Government To Strengthen Hate Speech Provisions In Criminal Code
The clip is Brian Storseth’s introduction of Bill C-304 to repeal Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. The most interesting part is the last half, in which Minister…
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Dalton McGuinty Is Jesus
..or, at least, not Bob Rae. But I believe him when he says he won’t run. Which so far gives us for the Liberal Leadership race an allegedly reluctant Bob…
Keystone XL: That Way Won’t Work
From a Calgary Herald editorial noting a possible new route for the Keystone XL: TransCanada might possibly move Keystone further east, along its existing Keystone 1 route through Nebraska. This…
Twitterverse Tilts Left
From a Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism study on how selected U.S. MSM print and media outlets use twitter: Other interesting bits from the study; the kind…
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver Accuses NDP of Betraying Alberta
Except he’s calling it Canada these days. The Tory re-branding continues.
Keystone XL: Which Way Around?
With Transcanada suddenly willing to redirect parts of Keystone XL, the question arises: where exactly in Nebraska would the rerouted pipeline go? In fact Cardno Entrix, the controversial environmental contractor…
The Bob And Sheila Show
Steve and Jeff are upset with Shelia Copps remarks yesterday re democracy in the LPoC and the possible permanent leadership aspirations of currently interim leader Bob Rae. They get hives…
Threats And Counter-Threats Re Northern Gateway Pipeline
From Tory flavoured columnist Barbara Yaffe (but really it could just as well be Flaherty talking, or the PM): Environmentalists had better be preparing to move their White House demos…
C’est La Vie
David Warren on the sexual predators at Penn State: Here, to my mind, is the interesting thing. The background condition of human life is such, that the sexual abuse of…
Who Should Train The Rat Pack Of Tommorow?
Sheila, obviously. I have always been a huge fan. And I think the party could use an injection of the kind of spine she and her fellow rat-packers provided back…
From The "You Learn Something New Every Day" File
I have always assumed that if you were against fluoride in your local water supply you were basically like this guy: ...ie an anti-science nut. But Eli Rabbett is not…
Michael Levi On The Keystone Pipeline: Lamenting A Train That’s Already Left The Station
Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Michael Levi thinks the decision to delay, and possibly kill, the Keystone XL Pipeline is short-sighted, and will redound to ill effect upon the…
Tim Hudak Still Won’t Admit To Gay Bashing During Election Campaign…
We're still talking about that flyer that got them into so much trouble in October: On Friday the PC Party held firm and refused to apologize. “We addressed this during…
Blogging In English Canada
The results of the Blogging Common survey, which many of us participated in earlier in the year, can be found here. Interesting stuff, if not particularly surprising. One of their…
How The Star Makes Its $$$
Torstar has moved aggressively in recent years to create, buy and foster niche websites that target narrow groups of people: parents, homeowners, fashionistas, car-buyers, job-hunters. In many cases, these websites…
Screw You, Rest Of Canada
Stand in downtown Toronto, walk 20 klicks in any direction, and you'll find people making money, doing business, and contributing to the Canadian economy in a multitude of different ways.…
CBC Should Have Had Ezra Levant Tased
Objectively, he is 1,000, 000 times more unfunny and pointlessly obnoxious than Mary Walsh, and that's saying alot. In fact, I am willing to let the gov. pass as many…
Must Be A Slow News Day
No less than three progressive blogger types are arguing over whether the Sunshine Girl should be phased out and yet none of them have provided a picture of the girl…
Sixth Estate On Overseas Spying
One of my blogging faves is back, with this post on the notion that CSIS should become a foreign espionage service: It’s worth asking exactly why CSIS was prevented from…
Welcome To Mordor
...we used to call it Alberta. Except, to be fair, Tolkien's Mordor had two way streets.