So where was the debate?
MPs debate Canada’s role in Mali Members of Parliament took part in a four-hour ‘take-note’ debate on the conflict in Mali and Canada’s contribution to the mission Tuesday night. ……
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Friday night Joe Walsh blogging
When I took a quick look back to see what Joe Walsh material I had previously posted I discovered that those videos had all been disappeared. But that’s okay; there’s…
Score one for transparency
It was reported back in December that the federal government was refusing to release millions of documents pertaining to the old Indian residential schools system to the Truth and Reconciliation…
Friday night Francine Reed blogging
This is Francine Reed. She takes requests. This first tune is One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show. Apparently she has a right to sing the blues. She certainly has the…
In which my MP finally makes a name for himself
Oshawa MP Colin Carrie’s name doesn’t come up in the news that often but it did today. It seems he’s misbehaved. Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson has ruled two more Conservative…
Friday night
Let’s start with an instrumental: Bobby’s Bop by Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters. Honest I Do was originally written and recorded by Jimmy Reed in 1957. This is Mississippi Heat…
Friday night
This is Ruthie Foster performing solo in a TV studio with Runaway Soul. If memory serves, Women Be Wise was on Bonnie Raitt’s first album. Or maybe it was the…
Friday night
The Jimmy Reed Highway was a band formed to pay tribute to blues singer and songwriter Jimmy Reed. You might recognize Kim Wilson on harp and vocal and Jimmie Vaughan…
Let the Gentlemen do their thing
It’s New Year’s Eve — time once again for the traditional laying on of the Monster Gentlemen. Be of good cheer.
Friday night: Trios
You can cover a lot of territory with drums, bass and guitar. This is the Taj Mahal Trio with their version of an old country blues song called Corrina. This…
Christmas music, if we must
Happy holidays. Stay safe.
Friday night
It’s almost Christmas. Time for some blues. That’s Lurrie Bell on guitar sitting in with Mississippi Heat but this instrumental is all about the harp. This is Dallas Hodge and…
It’s almost enough to make you think the game is rigged
Supreme Court rules feds don’t need to return $28 billion in pension funds In a unanimous 9-0 decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal from public service…
Punching above our weight
Canada gets human rights failing grade from Amnesty International This year three UN expert committees rated the country’s performance on meeting rights commitments — and returned a failing grade. ……
Friday night: Duets
Tonight’s episode is a bit of a change of pace. The opener is Bruce Cockburn and Colin Linden on Austin City Limits performing Cockburn’s A Dream Like Mine. Want to…
Mostly competent government
First Nations funds mishandled by Ottawa, audits show Two government audits show Ottawa is earmarking about a billion dollars a year to build and repair First Nations infrastructure, but its…
That’s why they call it Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition
This is from the final paragraph of a post from Paul Wells on the ongoing F-35 debacle: There should be a designated full-time devil’s advocate in the PMO, somebody the…
The Age of Austerity
RBC leads big bonus parade for Canadian banks Canada’s banks have set aside $10.3 billion for bonuses, a 7.5 per cent increase over last year, bucking the global trend toward…
Friday night: Slide with rhythm section
And later on even some second guitar. But first up is Roy Rogers with his version of last week’s closer: Terraplane Blues. This was taped in 1993, the same year…
December 6th
There might be room for debate on the long gun registry but with the Conservatives now “quietly shelving” previously announced gun-marking regulations and contemplating some pretty serious changes in other…