The Same Old Soreheads
The Conservatives tried to create a firestorm over the nannies who help look after the Trudeau children. But, Michael Harris writes, it was all sound and fury, signifying nothing:'Nannygate' is…
December 2015
Electoral reform help is happening.
You have no idea how good it felt to see someone else carry the can for first-past-the-post voting the other day. It was a professor from Toronto’s Ryerson University and…
Michael Harris on the Trudeau Derangement Syndrome
As I've said before, the way the Cons and the Con media have gone after Justin Trudeau from the moment he was sworn in, couldn't be more unfair or more…
Then again, he probably wouldn’t even notice the difference. Which is kind of the point.
If I ran the Secret Service, I'd assign an all-Muslim detail to protect @realDonaldTrump. #GOP — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 11, 2015 UPDATE: Smart reader Jonathan Scott adds it’d be…
The Tory-gram Returns #nlpoli
And there it was. Top of the front page. Screaming headline. Economist warns Liberal plan doesn’t make sense. Right underneath a picture of the new Liberal Premier-in-waiting and the new…
Kellie Leitch and the Foul Cowardice of the Cons
I realize Kellie Leitch is frustrated. A few weeks ago she had to be told to cool her jets by other Cons.Because she was apparently getting ready to announce her…
Did Canada show up at the Paris climate talks with its pants on?
Friday, December 11, 2015 As a lawyer I’m supposed to be able to give a pundit’s opini...
Matt Ridley Caught up in Dollars-for-Denial Scandal
Matt Ridley has become embroiled in the dollars-for-denial scandal currently engulfing a British climate denial think tank with his position on the advisory board of Sense About Science looking increasingly…
#RefugeesWelcome
This op-ed appeared in The Ottawa Citizen on November 27, 2015. “This is not a federal project, this is not even a government project, it’s a national project for all…
Scalia’s Open Racism
When moral corruption has infected your nation's highest court, how broken is your judicial system?The court to which I refer is the United States Supreme Court, as politicized a court…
What gas industry?
What BC gets from natural gas industry in 2015 does not even pay half the cost of Gas Development Ministry. #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/1wDCkQsbC7— Norm Farrell (@Norm_Farrell) December 11, 2015Note: Numbers from…
Climate change will harm the world’s poorest children “first, hardest, and longest”
In a new report titled Unless We Act Now, UNICEF says "climate change will harm the poorest and most vulnerable children first, hardest, and longest.” The post Climate change will…
Dec. 10: This will be very short because…
.....my electric power has just come back after being absent all day. And this is very late for a Christian gentleman to be awake.The Irving press briefly -1. Section A,…
Single Member-Proportional Vote (SM-PV) Feedback & Public Support
Back in May I came up with an idea for electoral reform. Since then I've been seeking input, looking for similarelectoral systems, and trying to judge what the public would…
I need a little advice – MIG Welding
In my tiny home project I am coming up against designs that need special fitting and design. Buying off the self is very expensive and doesn't always fit my design…
I need a little advice – MIG Welding
In my tiny home project I am coming up against designs that need special fitting and design. Buying off the self is very expensive and doesn’t always fit my design…
I need a little advice – MIG Welding
In my tiny home project I am coming up against designs that need special fitting and design. Buying off the self is very expensive and doesn't always fit my design…
I need a little advice – MIG Welding
In my tiny home project I am coming up against designs that need special fitting and design. Buying off the self is very expensive and doesn't always fit my design…
Mike Duffy: The Cons Used Robocalls to Win An Election in BC
Well you have to hand it to Mike Duffy. His trial may not be as popular as it once was, but he's still doing a number on Stephen Harper's legacy.First…