2022
Happy Victoria Day
A redditor was kind enough to share a video of the fireworks display put on yesterday evening at Dow’s Lake, Ottawa. As per personal tradition I treated my coworkers to…
Ford’s Frolic.
If you want to frolic with an elephant, now’s your chance. It is the beast snickering behind you as you cast your ballot. Sure, you can vote for Doug Ford…
Today’s News: Ukraine update
Here’s a collection of recent items from Ukraine. Now that Ukraine is winning this war, we are seeing some odd reactions – almost as though pundits can’t wrap their heads…
Her Majesty Anne II, Queen of Canada?
Anne, The Princess Royal There are sometimes calls for the royal succession to skip the Prince of Wales and for the throne to go directlyto Prince William. This has a…
Will Aussie go green?
Australia shares with Canada and the United States the dubious distinction of being one of the top three per-capita greenhouse gas producers among the industrial countries. The dirty three. Like…
51.4% (the end of Jason Kenney?)
It finally happened.* Despite the UCP government changing the law to allow the purchase of party memberships without someone’s knowledge or consent, the UCP executive changing the rules setting out…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Irelyne Lavery reports on the increasing number of Canadians needing medical attention for the flu as COVID-related protections have been scrapped. And Wallace…
REPLAY: Liberal plan of action
Reader Lorne Finlayson provided this to us in 2011, but didn’t indicate when the changes he predicted would occur. With Kevin Falcon and his right-wing friends now in control of…
Dogs, bruh….
Rex Chapman titles many of his dog videos “Dogs, bruh” so I thought I would use it for this post: Good boy loves fireworks ? pic.twitter.com/XB0UJzIkBq — CCTV_IDIOTS (@cctv_idiots) May…
Doug’s party vs. Pierre’s party
@fordnation will win a majority, and likely a bigger one, because: 1. He exceeded expectations in the pandemic 2. He isn’t angry3. He is a *progressive* conservative On each point,…
Motion to debate mediator’s recommended contract sets stage for confrontation at Alberta Teachers Association meeting today
Delegates to the Alberta Teachers Association annual meeting in Calgary who agree with three former ATA presidents that a mediator’s recommended contract would be “wholly inadequate” hope to get a…
An Ill Wind
The American disease has crossed the border. It’s showing up in Ontario’s election. Haydn Watters writes: Marjorie Knight used to knock on doors alone. This Ontario election, her campaign team…
The Ontario election: Hopes and realities
Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Cartoon by Chris Chuckry. There’s some doubt over who first suggested that if elections could change anything they’d be made illegal. While it is certainly an…
#ONStorm report
#ONStorm thread: paddling on the lake, sunny, calm. Skies got dark and still. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 21, 2022
The Death of Conservatism.
It dies with a whimper, not a scream. It collapses from within. It was unwieldy at the best of times. It never was the big tent in which few believed.…
Greenhouse gasses ain’t no joke
When Premier Kenney went down to the U.S. earlier this month to peddle even more of our major greenhouse gas-producing product, I was at a loss for words. The global…
The Book of Knowledge: 3
Back in the Mesozoic of my life, I came across a quotation from Giacomo Casanova that, as far as I can remember these days, went “No man can know everything,…
Slouching Towards June 2
It would seem that Doug Ford guessed right: you really can buy people’s votes with their own money. As the provincial election campaign continues, the Ontario Progressive Conservatives continue to…
This election, let’s reimagine public transport for people and the climate
Photo by Maurizio Laudisa Elections are often dominated by flashy announcements about new subway lines, but the immediate future of public transit depends on something else: keeping buses running. Public…