End CBC, VIA Rail and Print Subsidies
Canadians are fat and lazy. And yet we use sales tax dollars collected from poor people's gym memberships, bicycles, sneakers and basketballs (and income tax on their meagre salaries) to…
2014
Edmonton New Democrat David Eggen is first to join Alberta’s only interesting political leadership race
David Eggen at the Legislature, hanging around with your blogger. Below: the Alberta NDP Legislative caucus, from left to right, Deron Bilous, Brian Mason, David Eggen and Rachel Notley. The…
Politicizing The Court
Stephen Harper has worked very hard to politicize this country’s institutions. The story of how he tried to politicize the Supreme Court is beginning to emerge. Geoff Stevens writes: I…
Fixing the TFWP? Fuhgeddaboudit
Tasha Kheiridin at iPolitics knows how to fix the TFWP. The only problem is, the Harper Cons are too incompetent to do what she suggests: Solutions to the abuse of…
New blog affiliate
Please welcome to Progressive Bloggers as a new affiliate: Joe Fantauzzi:Thoughts About Power
Harper’s Conservatives already have enough evidence
Harper’s Conservatives don’t need you telling them how incompetent or wasteful they are. They don’t need to know those things and they certainly don’t need anyone telling their faithful –…
Health Insurance Is Becoming A Scam
I have long been suspicious of health insurance plans of any sort. Even short term health insurance for travel seems to be written in such a way that it is…
In Tuesday’s Sun: judge her by her enemies
Franklin D. Roosevelt had the very best line of all. “Judge me,” said the 32nd U.S. President, “by the enemies I have made.” It’s true, too. Politics is sort of…
Saturday (or Monday) Photo: Late Spring Rain
Rain is falling right now, but the more spectacular thing falling to earth around here right now are the tiny flowers of various street trees. The regular flowering trees are…
No Public Telephone
My Internets died today. And then my phones died. And the only way I knew my phone died was when #HisNibs texted me to ask why nobody was answering the…
Tonight! Todd Bentley on History TV Canada! Or perhaps not!
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Canadian-born evangelist Todd Bentley will appear on the History TV Canada program “Miracles Decoded” June 1. Unless something happens as happened…
John Tory is late…and it ain’t the first time
John Tory is a no-show. A mayoralty candidate debate is going on, right now, with the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada debate. And Tory isn’t there. Reminds…
Holly Arntzen’s Letter in Support of Teachers
MY LETTER TO PREMIER CLARK RE: TEACHERS By Holly Arntzen Dear Premier Clark, I work in schools regularly and an continually impressed with the dedication and love teachers show for…
Conor’s 3rd Tonic Clonic (Grand Mal) Seizure
Two and a half hours ago Conor suffered his 3rd Tonic Clonic or Grand Mal seizure. (He also suffered an episode of rhabdomyolisis, a serious adverse reaction to his previous…
#YesAllWomen is for us all
The power of Twitter and of its 140-character stories is now clear to me for the first time — the #YesAllWomen hashtag Here are some examples of why it is…
Should CEOs Get Jail Time For Oil-By-Rail Accidents Like Lac Megantic?
On May 12th, a heavily armed SWAT unit stormed the home of Thomas Harding and threw Harding, his son and a visitor to the ground. Harding was then handcuffed, arrested…
Should CEOs Get Jail Time For Oil-By-Rail Accidents Like Lac Megantic?
On May 12th, a heavily armed SWAT unit stormed the home of Thomas Harding and threw Harding, his son and a visitor to the ground. Harding was then handcuffed, arrested…
Introducing The Idiot Historian, and happy birthday to Cecile and Annette Dionne.
Wednesday marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of one of the most amazing, uplifting and ultimately tragic stories in Canadian history. Let’s see if the lazy Canadian media, so…