Stuff Still Happens, week 21: Carbon taxes and classless acts
The Rachel Notley government unveiled its carbon levy tax scheme this week, and in classic government fashion it downplayed just how much it will cost the average Albertan. According to…
May 2016
Found this guy his morning
Wingspan is about four inches. Anyone know what he is, besides the obvious moth part?
Well, That’s Certainly Big of Them. Conservatives Back Down on Gay Marriage – Sort Of, In a Way, a Bit Maybe
Sorry, but I still hear that sound of knuckles dragging on the ground.The Conservatives, we're told, have removed a provision in their policy book that defined marriage as "Adam and…
Can We Trust Them? Don’t Hold Your Breath.
The G7 leaders have struck a pact to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2025. It sounds great, in principle, but do we have any reason to believe them?In Canada our…
The Weather Guy Says – It Ain’t Your Grandpa’s Weather Any More
He's not your TV weather guy. When he gets it wrong he's in trouble. Paul Douglas owns a company that provides weather forecasts to Fortune 500 companies that need to…
A Pill For The Times
Our American cousins and the Conservative Party of Canada (especially Kellie Leitch and Chris Alexander) could benefit from this prescription, but I suspect their response would be, "Just say no…
Selling Mr. Brown to Ontario.
Early in a career as a political advisor, we were on the way to a meeting about a new candidate when we bumped into another, much more experienced apparatchik, on…
Liberal Party leaders heard concerns of delegates – new constitution passed with amendments.
After all the buildup to a possible split in the party over the Liberal Party’s proposed constitutional changes, delegates backed the new constitution overwhelmingly to the tune of 96% –…
Justin Trudeau and the New Liberal Movement
I don't know how Justin Trudeau does it. Less than two days ago he was in Japan attending the G7 summit.But there he was in Winnipeg yesterday, putting his leadership…
14 thoughts on watching how i met your mother (first time through so no spoilers please!)
I was watching MASH when Netflix pulled the plug on our VPN. I found a new VPN... but now MASH is gone. One day I hope to finish the end-to-end…
My Fiftieth Year
How pivotal is that number? It seemed huge on the way in, and still lingers on the way out. A year ago (way back here), I lived with my three…
My Fiftieth Year
How pivotal is that number? It seemed huge on the way in, and still lingers on the way out. A year ago (way back here), I lived with my three…
Pretty Thin, But . . .
As prime minister, Stephen Harper didn't accomplish much. Andrew Coyne writes that Mr. Harper's legacy is pretty thin:Any honest examination of Harper’s nine-odd years in office would find a government…
The Oracle of Brunei and The Prophet of Boswarlos #nlpoli
You know that the local news media are hard up for stories when they post the musings about the current budget of somebody from Newfoundland currently swanning it in Brunei.Well,…
Brian Jean’s Wildrose Party leadership is now unquestioned: the fall of Derek Fildebrandt explained
PHOTOS: Brian Jean will be in the background no more … Back in 2015, Derek Fildebrandt was dominating the conversation, refusing to answer questions from a CBC reporter who had…
Great Day At Dawson Community Centre.
I went to dances at this place as a teenager so it’s extra cool to have had a chance to hang out today at the annual Race for Kids/ Street
May 28: A headline about a story! But there’s no story.
Today's headline story is a real headline story. The provincial government is delaying any decision on fracking. Unfortunately, neither the government nor the story have much to say about why.…
The Sad Sad State of the Conservative Menace: On Derek Fildebrandt & Being An Asshole In Politics
I met Derek a couple of times on one of Michael Coren’s old shows. You talk before, afterwards, and during the breaks on these things. He seemed a decent enough…
The Sad Sad State of the Conservative Menace: On Derek Fildebrandt & Being An Asshole In Politics
I met Derek a couple of times on one of Michael Coren's old shows. You talk before, afterwards, and during the breaks on these things. He seemed a decent enough…
The Sad Sad State of the Conservative Menace: On Derek Fildebrandt & Being An Asshole In Politics
I met Derek a couple of times on one of Michael Coren's old shows. You talk before, afterwards, and during the breaks on these things. He seemed a decent enough…