Campaign visuals from Toronto-Danforth
Thanks to some individuals who are out and about in Toronto Danforth today, we can see the early campaign literature that is being dropped. Take a look at the outside…
Nancy Leblanc
Friday night
Something different this week, older stuff. Happened to be listening to songs on the iPod that started with the word “Don’t” for some reason, so here we go… Best campaign…
Canadian Foreign Policy Journal issue on the F-35
This morning I had a humorous item up on the F-35 brouhaha that occurred in the House of Commons yesterday. The superficial political excitement was focused on this statement from…
Notes on the Toronto-Danforth nomination meeting
Grant Gordon was nominated as the Liberal candidate for Toronto-Danforth last night for the upcoming March 19th by-election. I attended as a scrutineer and have just a few observations on…
On the lighter side…
Blessed art thou, F-35, amongst holy implements: Associate Defence Minister Julian Fantino reached heavenward for words Thursday when trying to defend his government’s purchase of F-35 fighter jets during question…
Why Flaherty was so upset with the PBO yesterday
Well, there was the main takeaway from Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page’s report release yesterday on the fiscal sustainability of Old Age Security that Flaherty would not have been too…
Paging pro-choice Toronto-Danforth Libs
Thursday night is the Liberal nomination in your riding: 7 p.m. at Riverdale Collegiate Institute, 1094 Gerrard Street East.If you had thought of skipping this one, read this and think…
A banner day in Ottawa
Yes, it was a banner day in Ottawa yesterday, replete with Hitler references from a Conservative MP and a Canadian minister of the crown telling Canadians that Canada will now…
U.S. Court of Appeals says Proposition 8 unconstitutional
From the American Foundation for Equal Rights this afternoon, a big court victory for same sex marriage in the U.S. When equality and love prevail, it is always worth celebrating:…
The "great shell game"
Come on in, the water’s warm! Yes to this Martin column today: “The myth of Tory economic performance.” Can the myth be sustained in coming years? Are times about to…
Exposing the fakery matters
On the news of the fake citizenship reaffirmation ceremony hosted at Sun News at the urging of Jason Kenney’s office, Chris Selley of the National Post concluded this about the…
Late night
One of the Superbowl ads that has had a bit of a political backlash. It’s Clint Eastwood’s ad for Chrysler that Karl Rove whined about Monday, to the effect that…
Friday night
A late Friday night music addition. The blog is turning into a music blog toward the end of this week, I see. Anyway, came across this during the week. Put…
The fake citizenship ceremony
“The minister is using his office like casting central…,” said Denis Coderre. While he’s at it, could Kenney cast a better individual in the role of minister, please? Original report.…
About that death penalty issue that wasn’t reopened yesterday…
…by the Conservative Senator who mused about giving prisoners a rope in their cells to hang themselves. He later apologized. The death penalty issue actually was reopened by the Conservatives,…
More Conservative circular firing squad please
Nothing like those emails and phone calls to MPs to wake ’em up: Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s musings about possible changes to Old Age Security have resulted in a public…
On nothing burgers
Kevin Milligan, associate economics professor out at UBC is quoted again today on Old Age Security in another report on what experts are saying about the question of raising the…
On the lighter side
Yes, we all know that Mitt Romney won the big Florida primary last night. Hours of overhyped television coverage seeping on to our Canadian screens told us so. But did…