Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Damien Gillis- Common Sense Canadian sent this along and it tells the story of how badly the Christy Clark BC Government has handled this from the get-go.…
The Nov.7 Times and Transcript Section A has the usual trivia with occasional breaks for silliness. On page. 1, Justice Minister MacKay believes the life sentence with no parole for…
TOMORROW: Join the Fair Deal Coalition teach-in! The TPP could be finalized in the coming months, and things are moving fast. That’s why we’d like to invite you to hear…
I’m disappointed that Canada has another climate change denier going to Ottawa in Pat Perkins, the new Conservative MP for Whitby-Oshawa. But I was impressed with the ability of Liberal…
Kinder Morgan, the Texas-based multinational that owns and operates the Trans Mountain Pipeline System, claims Trans Mountain is a significant contributor to federal and provincial income tax revenues. The company…
Kinder Morgan, the Texas-based multinational that owns and operates the Trans Mountain Pipeline System, claims Trans Mountain is a significant contributor to federal and provincial income tax revenues. The company…
Kinder Morgan, the Texas-based multinational that owns and operates the Trans Mountain Pipeline System, claims Trans Mountain is a significant contributor to federal and provincial income tax revenues. The company…
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping may be putting Canada’s LNG industry out of business before it’s even built Read this Nov. 10 story from business news leader Bloomberg on the…
It’s one thing when an outfit like RubberMaid gets bought out, packed up and moved overseas. It’s another thing when what have been considered “strategic industries” go the same route.…
The Pundits Guide has a spectacular analysis of what it takes to almost take out a strong Conservative seat in a by-election. See below. It shows that a relatively weak…
Your news links for today: The Importance of Online Anonymity – Michael Geist Monitoring Canadians abroad pre-Mosley – Lux Ex Umbra Keeping Secrets – Stanford Magazine on Medium Open Whisper…
Site like Things Are Good which cover good news about the environment, people, and politics aren’t that rare. When we started this site nearly 10 years ago there were few…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – A Gandalf Group poll finds (PDF) that Canadians have come to perceive and expect a disturbing level of self-serving action by our…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesdsay, November 18, 2014: Virginia cop sues lawyer for alleged defamation over comments about penis search warrant Lawyer…
I can imagine that giant ball being put to a better use, like capturing the hot air that the oil industry is so adept at spewing out, much more of…
http://www.threehundredeight.com/ The Harperites won both by-elections yesterday. But it’s instructive to focus on the number of eligible voters who tramped to the polls. In Oshawa-Whity, only 30% of those who…
Conservative folks are sounding pretty cocky, this morning, but they shouldn’t be. They are, after all, the folks who: Saw a two-term Whitby mayor in a tough fight with a…
It is a tough job. When you have to have two speeches ready, you are likely to have to use the losing one. Writers hate them and politicians hate them.…
From Gatsby, natch. Less figuratively, I have been told it will be “very, very vigorous” in my case. Literally, I welcome that.
When I first heard the rumours that Stephen Harper was about to go for a walk in the snow. Or whatever. And announce that he planned to step down in…
