Vic Toews’ horrible and hypocritical judicial appointment
When the Conservatives where in opposition they raised – as they often did – a legitimate point about the patronage within the then Liberal government. At the front of the…
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The “Toronto Blessing” 20 years later
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. Interesting article from Christianity Today in my inbox this morning. Time flies, and it has been 20 years since the revival…
Overheard in Vancouver’s Chinatown
White girl in the bathroom stall to friend washing her hands beside me: “Oh… is that place good? I heard it was just full of a bunch of Chinese
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jim Stanford writes that union-bashing has proven to be political poison for many of the parties who have tried to distract from increasing…
An Act Of Aggression Is Still Wrong
I’m angry beyond words at this: Transgender Woman’s Jail Treatment Prompts Complaints Baxter said Griffith was concerned about her safety and asked to be put into protective custody. Guards moved…
My ‘ROC’ excludes Alberta
Jeffrey Simpson writes how annoying Quebecers better think twice about “putting a knife to Canada’s throat” because the “Rest of Canada” is fed up with it. This kind of rhetoric…
Nova Scotia Newspaper in Hot Water Over Cartoon Comparing Harper to Nazis
Harper is a horrible prime minister, he does not care about democracy or science. He has tarnished Canada’s image on the world stage by promoting the tarsands and by supporting…
Happy Day, women
There are many awesome posters out there. This was one of my favorites for today. .
Nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world
March is Women’s History month (in the US). This is a series of posts about women who have made an impression on me. Anne Frank never had the chance…
Alarm Bells Should Be Going Off
The Harperites didn’t consult Marc Mayrand when they drew up their election “reforms.” And there was a reason they did everything they could to prevent him from testifying before the…
The bother of bewildered blogs.
There are bloggers who care. Some will even suppress that overwhelming desire to write about themselves and write lovingly of their country. They are often concerned liberals and progressives. They…
A Timely Reminder
In light of the National Energy Board’s rubber stamping of the Enbridge Line 9 reversal with very few safeguards, here is a timely reminder of the inherent dangers of pipelines:…
Levant Vs. Awan: Past Is Future?
From Blatchford’s latest: MacKinnon told the judge in his opening statement Levant’s defence is largely that of fair comment — traditionally the defence that is the purview of journalists. And…
Saturday At The Movies
A Norwegian children’s charity left a thinly-dressed 11-year-old boy shivering at a bus stop in the winter cold to test how many people would spontaneously help him. * The advert…
Pierre Poilievre and the Slow Destruction of the Fair Elections Act
Uh oh. It looks as if Pierre Poilievre's demagogic defence of the foul Fair Elections Act, also known as the Voter Suppression Bill, is going down in flames.Because now that…
Here’s the Deal
I’m packing in this blog for a while. It’s simply not worth it. I have other things deserving of my attention that have been too long neglected. One of these…
Lupita Nyong’o On Validation, For International Women’s Day
A sublime meditation on validation. Bravo! …in which a young woman shares her adolescent anxieties and blossoms into a role model for us all. Happy International Women’s Day! Enjoy the…
Great line of the day
In Stephen Maher’s article about the terrible optics of the Vic Toews judicial appointment: The bench should not be used as a retirement home for burnt out politicians. That’s what…
The "Fair" Elections Act isn’t just bad, its being implemented in a bad way
Changes to our electoral system – changes, that is, to the very core of our democracy – are not to be taken lightly. Regardless of where you lie on the…
Quebec: The separatist Premier who is committed and not committed
The Impartial Premier – Trust Me Premier Pauline Marois believes she can have her cake and eat it, too. So she is sucking and blowing at the same time about…