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Jack Layton dead at 61

Jack Layton dead at 61 Jack Layton, the New Democratic Party leader who led his party to Official Opposition status in this year's federal election, has died after a battle…

Everything old is new again

Apparently Stephen Harper is bringing us "a new brand of patriotism" -- according to a movement conservative political operative who's currently working for a "high stakes public strategy firm" in…

Inside the wire

You may recall that last fall when the Conservative government, with the help of what was then the official opposition, reversed course and agreed to continue the involvement of Canadian…

Friday night

I had two of these links stashed away for a while -- kinda laid back, not really blues, but good enough to work with. When I came across a third…

Let the record show

It was a bit less than two years ago that government lawyers, on behalf of CSIS, spiked their own evidence in the matter of the Security Certificate on Adil Charkaoui…

Canada’s back!

Apparently we have a prime minister who will literally lock himself in the nearest bathroom when he doesn't get his way. I suppose that's marginally better than holding his breath…

Mostly competent government

Government cost-cutting agency has no business plan OTTAWA -- The Conservative government has no business plan for its newest agency despite promising it will save taxpayers between $100 million and…

Friday night

You go to Banglin' tell my boys You go to Banglin' tell my boys What times I'm havin' up in Illinois Illinois Blues was written by Skip James, who referred…

Mostly competent government

The Harper Government™ has been doing such an awesome job of protecting the endangered woodland caribou in northeastern Alberta that a Federal Court has decided to step in and order…

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