Yay Obama!
Today was a historic day. It’s the day President Barack Obama endorsed equal marriage in an emotional interview with ABC. I think it’s quite meaningful considering there is no consensus…
Matt Guerin
Rob Ford: the big, fat homophobe strikes again!
The Wildrose Party in Alberta has nothing on Toronto (in the bigotry department) as long as Rob Ford, aka Mayor Fraud stays in office. If there were any fiscal conservatives…
Alberta set to elect Wildrose government filled with religious bigots…
Consider this metaphor: Wildrose leader Danielle Smith seems to resemble a lovely flower in her party surrounded by dying weeds. She’s promising that the weeds won’t overtake her if she…
Harper Conservative majority aiding Quebec separatists, MP says
All those dolts who wanted a Conservative majority in Ottawa because they were tired of exercising their democratic rights every two years and they wanted some kind of “stability”, well…
The new Republican ad: "Join the Party!"
Fantastic little video that must be seen! Love it!
Mulcair does better the morning after….
Okay, while Thomas Mulcair disappointed me with his uninspiring victory speech last night at the NDP convention in Toronto, his subsequent interviews with the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge and with Craig…
Mulcair, you can do better than that!!!
I joined the NDP to take part in a historic moment. I voted for Nathan Cullen as my first choice in today’s leadership race. Nathan’s unique, post-partisan appeal seemed a…
Federal Tories take just 5% in Toronto-Danforth byelection that elects newest openly gay MP!
The Conservatives are a fringe party in downtown Toronto. Even at their lowest popularity, the federal Liberals always did much, much better in opposition riding by-elections than tonight’s pathetic 5%…
Canadian Christopher Plummer wins Oscar
The proudest moment for me during last night’s great Oscars telecast: Canadian Christopher Plummer winning Best Supporting Actor for his terrific performance in ‘Beginners.’ Richly deserved, the 82-year-old Toronto native…
Horrifying: ‘Alta. doctors bill province for treating homosexuality’
Alberta, why must you always disappoint us?…
Thumbs up for XTRA editorial: ‘Drummond’s glaring omission’
I heartily agree with Xtra’s Andrea Houston about Don Drummond’s glaring omission in his report last week, which could be nicknamed ‘How to cut inefficiencies and duplications in the Ontario…
A political strategy for re-visiting the Catholic school system in Ontario…
Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal government has a minority of seats. Re-visiting the Catholic school system isn’t something that will likely be contemplated right now with the government’s fate hanging in the…
Ontario’s Catholic schools quandary…
This article today by Chris Selley is the latest to clearly signal the increasingly irreconcilable conflict between the public sphere in Ontario and one of its two publicly funded education…
POOF! Your rights are gone: Harper’s new stealth attack on LGBT rights in Canada
Very disturbing, but not surprising. Stephen Harper and his over-bloated PMO control every aspect of federal government policy. So Harper expects us to believe he doesn’t know anything about this…
Christian Bullshit Nailed by Bill Maher
“Really! It’s in that book you hold up when you scream at gay people.” I came across this great commentary by Bill Maher and had to share it here for…
Lying sack of shit Rob Ford hides his whereabouts from taxpayers…
What’s good for the goose isn’t good enough for the gander! Yet again, Rob Ford proves himself to be a liar and a hypocrite of monumental proportions. Are you a…
My advice to Blatchford: Quit writing, move to Texas and become a cowgirl!
Behold, the latest atrocity by writer Christie Blatchford. After studying for weeks the impacts of macho men who allegedly massacred their daughters and a wife to protect male honour, she’s…
Rob Ford’s special message to Scarborough: "Suckers!"
Voters in Toronto’s suburbs complained the former Miller administration ignored them and only spent money downtown, so they elected Rob Ford, who killed Miller’s Transit City plan which would’ve built…
Religious bigots come out swinging against LGBT students and anti-bullying legislation…
Yes, the provincial government has introduced tough new anti-bullying legislation. The legislation includes provisions which will ensure that LGBT students and their straight friends who wish to form Gay-Straight Alliance-type…
VIDEO: Alberta Tory MP mimicks shooting guns at the opposition when voting to kill long gun registry
Disgusting. Nothing surprises me about these neo-con dopes in the Conservative Party of Canada anymore. Maybe this was Lethbridge MP Jim Hillyer’s imitation of Marc Lepine?