Butt ExitsThe Building
Justin Trudeau and Gerald Butts go back along way. Susan Delacourt reviews their history: He and Butts met at McGill University when they were both studying English literature and on…
2019
#LavScam Ipsos numbers
Right here. Federal Ipsos/Global poll, 1002 adults, Feb. 14-18: CPC 36% (+3 since December, 2018) Liberals 34% (-4) NDP 17% (-1) Ontario (federal) CPC 38% Liberals 32% NDP 22% LIberal…
Desalination Plants can Turn Their Waste into Solutions
We all need water to live and we’re using our fresh water reserves faster than they can be replenished. South Africa knows this all too well, which is why there…
Life In Scarborough: The Fried Pork Rinds of Scarborough
Was inside the Jian Hing market at Markham and Lawrence on Family Day, looking for Filipino Pork Rinds. They have about 40 different varieties at Jian Hing. I’m not kidding,…
Who is running this circus?
It is usually best to stay away from political situations that you do not understand. While we have gone around the the rings in this circus a few times, we…
The Personal Cost Of Politics
Despite our love for politics as a blood sport, there is a human side and human cost to politics. I have seen both, and have experienced both for the better…
Curious deal in BC’s pay-to-play economy
In early 2014, BC Hydro awarded SNC-Lavalin a contract to design, build, finance and maintain the John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
Rusland Opposes Cowichan Estuary Rezoning
I urge the CVRD board not to approve a rezoning application by the Cowichan Bay Terminal. The CVRD now has a unique, priceless chance to help start reversing decades of…
Sounds as if the Trudeau Liberals are listening to their Natural Governing Party lizard brain, finally
Amid all the hoo-ha emanating from the nation’s capital over the partial holiday weekend, the bit that didn’t seem to fit was the dispiriting news – for many Albertans, anyway…
More Extremists Associated With Yellow Vests Convoy to Ottawa: Christopher Hayes
Well it seems the efforts of Yellow Jackets Canada Exposed and the Canadian Anti-Hate Network (and perhaps to some small extent my own) have resulted in a statement regarding David…
In Case You Didn’t Know How Low The Con Media Can Go
If you want to know how low the Con media in this country have fallen, consider this :By most honest accounts Andrew Scheer is a religious fanatic, a racist, a…
I did a CBC TV hit this afternoon – from our house
I did it to only defend (proudly, enthusiastically) Jody Wilson-Raybould. Some have asked me if my choice of background was an accident. It wasn’t.
The only #LavScam questions that matter
Tonight and since this story broke, these are the only questions that really matter: 1. What role did Gerald Butts play in Jody Wilson-Raybould’s demotion? 2. Why she was demoted?…
The Breakdown of Governance
As a global civilization we really have behaved terribly. For couple of weeks I’ve been working on a piece on pollution. Greenhouse gas is a part of this problem but…
Unsung Heroes Deserve Recognition
Peter Rusland There are many local unsung heroes deserving a street, building or park named in their honour. One such person was H. Rider Haggard. Writer and researcher Dean Unger’s…
Glop & Pail Redefining Moral Leader
Instead of picking a moral leader like Elizabeth May to feature, the wretched folks editing Canada’s worst newspaper that isn’t Postmedia, thought to abuse our language with this: How in…
Smoke & Mirrors – The Athabasca Saga Continues
Has Big Fossil been fudging the environmental assessment studies it spoon feeds to Alberta’s oh-so-accepting regulator? Apparently so. Dozens of oilsands environmental impact studies are marred by inconsistent science that’s…
Butts Out
Well this is quite the turn of events, one that I don’t think that many people saw coming, or at least so soon. I surely didn’t. BREAKING: @gmbutts has quit…