Wriber: Canadian Intellectual Advancement
While Stephen Harper has done his fair share to direct our economy into the ground, he failed in all of his attempts from keeping Canadians from doing what they do…
2015
If this holds, Stephen Harper gets his pink slip on October 19
… and joins the ranks of unemployed prime ministers. Today (October 8) the CBC Poll Tracker shows the Liberal Party with the most seats for the very first time:Pause for…
If this holds, Stephen Harper gets his pink slip on October 19
… and joins the ranks of unemployed prime ministers. Today (October 8) the CBC Poll Tracker shows the Liberal Party with the most seats for the very first time: Pause…
Does TPP Sabotage Climate Change Action?
Clause 20 of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement sounds pretty good. “The 12 Parties agree to effectively enforce their environmental laws; and not to weaken environmental laws in order to encourage…
Hitching to a busted wagon
LNG bust could last for years, Nasdaq.com, Oct 8, 2015 Commodity prices have crashed over the past year, and the market for LNG is no different. Over the past five…
Marijuana (Users) "Infintely Worse" Than Cigarette Smokers
To Shifty Steve Harper’s little mind, marijuana is ‘infinitely worse’ than tobacco as a public health hazard. Of course Shifty’s lizard brain isn’t programmed to tell the truth. Fact is…
KCCCC Day 67: Dear Mr. Coyne
Andrew Coyne has a column in this morning’s paper. It basically takes the position that what Stephen Harper is doing on values was done before by Dalton McGuinty. You can…
Voter Suppression Measures and Canadian Elections
I’m reading Michael Harris’ book Party of One. I’m not very far in it but is plenty of interesting information in it. It helps to see how the effort to…
New column day
Here, on how the Cons’ multi-billion dollar price tag for Trans-Pacific Partnership compensation makes clear that every party is planning to spend large amounts of public money reshaping Canada –…
Election theme song from Hey Rosetta! & Yukon Blonde
Land You Love Land You Love – Hey Rosetta! & Yukon Blonde from Phil Maloney on Vimeo. This brings a tear to my eye everytime I play it. Thank you,…
Election theme song from Hey Rosetta! & Yukon Blonde
Land You Love Land You Love - Hey Rosetta! & Yukon Blonde from Phil Maloney on Vimeo. This brings a tear to my eye everytime I play it. Thank you,…
Election theme song from Hey Rosetta! & Yukon Blonde
Land You Love Land You Love – Hey Rosetta! & Yukon Blonde from Phil Maloney on Vimeo. This brings a tear to my eye everytime I play it. Thank you,…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Scott Santens writes about one possible endpoint of the current trend toward precarious employment, being the implementation of a basic income to…
Politics At Its Most Cynical
http://www.blazingcatfur.ca/ Did Stephen Harper make his comments about banning niqabs from the public service because he was drawn off script? David Krayden writes: First off, there is no room for…
Strategic voting in Edmonton Manning
Strategic voting in Edmonton Manning Edmonton Manning is a new riding created out of parts of Edmonton-Sherwood Park, Edmonton East and Edmonton-St. Albert. If the 2011 results of those three…
Strategic voting in Edmonton Griesbach: vote NDP
Strategic voting in Edmonton Griesbach Another Edmonton riding where strategic voting could make a difference is Edmonton-Griesbach. It is a new riding formed out of parts of the ridings of…
Help Wanted
Thanks to M. Barrett who alerted me to this Craigslist posting from Toronto: In case you can’t make out the fine print at the bottom, it reads: Required to dispose…
I Would Like to Think Canada does not have a Racist Prime Minister
Some people have given Harper benefit of the doubt and posited that he isn’t a racist but is just an incredibly cynical politician. Nah. Anyone who would do this is…
I Would Like to Think Canada does not have a Racist Prime Minister
Some people have given Harper benefit of the doubt and posited that he isn't a racist but is just an incredibly cynical politician.Nah. Anyone who would do this is beyond…