Congrats to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
…better known as Prince William and Kate Middleton, on their new arrival (still unnamed, they let it be known in their brief chat with the press they hadn’t decided on…
Scott Tribe
Impressions of the Ontario By-elections.
My sense of how things are going, based on the brief polls I’ve seen, talking to people and just anecdotal “gut” feeling: The OLP seems to be holding on a…
Stephen Harper has a perverse sense of humour
This is quite a good joke Harper has played. Not only has Pierre Poliviere indeed been named to be a new minister in today’s big cabinet shuffle, Pierre Poilievre has…
Parliament is about to become even more of a circus…
..if what Stephen Taylor has heard is true that Pierre Poliviere is going to become a Cabinet Minister. The bad news is that with this promotion, Pierre is basically going…
Making mountains out of molehills on “Royal oath”
There is heated debate going on in the comment thread of the Toronto Star story regarding the court case about 3 long-time permanent residents who want to become citizens of…
Nostalgia Redux. Rule Brittania!
So as a followup to my last post about the Conservatives hyping up the old British Empire/Commonwealth ties (The War of 1812, ditching the Maple Leaf insignia and going to…
Nostalgia can be taken to the extreme
I’m a history buff – in particular a Canadian history buff, so I didn’t mind the Conservatives were trying hard (and still are trying hard) to get Canadians to pay…
Buh Bye Vic
One of the better Mondays I’ve had of late, after hearing good ole’ Vic Toews has resigned/retired: Vic Toews, the gruff,mustachioed minister who was the face of the Conservative government’s…
Economic Action Plan 2013 is apparently on track – so says the flyer I got
You’ll all be glad to know that Economic Action Plan 2013 is in high gear/on track according to the pamphlet (otherwise known as a “10 percenter pamphlet) I received from…
Poor Steve Ryan*
Who is Steve Ryan, you might ask? Up until today, he was the nominated candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party in Etobicoke-Lakeshore, for the Aug 1 by-elections here in Ontario.…
Belated Canada Day greetings!
Sure its a day late, but better late then never. I hope you all had a Happy Canada Day where ever you were. PS – nothing coincidental about all that…
Some more cracks appear internally in the Conservative Party
There are some Conservative Senators who apparently don’t like being parrots for Harper all the time, but I didn’t expect to see a split like this over unions: The already…
Amateur Hour
I’m not sure this should surprise anyone, given the way the PMO has acted recently: The Prime Minister’s Office orchestrated a protest earlier this month at which Conservative party interns…
RIP Silence. 1999-2013.
I mention this briefly since I brought it up last week… but unfortunately, my cat Silence had to be put down on Saturday. His high liver enzyme issues were actually…
Love this line: ‘Liberals continue to pound Conservatives’
It’s poll night! This one from Leger looks at the party’s standing and leadership.. and this gives a hint as to why the Conservative Party, or the Prime Minister’s Office…
Plurality of Canadians want Senate “reformed”, not abolished.
At least, according to this Nanos poll: The survey asked Canadians what they would like to see done with the Senate. Respondents were overwhelmingly against the status quo, with 49…
A longer break then I wanted.
Sorry about the pause in posting, folks, but I am nursing a very sick companion of mine. My diabetic cat (named Silence) who suddenly started going moderate to heavily hypoglycemic…
I break from a politics blog for 1 second..
…to show you what a Hobbit/LOTR geek I am. Another reason besides Christmas that I want December to get here quick
The Ranked Ballot Initiative passes its 1st hurdle in Toronto!!!
The first significant electoral reform in Canada since.. probably 1867 has passed its first (and major) hurdle in Toronto’s City Hall voting tonight. Via Dave Meslin’s Twitter feed and others,…
Disappointing environmental decision from the Ontario Government – again.
I’ve not been an Ontario Liberal Party member in over a year – one of the main reasons I let it lapse are listed here, where I expressed a lot…