Kellie Leitch and the Video From Hell
She is still desperately trying to attract attention, in a crowd of equally mediocre Con leadership candidates.She's still wrapping herself in the colours of the country, to better flog her…
March 2017
A Deluded Woman
That very strange lady, CPC leadership candidate Kellie Leitch, insists that the widespread ‘popularity’ of her online video is proof of the popularity of her platform against immigrants, She ignores…
He’ll Have To Choose
The Fish Lake Mining Project is Justin Trudeau’s moment of truth. He has promised to build a new relationship between his government and Canada’s First Nations. Just as the Dakota…
Fully-clothed Warren on shirtless Justin
In which I provide a quote that is frankly incoherent: Political Consultant Warren Kinsella says although the Prime Minister may have had nothing to do with the images surfacing, when…
Kellie Leitch and the Video From Hell
She is still desperately trying to attract attention, in a crowd of equally mediocre Con leadership candidates.She's still wrapping herself in the colours of the country, to better flog her…
Who wants to be leader of Alberta’s Liberal Party? Nolan Crouse does.
St. Albert Mayor Nolan Crouse announced this week that he will run for the leadership of the Alberta Liberal Party, becoming the first and so far the only candidate to…
Canada’s Conservative Conundrum.
It is fascinating studying the 14 aspirants in the race for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada. It is also hard to believe. Just where would any of…
A change is as good as a rest #nlpoli
After 12 years and two months, we are going to make some serious changes at Bond Papers. For one thing, we’ll be going from daily posts to weekly ones, most…
A change is as good as a rest #nlpoli
After 12 years and two months, we are going to make some serious changes at Bond Papers. For one thing, we’ll be going from daily posts to weekly ones, most…
Shoreline, True Grit, photo-bombing, certainty and the Deity: random observations from Alberta’s Throne Speech
PHOTOS: Alberta Lieutenant Governor Lois Mitchell, clad in a purple official gown, reads the NDP Government’s third Speech from the Throne in the Legislature in Edmonton yesterday afternoon. Below: Party…
Congrats to Commanding Officer Butterworth-Carr
It’s always encouraging to see a woman get a top job, and encouraging also to see a Native person get a top job. With Brenda Butterworth-Carr we get two for…
Congrats to Commanding Officer Butterworth-Carr
It’s always encouraging to see a woman get a top job, and encouraging also to see a Native person get a top job. With Brenda Butterworth-Carr we get two for…
Eggen goes back to the NDP basics with bill to cut school fees
A flagship bill to cut school fees by 25 percent is familiar and friendly territory for the Alberta’s New Democratic Party. Introduced in the Legislative Assembly today by Education Minister…
Zulu: Death and Redemption in the African Sun
ZULU: DEATH AND REDEMPTION IN THE AFRICAN SUN BARRY C. JACOBSEN Yesterday at 10:19 PM On 11 January 1879, a British Army crossed the Buffalo River, the boundary between the…
New column day
Here, on the first few steps of the federal NDP’s leadership race. For further reading…– CBC News reported on Peter Julian’s campaign launch, while Alex Ballingall covered Charlie Angus’ and…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Olivia Loveridge-Greene comments on new research showing how many workers may be forced to keep working into their 70s or beyond in…
Zulu: Death and Redemption in the African Sun
ZULU: DEATH AND REDEMPTION IN THE AFRICAN SUN BARRY C. JACOBSEN Yesterday at 10:19 PM On 11 January 1879, a British Army crossed the Buffalo River, the boundary between the…
Lawsuits are to be determined on the pleadings
Moore v. Sweet, 2017 ONCA 182: This Court has made it clear on a number of occasions that lawsuits are to be decided within the boundaries of the pleadings (i.e.,…
Lawsuits are to be determined on the pleadings
Moore v. Sweet, 2017 ONCA 182: This Court has made it clear on a number of occasions that lawsuits are to be decided within the boundaries of the pleadings (i.e.,…
New column day
Here, on the first few steps of the federal NDP’s leadership race. For further reading…– CBC News reported on Peter Julian’s campaign launch, while Alex Ballingall covered Charlie Angus’ and…