An F-35 Update From The Mound Of Sound
The Mound of Sound sent along this note, followed by his guest post on the F-35: I thought an update on the F-35 would be appropriate after reading Bill Sweetman’s…
2014
May 24: IRock closes.
That’s big news for the Irving press. Front page news. It seems nightclub attendance has been dropping in Moncton, so a number of clubs have closed. Let’s see now. Nightclubs…
Rental Housing in Yellowknife
Yesterday I blogged about rental housing in Yellowknife, over at the Northern Public Affairs web site. Specifically, I blogged about a recent announcement by the city’s largest for-profit landlord that…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Tavis Smiley discusses the need to speak realistically about the causes and effects of poverty, rather than simply dismissing real human costs…
Major Numerical Problems in Tim Hudak’s Jobs Plan
When Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak kicked off the current election campaign with a plan to “create a million new jobs” in Ontario, he tried to dress up the platform…
What I Learned at School Today
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Teacher’s Pet The struggle between teacher’s, parents and students on one side and the BC Liberal government on the other goes back to the days of when Gordon…
Trudeau and Wynne: big on corporate tax cuts
Justin Trudeau has thrown his support behind Kathleen Wynne in the 2014 Ontario election. One thing both have in common: a love for corporate tax cuts. Unlike Michael Ignatieff, Trudeau…
Therein Lies The Tragedy
Traditional Dippers are bewildered and disillusioned by Andrea Horwath. Yesterday, in the Globe and Mail, Gerry Caplan published an open letter to the leader of Ontario’s New Democrats: Since your…
The ACDC/AVI Site Remediation
Earlier this week, members of council received this email from Ian Adams of the Enterprise Bulletin about the upcoming motion on remediation of the empty property at Hume and Hurontario…
Charles brought the lovely Camilla to tea.
It must be a condition of having a broadcast license in Canada: When Royals visit, you have to gush a lot. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales came for…
World Health Organization Autism Resolution: Comprehensive and Coordinated Efforts for the Management of Autism Spectrum Disorders
As stated on the Autism Speaks website on May 23, 2014: “Today the World Health Assembly adopted a formal resolution making autism a global health priority. The assembly is the…
UPDATED: Gerald Caplan’s Lament
The NDP exists for a reason: to express certain principles and to represent certain voters. Today it is not easy to say what the Ontario party’s principles are or for…
When Liberals fail: blame the NDP
Whenever the Liberal party fails at something — whether the federal Liberals, Ontario Liberals, etc. — one thing you can be rest assured of: they’ll blame the NDP. Martin When…
Jason Kenney and the Foreign Worker’s Farce
Well I see that Jason Kenney has been reduced to playing King Canute.Frantically trying to hold back the rising tide of foreign workers flooding into Canada. Trying to make it…
Saturday At The Movies
Very funny ad by Belgian Bus Company De Lijn on why we should all take public transportation more often.
Post-fight analysis: Round 1 to Jim Prentice as Wildrose comes out swinging over debt remark
Jim Prentice and Wildrose champion Rob Anderson square off in Round 1, as members of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce look on. Actual scenes from Alberta political discourse may not…
Five Years of Blogging.
I have had the pleasure of blogging for five years here at calgaryliberal.com. It has been a unique journey for this blogger. I have met new friends, won national blogging…
Hookers to be part of Italy’s GDP
Italy’s National Institute of Statistics recently announced that next year it will start including activities such as prostitution and illegal drug sales in the country’s Gross Domestic Product. And why…
Rob Ford and the Lost Animals of Far Enough Farm
Well although he personally believes that crack addicts should be jailed not pampered, I see Rob Ford is finally in rehab.His monstrous Fordzillamobile is in the pound.Earlier this week, Ford's…
Harper’s new Conservatives out of step with Canadian values
Harper Norquist: Ideological soulmates Many feared (and fear) Stephen Harper’s hidden agenda, and for good reason. Patterned on the far right wing Republican model, Harper’s Reform Party took over the…