R.I.P. Canadian Long-gun registry.R.I.P. Women’s reproductive rights in Canada.R.I.P. The Canadian Senate.R.I.P. Same-sex marriage (we barely knew you).R.I.P. National funding for the arts.R.I.P. Canada Health Act.R.I.P. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.R.I.P. The…
I hope people were watching, because tonight’s French-language leaders’ debate was lively, passionate and substantive. After fighting sleep at about the half-way point in yesterday’s English-language debate, tonight I found…
I hope people were watching, because tonight's French-language leaders' debate was lively, passionate and substantive. After fighting sleep at about the half-way point in yesterday's English-language debate, tonight I found…
This piece by Jane Taber of the Globe and Mail harangues Michael Ignatieff for his lack of specifics, but I think he sounds pretty reasonable here: There was no mention…
I am a big Green supporter and believe they have the best platform. Dagnammit, I joined the party and contribute a few bucks to show that I care. But I…
Well I’ll be damned if Michael Ignatieff isn’t suddenly hitting his stride. Now I can’t say I have ever been a big believer in the man as a potential PM,…
That is all they got: Minoru Ogoda, the official with Japan’s nuclear regulatory agency, said a proposed plan to use helicopters to put more cold water into the pool was…
I can think of two candidates for the next Nobel Peace prize, and they are the heretofore unnamed Libyan Air Force pilots who – when ordered to indiscriminately fire upon…
“If I go there will be trouble, If I stay there will be double” So, go.
With time on my hands, I spent the afternoon flipping between Aljazeera English, CNN, CBC Newsworld and CTV Newsnet in between loads of laundry. At around 4 pm EST, I…
I was a reluctant FB joiner at first. I have known it to cause weird, unintended social faux-pas between people innocently updating their friends' pages with manoevres that turn into…
Stuck here out of gasOut here on the Gaza StripFrom driving in too fast--The Pixies (River Euphrates)These are lines that will not be sung in Tel Aviv, now that the…
From: "Jacobon, Terry" To: randboro@yahoo.caSent: Thu, June 3, 2010 3:56:46 PMSubject: From Terry Jacobson of the Dear Scott in Montreal:Hi. I’m a reporter for the [MAJOR ESTABLISHED US NE...
Full credit to Anderson Cooper. In one hour this evening, he did more to awaken his countrymen to the horrors of unchecked neo-liberal corporatism than a thousand indie-film docs on…
You have got yourselves perfectly embroiled in an international incident that is not going away until you learn that even you must eat crow sometimes. So far, it doesn't appear…
"This scares everybody" --British Petroleum COO Doug Suttles, on May 29, 2010, commenting on the failure of the "Top Kill" attempt to stave off the worst crude oil contamination in…
Could you just imagine a headline like that? Only if you accept the fact that the federal Liberal party is finished as a viable political entity. It was this particular…
Hey guys, when you start allowing the women of your country to drive, then you can share your opinions with the rest of the world on global warming.Until then, just…
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RE: Bureaucrats and other critics often face wrath of ConservativesIt's too bad the Conservative government is so hellbent on political gamesmanship and throwing good civil servants under buses; when they…
