Harper hitting new lows
The talk of the day, the Nanos poll on leadership numbers. Nice to see Canadians seem to be factoring in the major scandals of the past month or so on…
Nancy Leblanc
Late night
This is not the sexy issue of the day but it’s a biggie. The F-35 scandal saw new key information disclosed on what the Prime Minister and cabinet knew about…
*Cough*
Riddle me this. How many days does it take a Harper cabinet minister to do the right thing? If you’re Bev Oda, too many! “Bev Oda coughs up cash for…
Against the Woodworth motion
Obviously, I am against the motion brought forth by Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth who is indeed reopening the abortion debate, despite Harper’s blather that his government would not do so.…
The Conservatives and their very small Canada
You can see it today in this initiative: “Refugee health benefits scaled back by Tories.” It’s an appeal to people’s me-first instincts, asking Canadians to be insular and resentful of…
An Oda apology and other notes
CLICK TO ENLARGE The cheeky folks at the Globe who do the celebrity photos have some fun with the Bev Oda Savoy swank affair. Slide 3 is devoted to Bev…
Late night
Irrespective of how you feel about the Vikileaks episode, you have to recognize in today’s hearing that the Conservatives were hoist on their own petard. (Yes, I did see Veep…
Financial disclosure for bloggers and others
Noted in the Globe, this headline is, shall we say, a little misleading in the Canadian context: “Why don’t political bloggers want us to know who’s funding them?”The vast majority…
Alberta election thoughts
Wow. Just wow. Now that the epic Alberta PC win is in the books, it’s hard not to have some fun with it. A few observations here from an outsider.…
Savoy swank for Oda
Bet someone wishes they could insert a “not” into this one…“Bev Oda’s Savoy Hotel Stay: International Aid Minister Declines 5-Star Hotel For Another At Twice The Cost.” Austerity for thee…
An assessment of the op-ed pages of the nation
Left-wing media bias? Doesn’t look like it… From The Sixth Estate, “how guest space gets allocated on the op-ed pages of the nation’s major newspapers”: 1. Business associations, consultants, and…
A Wild Rose Earth Day note
A fun little oddity from the WildRose Alliance party’s 2011 financial statements…a $2,750 contribution from “Halliburton,” presumably the Calgary branch of the one and only Halliburton of Dick Cheney fame.…
Friday night
A no-brainer tonight, new Deadmau5 just released today, very nice! A vocal track, it’s melodic, upbeat, what more could a Deadmau5 fan ask for? Have a good night!
Flaherty’s no to the IMF
From Canadian Press last night: “Flaherty digs in heels on calls to pony up more bailout money for euro zone.” Jim is all talk to the hand, Eurozone: Finance Minister…
Late night: Scenes from a literature drop
Thought I’d just do a quick post here and upload some pictures taken during a literature drop in Parkdale-High Park by a few of we federal Liberals on a balmy…
Canada’s lack of consistency on death penalty policy getting attention
“Tories criticized for vastly divergent reactions to Canadians on death row.” As well they should be. The Canadian government’s urgent appeal to stop Iran from executing a Canadian citizen imprisoned…
24 hours in legal politics
First, on the Racknine suit against Martin and the NDP…NDP MP Pat Martin issued an apology yesterday for the statements he made regarding Racknine when the issue appeared in the…
Harper on celebrating the Charter
Harper can’t celebrate the Charter ’cause it’s too divisive and all. This is weak tea for a Canadian Prime Minister: “In terms of this as an anniversary, I think it’s…
Death penalty: Canada needs to be consistent
It is good to see this news of the Canadian government pleading for clemency for a Canadian in Iran facing execution: “Canada is gravely concerned by indications that the execution…
Friday night
A big new remix of “The Naked and Famous.” I don’t know which one I like better. What else…have also been listening to Foo Fighters this week, this is a…