To The Left, To The Left…Second-Guessing The Youth Vote
Free to dream, I’d be left of Jeremy Corbyn. But we can’t gamble the future on him Here is a comment I made re an opinion piece in the Guardian…
2015
Has Harper Outsmarted Himself In Attempts To Buy Election?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Our Prime Minister Stephen Harper is cunning, driven, stubborn and up against a wall of his own making. His too smart by half ploy of extending the…
End of Life and Medical Treatment – Can I Say What I Want to be Done?
Although it is scary to think about, we all come to the end of our lives. Obviously it would be best if that happened quickly at the end of a…
On So Much Anger
Anger may be defined as an impulse, accompanied by pain, to a conspicuous revenge for a conspicuous slight directed without justification towards what concerns oneself or towards what concerns one’s…
Why Mulcair Could Be in Trouble Over Bill C-51
I think by now most people realize that the NDP stance on Bill C-51 was crafted to make Justin Trudeau look bad. Before their vocal opposition, Mulcair had not yet…
Iceland Wants to Help Journalists Expose Real Threats
Iceland continues on it’s quest to be the ‘Switzerland of data‘ and is extending its program to do so for journalists. Part of the country’s plan to become a haven…
KCCCC is back! And Day 3!
KCCCC is back by popular demand! Well, okay. No one whatsoever requested that it come back. But I will endeavour to reprise it every single day of Long March 2015…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Robert Reich describes how U.S. voters are rejecting the concept of a ruling class from both the left and the right –…
He Keeps Throwing Stones
http://www3.sympatico.ca/taylormcgreal/voteyouout.html You have to wonder what planet Stephen Harper lives on. Yesterday, in Laval, he accused the entire NDP caucus of being a bunch of duds: “That group of NDP…
Facing His Own Disaster .. Harper Calls Alberta’s 71 Day Old NDP Government A ‘Disaster’
Chandra Lye, CTV Edmonton Published Monday, August 3, 2015 5:17PM MDT Last Updated Monday, August 3, 2015 6:19PM MDT A day after a federal election was announced Stephen Harper had…
140Law – Current Leading Legal Headlines
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: US Federal Judge orders NHL to turn over injury and concussion data Crime rate not main reason US prison…
Strat Plan Part 3: The Waterfront
The waterfront. It defines us geographically, historically and culturally. What could be more important to Collingwood than its waterfront that covers the entire northern border of this sleepy, lakeside town?…
Sometimes, Few Words Are Needed.
Many thanks to my sister-in-law, Vicki, for alerting me to this. The saddest thing for Canada is the fact that from the second panel on, everything is true. Recommend this…
Will we let Mulcair destroy Canada?
It has been assumed for the last while that there are voters parking their votes with the New Democratic Party. That just means if anyone asks, they say they will…
A Study in Tyranny (Part 2 )
“We Hear you Knocking but You can’t come in” A guest post by Pamela Mac Neil We have a government, who, for the most part operates in secrecy along with…
They are our friends, neighbours and family members
Reading of another tragic Fentanyl death — this time Jack Bodie, a Burnaby youth on the cusp of adulthood — I began to think it is time for each of…
Stephen Harper and the Lies That Will Destroy Him
After only two days of this marathon election campaign, Stephen Harper's strategy seems only too obvious.Repeat a Big Lie over and over again, magnify it with his propaganda machine.And hope…
Half and half #nlpoli
On the first working day during August, 2015, the provincial government issued four news releases. Two announced funding from the spring budget. The other two warned reporters of two more…