Why Is The Harper Regime Surveilling Us?
It’s a good question, but unfortunately and predictably, the government is providing us with no answers. As reported in today’s Star, The federal privacy watchdog’s concerns over electronic snooping are…
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Is Dear Leader Trending Downward?
I certainly hope so: Recommend this Post
Digital Peeping Toms: They Don’t Even Bother To Hide Anymore
That is certainly the conclusion I drew after reading this morning’s latest Star revelation about our overlords in Ottawa. Entitled Ottawa is ‘creeping’ your Facebook, the article by Alex Boutilier…
Unfit To Govern
I have to admit that even though I am now in my sixties, I have never before witnessed the kind of behaviour on the part of a Canadian government as…
Can I Get Back To You On That?
Maybe I am just angry because a progressive budget was dismissed by an allegedly progressive party. Maybe I am fearful that an NDP-induced Ontario election could see the ascension to…
Don’t Let A Culture Of Defeat Hold You Back
That’s right, folks. There are untold opportunities to enhance both your gross domestic product and your wallets through the scourge gift of oil spills, as oil pipeline company Kinder Morgan…
Well-Said
While I may write something of my own later today, the letters in this morning’s Star are both incisive and damning of the Harper regime’s penchant for insinuating itself into…
Guest Essay From The Mound Of Sound: From Star Wars Back to Verdun
I’ve been updating my warfare knowledge base lately with a load of independent reading and an online course from the war studies department of King’s College, London. For those who…
Whose Sorry Now?
Perhaps NDP leader Andrea Horwath will be, for forcing an unnecessary Ontario election, if the results of a new Forum Research Poll hold throughout the campaign. The survey of 1,845…
Ontario Politics
While I realize that the politics of Ontario is likely not a riveting subject for those living in other jurisdictions, I nonetheless offer this brief post on the election that…
Two Takes On Taxation
The contrast couldn’t be more striking. As announced by federal Fiance Minister Joe Oliver the other day, Ottawa is well on its way to posting a $9 billion surplus, but…
If You Value Your Privacy
Watch. Learn. Share freely. Recommend this Post
Are We Feeling Any Outrage Yet?
If we care a scintilla about privacy or any measure of aversion to government snooping into our private business, we damn well should be. As I wrote in yesterday’s post,…
In Case Anyone Cares Anymore
Rob Ford has embarrassed both himself and the city he was elected to serve yet again and again. Recommend this Post
Is It Irony, Or Is It Hypocrisy?
It may be both. The Harper regime’s penchant for withholding information from the public that should be accessible is well-known and well-documented. As pointed out in this Star article, we…
A Failed Puppet Master?
In a withering assessment of Stephen Harper, that is the conclusion Andrew Coyne seems to draw in his National Post column: We are so heavily invested, we media types, in…
A Reading Recommendation.
I have a deep respect for Alex Himelfarb, the director of the Glendon School of International and Public Affairs and tireless proponent of responsible, progressive taxation. The latter, as one…
This Has Gotta Hurt
Expect the Harper attack machine to ramp up its game: Recommend this Post
And Now, A Brief Message From PROPCON
Regurgitation warning: if you have just finished eating, wait at least 30 minutes before watching this latest episode of 24/seven, brought to you by PROPCON, the Harper regime’s official channel…
Less Than Meets The Eye
Were average citizens given to much political reflection, they would realize that from start to finish, the ‘Fair’ Elections Act has been almost exclusively about both discouraging people from voting…