this Post
US Lobsters Take Climate Refuge in Canada
They’re voting with their – oh, I don’t know – legs, tails, claws? However they’re doing it, American lobster stocks are heading north, to Canada. Lobster fishermen across southern regions…
On The Further Debasement Of Parliamentary Debates
In which Parliamentary Secretary Paul Calandra, a loyal Harper soldier, does his utmost to discourage Canadians from watching the misnamed debates. Recommend this Post