Umm.. this is ministerial accountability, Globe and Mail?
There was an editorial in the Globe and Mail yesterday, saying basically while it was overdue, Bev Oda deciding to leave as a Minister was a sgin that Harper holds…
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An early test of the Harper record – thanks to Bev Oda.
In brief, my position on Bev Oda is that in my view, resigning her Cabinet position and as an MP is probably one of the few things Bev Oda did…
Court ruling: Linking and quoting from online articles is legal.
Michael Geist writes today at his site about a recent court ruling that is important for all of us bloggers, no matter what political ideology or point of view we…
Happy after-Canada Day
I hope everyone had a good Canada Day yesterday and enjoys the day off today. I won’t be one of those, as where I work, we deal with US clients,…
Mum’s the word now over ‘authorizing water pollution’.
You might remember a few days ago that I was highlighting a letter from Keith Ashfield, our Fisheries Minister, proudly proclaiming that the federal budget implementation bill ‘will offer new…
US Supreme Court rules US Affordable Health Care Act is Constitutional..
…the surprising thing here is that Chief Justice John Roberts, the conservative judge appointed by GW Bush, is the deciding vote, and not the usual “moderate conservative” Anthony Kennedy. He…
You know you have an anti-environment government when…
This quote from Keith Ashfield, Fisheries Minister, raised my eyebrows a bit when I read it: Changes to Canada’s environmental protection laws in the federal budget implementation bill will offer…
Blogging for a good cause/fundraiser, Project #1
I’ve had a couple of good causes/fundraisers brought to my attention, & I decided I’d give each one their own unique blogpost. The first one is for a project called…
New poll shows the challenge for the new Liberal leader
The National Post released an Ipsos-Reid poll yesterday, and it shows that a lot of the anti-Harper vote has and continues to coalesce around the NDP: According to the poll,…
Alberta oil-spills karma
The frequency of oil-spills in Alberta in the past month and a bit is some karma; bad karma for Alberta and the federal Conservative government in Ottawa, that is: The…
Provincial Ontario Liberals very disappointing on the environment.
This post might annoy a few people I know at Queen’s Park, but I’m a tad annoyed with the Mcguinty government, so it will even out. Mcguinty’s Liberals are pulling…
Don’t take it personally, Deputy Minister
I’m sure Minister Kenney thinks the same foul-mouth thoughts – even if he doesn’t accidentally proclaim it in email – about all his political opponents who oppose his and the…
Does the House of Commons have air conditioning?
If not, I suspect the tempers in Parliament – already frayed over the all-nighter the government forced on Bill C-38, and other recent events like Dean Del Maestro being in…
Omnibus Bill C-38 gets rammed through..
..but not without a good fight. Bravo to all the opposition parties and Green Party leader Elizabeth May for making a good point about the ridiculousness of grouping everything from…
Thanks Mr. Rae
Bob Rae probably surprised 99% of the political world by today declaring he was not going to run as permanent Liberal leader. As with others online, on blogs and on…
This is nothing we progressives haven’t said before
Many of us have been snorting at the “Canada’s back” on the international world stage claim that Harper and the Conservatives have been going on about for several years now…
Small chinks in the Conservative armor?
There have been signs lately that even some Conservatives are not pleased with what Harper and the government have done with either their omnibus bill or their blatant disregard for…
Brief thoughts on Bob Rae running or not running
There was a bit of a dustup online (amongst Liberals anyhow) over this story CBC broke yesterday: Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae will be permitted to run in his party’s…
More UN hating from Conservatives. Pull us out, screams 1 MP.
Wow, majority government is really unleashing some of the Conservatives: Larry Miller, the MP for Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound, says he’s upset the UN Committee Against Torture “voiced displeasure” with the Harper…