G. I. Joke
Love this. Oh, and anyone who has cell phone numbers for his personal staff? Post ‘em in comments. There’s no better way to torpedo a campaign for a day or…
July 2015
Public sector employment in Ontario is far below the rest of Canada
The suggestion that Ontario has a deficit because its public sector is too large does not bear scrutiny. Consider the following. Public sector employment has fallen in the last three…
‘Grassroots’ Canada Action Carries Deep Ties to Conservative Party, Oil and Gas Industry
“Our messages are not resonating,” Natural Resource Minister Greg Rickford told a room full of oil and gas executives in a luxury Rocky Mountain resort last fall. “You are fighting…
Keeping It Under Wraps
filipina-nannies-caregivers. Last week, the Advisory Panel On Healthcare Innovation was supposed to release its report at a scheduled news conference. Jeffrey Simpson writes: The day before the news conference, however,…
Liberals are committed to change.
There are lots of changes being bandied about in this coming election. Only the Conservatives want to stay the course but as that appears to be straight downhill, it is…
Greece Has Been Shat Upon With the Dung of the Devil
Over the last few weeks, I could not but help notice the parallel narratives unrolling with the Pope on tour in South America condemning the moral bankruptcy of our present…
Justin Trudeau and the Ghastly and Dangerous Separatist Card
As anyone who has ever read this blog must know, I have tried to be as non-partisan as possible, and stay out of the battles between the Liberals and the…
Reality check for the Ontarians, please #nlpoli
If nothing else, media coverage about energy talks between Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador shows just how much people don’t know about what is going on in the country. Not…
Is This A Sign That Stephen Harper Is About to Call An Early Election?
I realize that we are now in the heart of the Canadian summer, and the last thing most Canadians want to think about is politics.But the PMO never sleeps, there…
Lawyer, businessman and long-time Tory Douglas Goss steps aside as U of A board chair
PHOTOS: University of Alberta Board Chair Douglas Goss at the infamous Melcor Five news conference on May 1. Below: New University of Alberta President David Turpin, who took over on…
Euros discarded as impoverished Greeks resort to bartering | World news | The Guardian
Euros discarded as impoverished Greeks resort to bartering | World news | The Guardian. Filed under: Eurozone crisis, Greece Tagged: Austerity, Eurozon Crisis, Greece
7 Conservatives scandals that still haunt Alberta politics
After forty-four years of Progressive Conservative government in Alberta, it still feels surreal to believe that another party has been elected into government. Two and a half months after the…
In this week’s Hill Times: a high IQ isn’t everything – but winning is
My Conservative friend (yes, I have some) posted something noteworthy on Facebook. It was a picture of a sign bearing the words: STOP MAKING STUPID PEOPLE FAMOUS. In this week,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Watchcats.
Harper Offers A Slippery Snow Job-Calls It Christmas In July
The following was published as a letter to the editor on the Langley Times. Don’t spend that child care benefit, mom and dad Editor: The barrage of blatant vote buying…
The Golden Age Of Rock & Roll
The world should have ended the next morning. There was really nothing left to say, rock & roll wise.
Chief Harry and the Malahat Nation– Reconsider Your Position!
The following is guest post by Georgia Collins Georgia Collins “Sitting in a hot gym in the middle of summer, listening to Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Energy and…
Paddle for the Peace 2015: How did we get here, and why should you care?
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 Staff Counsel Anna Johnston participated in the 10th annual Paddle for the Peace, a community event that brought hundreds of people along with canoes and kayaks…
Law students increase information accessibility in controversial Kinder Morgan hearing (and how you can help!)
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 A group of law student volunteers created a website that features summaries of the evidence submitted by intervenors in the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion…
Cost review on appeal
Green v. Green, 2015 ONCA 541: An order of costs is discretionary and entitled to deference. The Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O 1990, c. C.43 affords broad discretion to trial…