Let’s get this non-party started
Canadians have little patience with partisan politics in the Senate or anywhere else – or so says a recent national survey I commissioned by Nik Nanos. It’s likely no surprise…
May 2016
Let’s get this non-party started
Canadians have little patience with partisan politics in the Senate or anywhere else – or so says a recent national survey I commissioned by Nik Nanos. It’s likely no surprise…
Let’s get this non-party started
Canadians have little patience with partisan politics in the Senate or anywhere else – or so says a recent national survey I commissioned by Nik Nanos. It’s likely no surprise…
Does piss off a Newfoundlander, plus Premiers and popularity (updated)
…that’s the message I take from this little ARG snapshot about Premiers and their popularity. I mean, Newfoundland’s Dwight Bell was elected Premier right around the same time Justin Trudeau…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday May 25, 2016. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.A video posted by null (@wiselaw) on May 25, 2016…
Your Morning Smile
Enjoy.H/t Toronto StarRecommend this Post
Experience needed to do a Morning Line.
Just like the racing experts who produce a morning line for the day’s racing card, a morning line for a political race requires considerable experience. And nobody would be so…
How Could The Con Media Blow The Elbowgate Story So Badly?
Yesterday I tried to imagine how disappointed the Con media must have been, after trying to turn Elbowgate into a monster scandal.Only to discover that far from destroying Justin Trudeau,…
Just What The World Needs
Bob Fife reports, in the Globe and Mail, that Stephen Harper will resign his seat before Parliament resumes in September:“He is not going to be there when the House returns…
Supporting Bicycles is a Good Idea for Cities
Torontoist is a blog focused on, you guessed it, Toronto and they recently ran a series of posts about bike lanes. It’s not all about Toronto as they pull data…
Against empathy?
This short animation from The Atlantic highlights some of Professor Paul Bloom’s thoughts on why empathy—at least a kind of status quo mainstream empathy—isn’t really a good thing at all.…
Why We Can’t Get Rid of Stephen Harper’s Porky Legacy
They were the ads no Canadians could avoid, no matter how hard they tried. For they were everywhere.Stephen Harper's porky propaganda ads, paid for with gazillions of OUR money.And although…
Ball digs himself deeper into hole #nlpoli
Dwight Ball's latest version of Ed Martin's departure from Nalcor only deepens the political quagmire into which the Premier and his staff have worked themselves with diligent effort and persistence.Here's…
Brace for it: Alberta is about to endure weeks of vicious climate-change-induced political weather!
PHOTOS: Environment Minister Shannon Phillips at a related announcement last fall. As you can see, some of the same supporters were with her yesterday, as shown below by the Government…
Notley NDP make pigs fly again with support for Climate Leadership Plan
When the Alberta government released its Climate Leadership plan in November 2015, I said that Premier Rachel Notley and Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips had made pigs fly by…
TPP and CETA will likely raise pharmaceutical costs in Canada, government admits
A Trudeau government official recently admitted that TPP and CETA will likely raise pharmaceutical costs in Canada. According to the official, it's "correct" to suggest that the two trade deals…
This BC Liberal Government has been mired in near criminal controversy since its inception
This BC Liberal government has been mired in near criminal controversy since its inception, the latest example being just last Thursday when Clark exempted herself, cabinet and companies from court…
Nobody manhandles my pal Gordie
Here I am, touching THE MOST FAMOUS ARM IN CANADIAN POLITICS.
Foreign Policy Wrap-Up – Saudi Arabia, Israel in the News
The Yanquis, it seems, are leaving Canada's federal government in the foreign policy dust.First up, Saudi Arabia - or what Steffie Dion and Slick would call our "good ally." In…
Premier Wall Has Hack Hurling Hypocrite Insults #skpoli
The Premier recently had the Lieutenant Governor read the throne speech for his new government session. In it, she said that some unnamed people following a “misguided dogma” with “no…