The Coming Implosion
Michael Harris writes that the Harper Party keeps moving closer to its own self destruction. Last weekend, the Manning Conference stripped Mr. Harper naked. He is no longer the leader…
2014
Canada’s Opaque Transparency – An Open Data Failure
Yesterday, at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) Canada Minister of Natural Resource, Joe Oliver, announced with great fanfare a new initiative to compel mining companies to disclose…
On Democracy And Political Leadership
I have a somewhat busy morning ahead, so for the time being I offer the following: Is the answer to things like this, this? Re Manning Takes Aim at Tory…
The View from Europe: America’s Shale Boom Looks More Like a Blip
The fracking boom has progressed at breakneck speed across the U.S., with roughly one in 20 Americans now living within a mile of a well drilled since 2000. So, how…
Three Reasons Why This Anglo Is Thinking About Leaving Quebec: Breach of Trust, Loss of Confidence, Demographics
Truth be told, I have lived in Quebec for the last twenty years. Last week, not much of a surprise, a poll revealed that about 50% of the anglophone and…
The Gentle Spanking of the Con Clown Brad Butt
Golly. Can you believe it eh? The Con clown Brad Butt has finally got his ass spanked. Sort of. By the Speaker of the House of Commons. Read more »
How did she work, exactly? #nlpoli
How odd that the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador – arguably the busiest job in the province, bar none - received only 46 e-mails in a one week period in…
The Republic of Capitalism: A Chinese ‘Every Man’ talks Morals and Money
Now a growing player in the global market and a curious destination to many, China’s capitalist whitewash has been holding our attention. But how has China’s economic growth affected the…
Rob Ford’s Desperately Humiliating Hollywood Adventure
Well he went down to Los Angeles where he was given the celebrity treatment by Jimmy Kimmel.It all went to his head like a hit from a crack pipe.Until he…
The Ukraine Crisis, the Con Klowns, and the Cold War Warriors
It's hard to imagine a scarier situation than the threat of a superpower confrontation in the Crimean peninsula.The Obama administration said Monday that any Russian threat to Ukraine's navy would…
Christine Lagarde angers Spain with repeat prescription of austerity
Christine Lagarde angers Spain with repeat prescription of austerity – http://feeds.theguardian.com/c/34708/f/663828/s/37bc8c9c/sc/7/l/0L0Stheguardian0N0Cworld0C20A140Cmar0C0A30Cchristine0Elagarde0Espain0Eausterity0Eimf0Emadrid/story01.htm – sent from the Guardian Anywhere app Filed under: Uncategorized
When Progressive Bloggers attack each other
Richard Fantin, blogger, thinks I am to blame for the ills of the youth. He thinks it’s fine that Millenials blame me, too. I did it all, you see. I…
The End is at Hand! Sure looks that way for Alberta’s PCs, anyway…
Members of the Alberta Tory caucus consider the latest poll results as they prepare for the 2016 provincial election. Actual Alberta Progressive Conservative MLAs may not appear exactly as illustrated.…
Nenshi: Right About LRTs, Wrong About Ideology
Calgary's Mayor Naheed Nenshi visited Toronto last week and made some sensible comments about LRTs. He also made some mushy and poorly reasoned comments about ideology, his ideas are popular,…
Nenshi: Right About LRTs, Wrong About Ideology
Calgary’s Mayor Naheed Nenshi visited Toronto last week and made some sensible comments about LRTs. He also made some mushy and poorly reasoned comments about ideology, his ideas are popular,…
Nenshi: Right About LRTs, Wrong About Ideology
Calgary's Mayor Naheed Nenshi visited Toronto last week and made some sensible comments about LRTs. He also made some mushy and poorly reasoned comments about ideology, his ideas are popular,…
The coming age of agesism
Another Progressive Blogger has put up a post that I feel I must respond to. It’s a rare occurrence, but since I believe that I accurately fit the description of…
Nenshi: Right About LRTs, Wrong About Ideology
Calgary’s Mayor Naheed Nenshi visited Toronto last week and made some sensible comments about LRTs. He also made some mushy and poorly reasoned comments about ideology, his ideas are popular,…
In Tuesday’s Sun: …in which I use a word to describe the National Post that I am not allowed to use
As Russia and the Ukraine slip towards war – and as the West looks on, unable or unwilling to do anything – it’s easy to forget that nice things still…