The 2011 “You Go Girl!” Awards. Presented by: The Equivocator
Context: I don’t like to think of this blog as existing in a vacuum. You may not be aware of it but I am also an avid user of the…
Context: I don’t like to think of this blog as existing in a vacuum. You may not be aware of it but I am also an avid user of the…
Please follow me on twitter, @Uranowski, if you don’t already. Here are 7 of my favourite/most retweeted tweets of the year: March 6th: “If they are going to insist that…
Today is the final day for writing/releasing end-of-the-year posts. 2011 featured a federal election and provincial/territorial elections in Manitoba, Ontario, PEI, Newfoundland, Saskatchewan, Yukon and the NWT. At the end…
Like many Liberals, I first encountered Mike Crawley through his bold op-ed in the Toronto Star entitled “Long-term decline of a great party.” His insights into the structural and cultural…
Back in 2009 I got an e-mail that made me very happy then very sad. The e-mail, from Michael Ignatieff, told me that I could get a Liberal branded scarf.…
On November 22nd and 23rd I listened to/attended two debates of the four candidates currently running to be President of the Liberal Party of Canada. The first was a phone…
“Canadian winters are long. Life is hard and so is ice. Canadian teams playing within the NHL are, in effect, a microcosm of Canada’s ongoing process of trying to remain…
Today is Remembrance day. I would personally like to thank all those who have served and are currently serving in Canada’s military. When I opened the editorial section of the…
Some numbers from here in Whitby-Oshawa: 0 – The number of time Christine Elliott mentioned Tim Hudak’s name during the last 4 debates. 3 – The number of times Christine…
From The Elizabeth Roy Chronicle WHITBY – OSHAWA – In reaction to the case of Whitby paediatrician Dr. Karen Dockrill, Christine Elliott has left Whitby-Oshawa constituents confused about her stance…
(Whitby-Oshawa OLP Candidate Elizabeth Roy and ONDP Candidate Maret Sadem-Thompson. Not pictured: PCPO Candidate Christine Elliott.) Christine Elliott isn’t a big fan of showing up. She has been a vocal…
A QMI poll released today revealed that 84% of Canadians want our public libraries to remain publicly funded (7% refused to answer the question.) Now, I know the brothers Ford…
“When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that society has found one more way to destroy itself.” -…
I think I am where most Canadians are on the Monarchy. I don’t really care about them. I don’t like it when people are fervently pro-Monarchy. Conversely, I don’t like…
This is a really great speech. All Canadians, especially the Liberals, should give it a listen. H/T Rob Silver Filed under: Alberta, Canadian Politics, Politics Tagged: Great Speeches, Naheed Nenshi,…
In America, the Book, Samantha Bee half-jokingly wrote that Canadians were too polite to cause a fuss over our redundant Senate. Seemingly, the times have changed. Senate reform has recently…
After weeks of unprecedented protests another repressive dictator has been overthrown in the Middle East. King Babar (pictured above fleeing the country in a hot-air balloon with his cousin/wife) was…
“The essential message that I bring to the House and to the people of Canada about this budget is that it is not a budget for everyone. It is not…
Politics Reimagined: Mark Holland from Corey Hogan on Vimeo. This is a tremendous speech. The part I thought was most insightful was the need to make the Liberal Party “open…
1. John Alexander Macdonald – Amazing Specialist 2. Alexander Mackenzie – Insane Hunter 3. John Abbott – Respected Wizard 4. John Sparrow David Thompson – Dynamic Desperado 5. Mackenzie Bowell…