Here: A prominent Progressive Conservative who sat on a variety of ORNGE boards and gave a consultancy job to founder Chris Mazza’s girlfriend told a hearing probing the air ambulance…
Wonder if he got asked about his senior advisor getting tens of thousands from Ornge? He will today, if not.
Many years ago, while Conservatives were still the government, an Ontario PC lobbyist introduced me to Chris Mazza. Mazza was a Toronto doctor hoping to set up an air ambulance…
From Fraser Allison, at frasman@shaw.ca: Occasionally, while having a coffee at a Second Cup and having nothing better to do, I have a look through the Calgary Sun ‘newspaper’. I…
…but not down the memory hole. From a year ago: The NDP got its first taste of the perils of prominence Wednesday after being forced to handle two public relations…
Say what you said in the Leg outside, coward. We dare you.
Nearly one year after the election that finally saw them capture their much-desired parliamentary majority, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has become remarkable for being unremarkable. Apart from killing off the…
Check this out: “Mayor Rob Ford says he will work to defeat the Liberal candidate in the crucial provincial byelection in Kitchener-Waterloo. Ford, a proud supporter of the Progressive Conservatives,…
You remember Herb Tarlek, don’t you? Well, Herb lives, to this day, in the Earthly form of Frank Klees, Tea Party North MPP. He does: they look the same, they…
What a load of Deepest Annex bullshit. What a load of crap. Jan Wong wants sympathy, after turning in a student in China to the authorities, which resulted in the…
Here. H/T BCL, natch.
…after all the good things that have happened so far in April, it’s inevitable. It’s the Irish Catholic Theory of Balance. I’ll explain it sometime. Anyhow, that lyric is taken…
We’ve got: 1. One daughter, ranked competitive swimmer 2. One son, GTHL “A” forward 3. One son, GTHL “A” goalie 4. One son, snowboarder, swimmer and lacrosse nut I’ve decided…
Not sure why it’s out early, but it is. Linkage here: Question: What does Kim Campbell have in common with Michael Ignatieff? It’s a riddle, of sorts. The answer comes…
I always liked her, have I mentioned that lately?
I have a conflict, so I haven’t said much on this file, other than to occasionally point out the rank, stinking hypocrisy of the Cons and the Dippers. Or to…
There is no news-related reason to post this photo. I found it today on the Globe’s web site, and it renews my hope that Jim Flaherty succeeds in driving out…
My God, that would be so awesome. Will it happen? Of course not. Why would the incompetents at Maple Leaf Sports actually stop offering up stinkers, year after year, when…
What’s it mean? Well, after the polling industry’s Alberta debacle, I don’t put much stock in polling, these days. You shouldn’t either. But if it’s true, it means that Bob…
