Just your average Sunday in July
Where the government releases its approval of a $6.1 billion acquisition of a Canadian company: “Minister Paradis Approves Glencore International plc’s Acquisition of Viterra Inc.” A little strange to see…
Nancy Leblanc
Late night
Belated Friday night music…have a good late night!
Peter MacKay and the “Announceables”
No, it’s not a band name, it’s how MacKay is spending his summer. Defence Minister Peter MacKay has been racking up the air mile points with his series of announcements…
Bad environmental choices, bad economics too
David Suzuki’s column today on the government’s choice to close the Experimental Lakes Area magnifies the tremendous cost to taxpayers: The world-renowned Experimental Lakes Area in Southern Ontario has served…
Dear Health Canada
News yesterday that Health Canada has decided to do some research: “Health Canada to probe possible health effects of wind turbines.” This study is going to be very carefully watched.…
Sunday round-up
Clearing out the dashboard right here and now with this quick list of things that caught the eye this week… 1. Great column by Tom Friedman, “The Rise of Popularism.”…
Idle Saturday speculation
Will the real Minister of International Cooperation please stand up? Chris Alexander, Parliamentary Secretary for National Defence, on behalf of the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation, is attending…
Friday night
I go with more Metric tonight. For the first song here, Artificial Nocturne, in particular, although you can take your pick! Have a great night!
Elections Canada’s new motion at the Supreme Court on Etobicoke-Centre
CBC is reporting this today, based on a motion filed with the Supreme Court earlier this week: “Elections Canada has new evidence in Etobicoke Centre.” Apparently Elections Canada has found…
Pearson on Fantino
Glen Pearson writes about the Julian Fantino appointment as Minister of International Cooperation, the ministry that oversees Canada’s international aid efforts. He highlights the qualities that those involved in the…
A quote of the day
It’s early but I’ll go with this one from Dean Del Mastro to his local paper yesterday: Del Mastro has repeatedly said he doesn’t understand why Elections Canada didn’t talk…
Higgs boson and #cdnpoli
A reminder from Ted Hsu, Liberal MP and physics Ph.D., on the occasion of the Higgs boson scientific news, of the importance of research funding for such endeavours: “Decades of…
Video: Del Mastro on his 2008 election spending allegations
Worth a look. Del Mastro, you see, is at a very important government announcement with mucho Economic Action Plan signage and someone dares to ask him a question about the…
That curious backtrack on refugee health cuts
Jason Kenney offered up some tremendous spin on his controversial refugee health care cuts that came into force on Saturday yet were the subject of a last minute government change…
Tone at the top
The Globe editorializes on Bev Oda’s resignation: “Bev Oda’s departure: an overdue nod to accountability.” The departure of Bev Oda from the federal cabinet should have happened months ago. Nevertheless,…
Let’s play 3: Oda retires
A little bit of by-election mania in our near future… Durham. Calgary-Centre. Etobicoke-Centre. Do I hear Peterborough, anyone? Maybe four in our future. Or Provencher? Go for 5?
Happy Canada Day
The entire world knows our flag with the maple leaf. We still have a reputation of kindness, honesty and integrity. We’ve done a lot of things wrong, Canada, but we’ve…
While Colorado burns
Pointed, killer column in the Guardian by Bill McKibben: Global warming is underway. Are we waiting for someone to hold up a sign that says “Here’s climate change”? Because, this…
Late night
Have a great night!
Following the money
The big news of the past 24 hours in Canadian politics: “Del Mastro donors offer to trade details on alleged reimbursement scheme for immunity.” Donors who say they were reimbursed…