Harper’s Idiocracy
One thing you’ve got to love about Libertarian-leaning Conservatives: they have absolutely no sense of irony. James Travers has yet another excellent op-ed in The Star today on the census,…
Jennifer Smith
On the Census
To: Milton Champion - Editor Cc: Lisa Raitt , Tony Clement Next year, Canadians will once again be required to fill out our census forms and be counted. But thanks…
The Big Picture
This may be the sanest explanation I've read so far for why Black Bloc tactics are not just wrong, but ultimately counter-productive. From Thomas Walcom: Two things stand out from…
Breach of Peace, Breach of Trust – now with Bonus Lies!
I've been trying to write a post on the G20 protests for days now, but events keep overtaking me. And now there is only one overriding issue: Chief Bill Blair…
Reaching for my Tinfoil Hat
I've been awfully sceptical of these claims that it was police provocateurs who started the vandalism and the car burning this weekend. Yeah, yeah, the boots - well, most of…
Steve Paikin’s Twitter Feed
Steve Paikin of TVO's 'The Agenda' tweeted his experiences this evening (@spaikin). Just one more disturbing story to add to the list: i saw police brutality tonight. it was unnecessary.…
The Curious Case of Byron Sonne
Even before the G20 security blitz began, there was the "gardening incident". At the height of outrage over the fake lake and the escalating security costs, word comes down of…
Credential FAIL
Part of me really hopes that this turns out to be a hoax, but I have a sinking feeling that it's legit: A billion bucks buys this? A blogTO reader…
Yes, this is the blog you seek
I haven't redecorated in a while, so I thought I'd play with Blogger's new templates. I may or may not stick with this one - what do you think?
But seriously folks…
This week has been one hell of a ride. But now that things have settled down and my fifteen minutes of fame is coming to an end, I have a…
Holy Crap!!
Well! It's been quite a day so far. Woke up to 11,000 views of the video (now 17,000+ nearly 20,000 23,601), three interview requests (now five), clips on 680 News,…
If I Had a Billion Dollars – The Video!
You asked for it, you got it: the musical stylings of Jennifer Smith, Iain Smith and Lesley Stankaitis with "If I Had a Billion Dollars". Enjoy. UPDATE - Welcome, Toronto…
If I Had a Billion Dollars
(with apologies to the Ladies) If I had a billion dollars (If I had a billion dollars) I'd build you a lake (I would build you a lake) If I…
Another Decree from King Stephen I
I've been wondering what it would take to rouse me from my municipal campaign-induced indifference to federal politics. This did the trick: Ottawa bars ministers’ staff from appearing before committees…
Breaking Out of the Echo Chamber
Dan Leger of the Chronicle-Herald ran a thoughtful piece yesterday with the rather cumbersome title of "The insularity of Internet opinion factions".As you might have guessed, this has only encouraged…
My Canada 150 Presentation: "The Creative and Competitive Economy"
What follows is an expanded version of what was supposed to be a five minute presentation at the Canada 150: Halton conference - and a MUCH expanded version of the…
Canada 150 in Halton
In the few years since I've been engaged in party politics, I don't think I've ever encountered such a stunning clash between hope and cynicism as I have this weekend.From…
Forget Montreal – come to Canada 150 in Halton!
Reading the various blog posts and op-eds about this weekend's 'Canada at 150' think-fest in Montreal, one might be forgiven for thinking that the whole thing is just some expensive,…
My Ann Coulter Theory – <i>updated</i>
I watched Ann Coulter on Power Play today, or at least as much as I could stand. It felt rather like being choked by a giant blonde hairball, which makes…