Crony capitalism, part duh…
I don’t know that I will bother writing about the detail that I’ve accumulated in examining convention centre projects in North America and abroad. Regular readers can probably guess accurately…
2014
Spring officially arrives at 12:57 p.m. Thursday
Oh yes, very Springlike!!!!
The Outsider #nlpoli
Frank Coleman told an audience of reporters and supporters in Corner Brook on Wednesday that he was in the Conservative Party leadership race to win it. That’s novel, given that…
The Harper Cult and the War on the Media
It looked like a mob meeting, with big black cars and burly bodyguards to keep reporters away.Or as Tom Mulcair called it, the gathering of some secretive cult. But it…
Admitting to not knowing until it was too late: The DTES Local Area Plan implications
…I admit that I didn’t know how REAL it was until the 3 days came to an end and even after it passed…. After that the reality sunk in, I…
Stephen Harper Fired Jim Flaherty Because of Income Splitting Disloyalty
The smile: it’s fake. He was fired. Seriously, is it me or did Stephen Harper fire Jim Flaherty over his disloyalty over the income splitting policy disaster? Certainly, I haven’t…
8 candidates who could run for the leadership of the Alberta PC Party
TweetWith yesterday’s announcement by Premier Alison Redford that she will resign on March 23, 2014, the Progressive Conservative caucus will need to select an interim premier and the PC Party…
Alberta Politics: Which of these leaders is best suited to deal with health care?
"Which of these leaders is best suited to deal with #abhealth?" #pcaa #ablib #abndp #wrp #ableg #abgov #abpoli pic.twitter.com/KvzRy61Eke — Vincent St Pierre (@vsp) March 20, 2014
From Canada’s Five Female Premiers To Three
At the start of this year Canada had five female Premiers, but now because of a few old white men the country only has three.Alberta's Alison Redford joins Newfoundland's Kathy…
From Canada’s Five Female Premiers To Three
At the start of this year Canada had five female Premiers, but now because of a few old white men the country only has three. Alberta’s Alison Redford joins Newfoundland’s…
From Canada’s Five Female Premiers To Three
At the start of this year Canada had five female Premiers, but now because of a few old white men the country only has three.Alberta's Alison Redford joins Newfoundland's Kathy…
From Canada’s Five Female Premiers To Three
At the start of this year Canada had five female Premiers, but now because of a few old white men the country only has three. Alberta’s Alison Redford joins Newfoundland’s…
The aftermath of a week of resignations
Yesterday, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty resigned. I speculated on which political players that the Mr. Harper might appoint to replace him, and I was flat-out wrong. Stephen Harper’s choice for…
A very Albertan coup: Alison Redford fell victim to her own hubris, as well as that of her Progressive Conservative Party
Alison Redford announces her resignation moments after 6 p.m. yesterday while Deputy Premier Dave Hancock looks on grimly in the background. Below: Mr. Hancock, the man thought most likely to…
It was only a matter of time. Ruthless Tories force Redford to quit.
TweetIt was only a matter of time. After a short 898 days as Premier of Alberta, Alison Redford announced today that she plans to resign as premier and leader of…
Finance Minister Joe Oliver Is an "Embarrassment to Canada" as Tom Mulcair Suggests
I read a CBC report this evening in which NDP & Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair used some very strong and incredibly divisive language about Canada’s new Finance Minister, Joe Oliver…
Pierre Poilievre’s Incredibly Horrible and Embarrassing Week
Oh dear. I can't help feeling that Pierre Poilievre is starting to regret that Big Daddy made him the Minister of Democratic Reform.And is probably wishing he could have another…
A neat site to track Liberal nominees in ridings across Canada: LiberalReboot.ca
LiberalReboot.ca is a pretty neat, fairly new site I was made aware of, and it’s very ambitious: This website is intended to be a database for Liberals and Liberal supporters…
Now what is Harper hiding?
Why so much secrecy today in Ottawa? Joe Oliver’s name was all over Twitter last night. Everybody knew who was being sworn in as the new Minister of Finance. It…
Good luck in getting Keystone approved now
…you bunch of idiots. .