Our prime minister’s concern regarding the Iranian threat to world peace has gotten a fair amount of attention in recent weeks. Stephen Harper insists both that Iran is definitely attempting…
Want Ad Blues, which is the real title, was written and recorded by John Lee Hooker. This is Rory Gallagher flying solo on what appears to be an original National…
This Ottawa Citizen article is dated Feb. 23rd but the story actually broke on Wednesday evening, the 22nd. After a five month investigation, fraudulent robocalls placed during last spring’s federal…
This isn’t the first time I’ve asked that question. On the previous occasion it was because he had been shown to have lied to parliament, which ought to be reason…
The latest analysis of the uproar over Bill C30, Vic Toews, child pornographers and @Vikileaks30 comes from Jordan Owens at iPolitics. The biggest problem with it is here: We all…
In an op-ed at the Globe and Mail, Adam Goldenberg considers those provisions of Bill C-30 that would free the police from the need to seek warrants where warrants are…
Much of the establishment media coverage of the public reaction to Bill C-30 — and Vic Toews initial comment on it in Question Period — has been annoying, to say…
Because I forgot to do it on Sunday morning.
To all those who think that Bill C30, Vic Toews’ new legislation, represents an invasion of your privacy, Robert Fulford would like you all to know that you’re being naive.…
How can tabling legislation in the House of Commons without knowing what it actually says be considered competence? Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says he is surprised to learn that…
Hamutal Dotan, writing at Torontist about municipal politics, gives us a concise paragraph that’s as appropriate in the context of what we’ve seen from the Harper Government™ as it is…
Is this a somewhat unlikely combination? The opening piece is a return visit by Lincoln Durham, who popped up on my own radar a couple of weeks ago. He’s an…
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews wants an investigation. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is calling for an investigation into how his divorce records ended up on Twitter. Toews has been…
Someone should remind the Syrian charge d’affairs that Syria was invited to participate in the O’Connor Inquiry that examined the details surrounding the rendition and detention of Maher Arar. At…
Here’s a pair of media reports about the federal government that suggest an ongoing problem is about to get even worse. Yesterday the Ottawa Citizen reported on comments from John…
I haven’t seen it in a while but since Ezra Levant is determined to get everyone talking about Omar Khadr, I’m not too surprised to see this claim surface again.…
You might want to prepare yourself. I’m about to compliment the federal Liberals. A few weeks ago I was expressing concern about what seemed like an increasing tendency on the…
The Vancouver Sun has a report on the reaction to our prime minister’s recent statements regarding Iran from an Iranian expatriate named Trita Parsi who is head of the “Washington-based…
Mohamed Harkat has been either imprisoned or subject to restrictive bail conditions for over nine years without ever being convicted of a crime. He’s been the subject of a Security…
When reports about job cuts at Environment Canada surfaced last year, we were assured by Environment Minister Peter Kent that there would be no consequences for “core services.” We heard…
