Star story on all those municipal campaign videos, about which I know nothing
Here. Which gives me an excellent pretext to again show you this!
2014
Smile!
A bear in Germany
More Evidence Of The Devil
If the devil is indeed to be found in the detail, then Star letter-writer Geoffrey Kemp of Mississauga has done an exorcist’s job of ferreting out the wily one. Enjoy…
Thomas Mulcair has been found lacking.
In a recent commentary about women and politics, we left out Catherine Pinhas, New Democratic Leader Thomas Mulcair’s wife for the past 47 years. The reason she was not mentioned…
Liberal Majority in Quebec
Pundits were cautious about the Liberals, seeing a majority as a remote possibility, more likely a minority. The third party CAQ was seen as having a last minute “surge” in…
Professional Development
Google Analytics Individual Qualification Over the last seven months at my first salaried job I’ve found that my education and experience up to my start day has been helpful but…
Inflatable Wind Turbines For Remote Areas
This wind turbine which is designed to float in the air at a high altitude is meant to provide a small amount of power. The idea behind it is to…
A resounding “Non” to Pauline Marois
Marois’ gambit for a majority ending in a blaze of spectacular failure. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving party.
Quebec, the day after.
With all the polls in, we can finally sit back and look at the results. There is a dividing line between the 4 major (seat winning) parties, the 3 medium…
Le Québec devrait etre un pays
Je suis vraiment déçu de la défaite du PQ. Il y a 3 partis souverainiste avec des députés à l'Assemblée nationale. Un de gauche, Québec Solidaire, un de droite, Coalition…
Things I realize after getting many hater-comments & trolls: On #Intersectionality, #oppression & other stuff
Things I realize after getting many hater-comments and trolls: 1) The world is not ready for Critical Race Theory or talking about the process of “Whiteness” and “racialization”. I thought
A victory for federalism and tolerance in Quebec..
…and 2 free dinners won from political bets for me from political colleagues (one on a majority, the 2nd on the number of seats won) All in all, a great…
Eight Members of Congress Call for EPA to Reopen Contaminated Water Studies Near Fracking Fields
Eight members of Congress, led by Democratic Representative Matt Cartwright (PA), have written to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking it to “investigate and address” water contamination…
Jason Kenney and the Great Foreign Workers Scam
OMG. Can you believe that shameless Jason Kenney? First him and his Cons brought in a flood of foreign workers.Then he claimed there was a skill shortage and there wasn't.Then…
Budget basics: debt #nlpoli
Board of trade president Sharon Horan wrote in her Telegram column last weekend that the unfunded pension liability will make up 85% of the provincial government’s debt not to long…
Why Stephen Harper Also Lost the Quebec Election
I only wrote one post about the Quebec election, because I knew that Pauline Marois' hideous version of the Parti Québécois was going to lose, from the moment she embraced…
Occupy Canada For May Day, With Bananas
A few days ago, I wrote about picking May Day as a good time for Occupy Vancouver to reboot itself and catch up with the Occupy Movement’s worldwide #WaveOfAction. But…
Petro-state economy costs Canada far more jobs than it creates
Canada’s economy – including its dollar – is too attached to fossil fuels, financial experts warn The current trajectories of Canada’s predominant political economies are increasingly dysfunctional, due in no…
Municipal Affairs Minister Ken Hughes quits Alberta cabinet – presumably to run for PC leadership
Half-confirmed Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Ken Hughes, on the night in 2011 Alison Redford won the party’s leadership. Well, that was then and this is now, as the appalled looking…
PC Party leadership race off to a very slow start
TweetNineteen days have passed since former Premier Alison Redford announced her resignation and not one candidate has officially announced their intentions to enter the race to become the next leader…