"Whereas the Parliament of Canada recognizes the social harm caused by the objectification of the human body and the commodification of sexual activity" This is part of the preamble to…
Here are some visuals for this post. This year’s crop, we hope: eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, basil, and thyme. As you can see, it’s a fraction of the backyard we used…
Because it has already abandoned you. I mean, Jack Layton carefully prepared your federal counterparts for his “move to claim the center”. And some of the changes he made, to…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Richard Hughes With our paranoid PM Steve Harper it is all about control and with this reality in mind we head into what promises to be a hot summer of…
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.
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…
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…
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.…
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 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…
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 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…
