Channelling disillusionment
A friend sent this along in the past week sometime and its sentiment is good. From Matthew Yglesias, on "Obama and Small Donors" and the larger point, it seems to…
Nancy Leblanc
When conservatives build bridges
This Gunter item (yes, I know, I really shouldn't) was extremely annoying this week. Why should Canada build Montreal a new bridge, he asked. "Why is that Canadians’ responsibility? Why…
Late night
Bliss at 1:30 mark, yes!Some weekend reading...this Globe opinion piece riffs on this one in the New York Times. They're both getting a lot of grief online but the questions…
Post election Parkdale-High Park notes
This is a risky blog post since it's coming late at night and my faculties, post-campaign party, are just not quite at 100%. There are a few things percolating on…
The Keeping Canada’s Accountants & Tax Advisors Busy Act
They sure know how to name a statute, these Conservatives: "Minister of Finance introduces the Keeping Canada's Economy & Jobs Growing Act." Think the above suggested title fits the bill…
A self-induced recession
An item at the Economist that is making the rounds conveys a quite frustrating aspect of the economic situation in Europe and the U.S.: "A self-induced recession"YOU know, if it…
The secret anti-green energy online campaign of the Power Workers’ Union
What the Power Workers' Union has been up to during the Ontario election campaign to undermine the Liberal government's green energy policies: "Ontario marketing campaign seeded Internet with 'conversations' promoting…
Mercer and Holmes install solar panels
They hit a rooftop in Oshawa where it appears a bunch of the neighbourhood homes have solar panels as well. A solar installer is on hand to explain this particular…
Friday night
Have a good night!
Fun with Jim Flaherty’s debt lessons
Mucho chutzpah from Jim Flaherty today: ...Flaherty told the Tory blue lunch crowd that Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty’s government has doubled the debt.Before the Liberal government came to power, the…
Green energy and the last week of the campaign
As we get closer to the election, the uncertainty that is being caused by Tim Hudak's opposition to both Ontario's Green Energy Act and the Samsung deal that brings renewable…
Late night
Elizabeth Warren on the debt crisis, fair taxation and the social contract. A video that's been making the rounds for about a week but worthwhile to see if you haven't…
Chin music for months
This is a follow-up to the post last night on the witness list that has been drawn up for Commons committee hearings on the issue of the CBC's responsiveness to…
Nice platform if you can get it
Here's Brian Topp's latest blog post in the Globe: "Canada must ensure it tightens the right belts."I'm sure his fellow leadership candidates, declared and as yet undeclared, love the fact…
Cancelling contracts in the Ontario election
It's a theme in this election. Seen most recently in the Liberal move to cancel the power plant in Mississauga. A few points on that here...First, it should be noted…
The Conservatives make a witness list
Interesting list here, to put it mildly: "Peladeau, Von Finckenstein, Sun Media journos to testify before committee on CBC." It's bad enough that multiple representatives who abhor public funding for…
About that poll
Big poll in the Star today. It polled a ton of respondents and has the Liberals and PCs at 35% apiece. NDP at 23%. Recent polls have been showing the…
Friday night
Buy the sky and sell the sky and tell the sky and tell the sky...what is it up in the air for...it's over, it's over...Yep, still on R.E.M. nostalgia kick…
The fight for Ontario in Parkdale-High Park
Parkdale-High Park Liberals have come out with a reality check this evening on some of the many claims made by sitting NDP MPP Cheri di Novo during the debates of…
Environment Canada cuts expand beyond ozone monitoring
Good reporting at iPolitics this afternoon, following the trail of the government's Environment Canada cuts: "Oilsands monitoring plan threatened by cuts: experts." The looming job cuts at Environment Canada spell…