Just visiting the middle class
A few folks, mostly Liberals, referred me to Justin Trudeau’s response to yesterday’s federal budget. We at Daisy were all too busy actually reading the thing, so we missed his…
April 2015
Shorter Federal Budget
We intend to spend more than we bring in during the next year, much of it buying votes from higher earning taxpayers, but because we sold off our GM shares…
The Harper Regime and the Con Artist Budget
It won't happen of course, not in this corrupted Harperland, where decency goes to die.But if there was any justice, Boss Harper, Oily Joe Oliver, and the rest of the…
The little things that stand out #nlpoli
Throne Speech 2015 was the kind of document you’d expect from a group of politicians who are out of new ideas. People are making a big deal out of the…
Fire. Marin. Now.
Kid Kodak is out of control. Any MPP who votes to keep him is complicit in this bullshit. André Marin has claimed $206,821.16 in housing expenses for just a fraction…
Taking a Closer Look at Maley Drive, Part 1: Costs
Although the project proposal has been around for over 20 years, lately the Maley Drive Extension has really begun to divide the Greater Sudbury community. On the one hand, there…
NEW NANOS NEGATES NERVOUS NELLY-ISM!!!!
As you may know, Nanos does internal ballot tracking every week. Based on the four week rolling average, the Liberals are at 34 per cent, the Conservatives at 29 per…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Outgoing cats.
Two from today version two
Barbara: Triangle and shadow Barbara: The arm Filed under: art Tagged: Figure drawing, iPad, nude., procreate
Two today figures from life drawing
Filed under: art Tagged: Figure drawing, iPad, nudes, procreate
My “Top Five” Most Outrageous Things About This Budget
With a document whose very timing, let alone content, was so transparently politicized and manipulative, it’s hard to even know where to start. Among the many galling, short-sighted, and ultimately…
Stand with Bernie Sanders: Unmask the TPP
Right now, Congress is moving forward on legislation that would allow the government to Fast Track the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and its extreme Internet censorship plan without any scrutiny of…
Complaining About Taxes? Read This First
Open any newspaper and you’ll find umpteen stories about taxes — from Vancouver’s ongoing transit tax referendum to Alberta’s budget crisis to Toronto’s property tax increase. “It’s probably safe to…
Complaining About Taxes? Read This First
Open any newspaper and you’ll find umpteen stories about taxes — from Vancouver’s ongoing transit tax referendum to Alberta’s budget crisis to Toronto’s property tax increase. “It’s probably safe to…
Pithy (and potty) reaction to the budget
My device just spell-checked "budget" into "bidet." #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 21, 2015
ROCHON on 2015 budget: Conservatives making a mockery of working Canadians
CONSERVATIVES MAKING A MOCKERY OF WORKING CANADIANS Louis-Philippe Rochon Associate Professor of Economics, Laurentian University Co-Editor, Review of Keynesian Economics Today, with great fanfare, Minister of Finance, Joe Oliver, tabled…
Pre-emptive rebuttal #nlpoli
This excerpt from Tuesday’s federal budget speech seems aimed at province’s like Newfoundland and Labrador where the government promised the same day that they’d be piling up more debt on…
Why Didn’t Joe Oliver Buy Canadian Shoes?
So the federal government is going to aim for more industrial growth? What does it mean when Finance Minister Joe Oliver buys New Balance shoes for his big speech? Much…
Budget Balanced with EI Surplus
Mr. Oliver likes to say that most of the growth in jobs has been high wage, private sector growth. This is simply not true. Two-thirds of net new jobs created…
April 21: Justice Triumphs
Three minor figures in the Lac Megantic train disaster have been criminally charged in the case of the oil train explosion that killed 47 people in Lac Megantic. One is…