Had it not been killed by Tony Clement Treasury Board President, mister innovation and open government. Most likely at the behest of the companies whose labyrinthine, usurious and deliberately devious…
And more to the point, who orders that done? I don’t for an instant believe it starts and stops with the dude who was offered to the bus wheels this…
Earlier versions of this one had an end-of-reel shot of the squirrel fishing, which I quite liked. But in the name of brevity, it’s gone.
So the City of Toronto’s answer service is going to stop fielding queries by email as of March 15. Because Mayor Rob Ford wants to save $280,000. Because he doesn’t…
Three places Mallory suggested this evening for our summer vacaction.
Economist Erin Weir digs up an interesting nugget about the results of the McGuinty government’s changes to corporate tax structure in the Drummond Report. The government claimed that adding HST…
Of something. Mallory and I spent the better part of an hour this afternoon – after we all got back from Irene’s parent’s place – making a pig according to…
Mallory took part in her first ski race today. A gruelling 500m event at Nakkertok they call the Cookie Race, Girls, 2006 birth year division. I was a touch nervous.…
Mark Blevis, mister podcast now digital public affairs specialist has some numbers on yesterday’s Twitterstorm/party around C-30, the Tories proposed legislation on “Lawful Access” to internet use data normally considered…
But I had so much fun with #TellVicEverything that I’m okay with it for now. Tomorrow, I’ll be right back at it working to lessen the stupid and increase the…
University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist has a really good summary and critique of the Tories’ new bid to give police “Lawful Access” to ISP data and to require ISPs…
Is it me or do the Tories seem like they’re trying to suck and blow at the same time? Perhaps not, because of course the mandatory census is done as…
We have a strategic communications plan. And for the second year running, we’re going through this exercise wherein we all fill in the parts of our jobs that apply to…
All in all a pretty good day.
I will get to some evidence as to why killing the still-not-completely-implemented full day kindergarden in english public school boards is a really bad idea. I swear. But first, some…
I’m a homeowner. So that puts me in a fairly privileged position, I admit. Nevertheless when the federal government came up with the notion of the ecoEngery program the environmentalist…
This will lose me my shot at being editor of the Oscar, but I have to say it. I live in Old Ottawa South and I’m not too bothered by…
Mallory likes to track her growth. So every month or so (sometimes two or three times a month) I get her to stand up against the door and I measure…
So to cap off a lovely birthday, Irene Mallory and I had a lovely meal at Da Sergio and then went home for presents. The day actually began with presents…
Hard to argue with this. These cutbacks aren’t out of necessity. They’re choices. Harper’s government would be happy to blow you out of the air with a stealth fighter (assuming…
