National day of honour for honouring Stephen Harper?
Stephen Harper has announced a National Day of Honour. Supposedly this is to honour those who fought and fell in Afghanistan. From various media reports it appears to be just…
2014
Whose Sorry Now?
Perhaps NDP leader Andrea Horwath will be, for forcing an unnecessary Ontario election, if the results of a new Forum Research Poll hold throughout the campaign. The survey of 1,845…
Welcome to Ontario’s “Nasty” campaign.
Ready, aim, smear. The campaign has been launched in Ontario. Soon all the candidates will be down in the muck wallowing in the futility of claim and counter-claim. And the…
Things Could Get Very Nasty
Kathleen Wynne has three opponents in Ontario’s election — Tim Hudak, Andrea Horwath and Stephen Harper. Her budget represents everything that Harper abhors — government spending to stimulate the economy,…
This and That – Distractions and Obfuscations
The ongoing Elections act cluster fk has successfully distracted from the latest omnibus budget from the Harper Regime, hardy a word has been seen about the 350 page “Harper Government…
Who really ‘pulled the plug’ in Ontario?
The Ontario Liberals are essentially promoting their May 1 budget as their election platform. They’ve been leaking parts of it over the last month like a government that rolls out…
The Tragic Love Story of Steve Harper and Rob Ford
Well I think it's safe to say that those two bosom buddies Steve Harper and Rob Ford had a REALLY rotten week.Once they had such big plans to impose total…
Calgary mayor hands Alberta PCs a ‘Get Out of Jail Card’ on public service pensions
Alberta Premier pro tem Dave Hancock, who does not appear exactly as illustrated, of course, pictured on a Get Out of Jail Free card given him today by Calgary Mayor…
Saturday night blues blogging
Richie Sambora, Tommy Emmanuel and Laurence Juber got together for an enthusiastic unplugged performance of Baby What You Want Me To Do. This is Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers…
Canadian group not dealing with major free expression issues
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE), a non-profit organization I worked with for 14 years, is one of dozens of groups from around the world that celebrated the importance of…
in which I go to paris… with my mother!
From my Flickr page My mother said, “I want to go to Paris. I want to see Paris one more time while I’m still healthy enough and mobile enough to…
Provincial campaign? Municipal campaign? Who cares
This is what greeted Lala and me when we made our way up to the cabin for the first time this year. (I’m always the first on my lake, I’m…
No wonder Rob Ford is so screwed up. His mother is Dame Edna…
No wonder Rob Ford is so screwed up. His mother is Dame Edna and his father was Nosh from the movie Eat the Rich (see photos above). But seriously folks,…
Kyle McKee Writes in the Third Person Now
There was a little update regarding McKee's alleged involvement on the attack against Max Hynes, a one time ally now rival, that took place in the summer of 2012: White…
In Sunday’s Sun: Rob Ford ain’t beaten yet, Toronto
On a typically cold January day, the man steps into room 727 at the hotel, which is located right downtown. He has come there, a bit reluctantly, at the request…
In yesterday walks tomorrow
White background Liberal lawn signs: Never really ends well, in my experience.
Getting lots of new followers
…must be an election or something. .