Stuff Still Happens, week 4: The Iowa caucuses explained … sort of
After 15,723 polls, 787,252 hours of TV time, and 254 billion words written (all numbers estimates), the election process to choose the next President of the United States begins in…
January 2016
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Duncan Brown discusses the connection between precarious work and low productivity. And Sara Mojtehedzadeh examines how Ontario's workers' compensation system is pushing injured individuals…
To Serve And Protect Who?
Were I so inclined, I could probably devote this blog solely to police misconduct, so extensive does it seem. Perhaps it is due to the Forcillo conviction for the attempted…
Is This Where It All Leads?
https://hwaairfan.wordpress.com/Rick Salutin asks an interesting question in today's Toront...
Justin: On electoral versus constitutional reform.
In a sit-down conversation with Justin Trudeau about six years ago, it was immediately obvious that he is an emotional person and as easy to read as an open book.…
W. A. Mackintosh: Great Canadian Economist of the 20th Century
There were two great Canadian economists of the last century: H.A. Innis and W.A. Mackintosh. Innis had been much written about but not Mackintosh. This is now corrected by a…
AG reports on suspected frauds in FY 2014 #nlpoli
In his most recent report, Auditor General Terry Paddon disclosed alleged frauds identified during his review of the provincial government's accounts:The finance department's Professional Services and Internal Audit Division discovered…
The courage of Michelle Rempel
Full disclosure, as they say: this former (Conservative) cabinet minister is my (Liberal) wife’s best friend. They became friends some years ago, drawn together – with other women, from other…
The Con Clown Rex Murphy’s Ghastly Anti-Trudeau Campaign
Once upon a time I used to fly though the air like Peter Pan in search of the remote control, whenever the ghastly Rex Murphy popped up on my big…
What are your elected representatives there for anyway?
Here is a strongly worded post from Duncan councillor, Sharon Jackson, one of the longest serving politicians in the Cowichan Valley. I have been elected about a thousand times probably…
Liberal government moves to repeal Harper’s anti-union bills C-377 and C-525
This week, the Trudeau government moved closer to fulfilling its promise to repeal Stephen Harper's vicious anti-union bills C-377 and C-525. They introduced introduced Bill C-4, An Act to amend…
Musical interlude
Greg Downey & Bo Bruce - These Hands I Hold
Friday Night Funnies
Mrs. and Mrs. Trump say -
Collingwood’s Finances: Great Shape!
There’s been a lot of doom-and-gloom bandied about over Collingwood’s alleged dire financial picture this term. There have been the-sky-is-falling presentations and nightmare-inducing consultants’ reports that paint a bleak picture…
Is Trudeau Being Fed a Load of Pipeline Bunk? Petro-Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing.
Canada's new prime minister may be swallowing a diet carefully laced with nonsense about our nation's controversial pipelines. Economist and former CEO of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, Robyn…
Jan. 29: We are very close…
The headline of today's irving press? It's about how the provincial premier will use the state of the province to set the stage for his budget. In other words, there…
CVRD Directors Must Stand Up And Represent The Residents Who They Are Elected To Serve
It looks as if the CVRD, and some of our politicians, are rolling over again. This time we face a proposed LNG facility in Saanich Inlet and unelected Planning Manager…
Louis Morissette: marabout à cause des Moustiques©
Voilà que le mari à Véro, Louis Morissette, se vide le coeur en trois temps: dans la revue nommée pour sa célèbre conjointe, aux ondes de Radio-Canada, et dans le…