The Amazing Youth Vote and How the Con Media Got It Wrong
About a year before the last election I decided the most useful thing I could do was to try to get as many young Canadians to vote as I could.So…
June 2016
‘Donald Trump Is An Asshole’ passes 4,000 views!
Four thousand SFH fans can’t be all wrong – especially after this week. Click on the link, sing along!
Tried and found wanting.
If there was a God, would He not be looking down on us today in dismay. Would He be pleased with the state we are in? Would He be pleased…
No Referendum
There is a lot of chatter -- particularly from the Conservatives -- about holding a referendum on electoral reform. Gerry Caplan doesn't think a referendum is a good idea. He…
The G20 Summit and the Police State in Toronto
It's been almost six years, but I'll never forget that weekend. The weekend of the G20 Summit in Toronto.When they turned my neighbourhood into an armed camp, more than 1,000…
The Budget and the Economy #nlpoli
The Conference Board of Canada says the recent budget has tipped the provincial economy into a recession next year.Finance minister Cathy Bennett says that's bollocks.Let's see which is right.Before we…
Making the best of a bad deal #nlpoli
Here's the short version of the implications flowing from Nalcor's announcement on Wednesday:1. Continuing Muskrat Falls is a political decision already made by Dwight Ball despite the evidence. It's like…
Athabasca University documents suggest institution’s leadership remains out of sync with Alberta’s NDP government
PHOTOS: Athabasca University’s headquarters in the Town of Athabasca, 145 kilometres north of Edmonton. Below: Alberta Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt and AU Interim President Peter MacKinnon. Two recently completed…
The Trudeau Government and the Case of the Injured Veterans
As you know I think Justin Trudeau and his government are doing an amazing job of destroying Stephen Harper's foul legacy.And have have made this country a better place to…
BC Hydro Tells Farmers Fighting Site C Dam to Vacate Property By Christmas
Peace Valley farmers and outspoken critics of the Site C dam Ken and Arlene Boon say BC Hydro intends to force them from their third-generation family farm by the end…
BC Hydro Tells Farmers Fighting Site C Dam to Vacate Property By Christmas
Peace Valley farmers and outspoken critics of the Site C dam Ken and Arlene Boon say BC Hydro intends to force them from their third-generation family farm by the end…
Betrayal. The Debasement of the Liberal Government of Justin Trudeau.
You just can't get much lower than to betray Canada's wounded veterans. Yet now we have Justin giving us another unwanted glimpse of his true Harperian nature.His government is doing…
Starting work at American University
Today, I started work at American University as the Web Content & Marketing Coordinator at the School of Professional & Extended Studies. I will be responsible for managing web content…
June 15: This is long….
...maybe I need to find a life.The headline, the big story, in today's irving press is that the library and the Moncton High School preservation group don't agree on moving…
The definition of evil
I try to choose my words carefully. Words have power, words can create emotions, words linger and stick with us. Words matter. Words can be tools of great precision and…
I am reminded
I am reminded of December 6, 1989 at Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique. I am reminded of February 5, 1981 – Toronto’s bath house raids, the catalyst for my coming out. I…
I Know. I’m Sorry. Still, It Has To Be Said.
I'm posting this because it illustrates the predicament we've got ourselves in and what might be entailed to get ourselves out of it. I know you don't want to read…
The open primary debate south of the border
I realize the debate on Open Membership in the LPC is now a done deal.. but an interesting look at it from the US side of things, with the leading…
Rafe: Clark getting free ride from media, Horgan just dropping ball
Rafe is going after Christy, John Horgan and the mostly missing in action corporate media. It will be damn interesting to see how Horgan rolls out his election campaign in…
Making Sure Connie Can’t Give Them the Slip, Except He Might Have Already
Is he still Lord Black of Crossharbour? Doesn't really matter. The Canada Revenue Agency has slapped a lien on Conrad Black's Toronto mansion to secure the $31-million he apparently owes…