Hacks and Douchebags
Well, well, well. It gets more interesting all the time. Here we have a hack writing an opinion article who’s real purpose is to blame unions for the ills facing…
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More Hands Found in Harper’s Deep Pockets
In 2007, knowing that they couldn’t ride Adscam forever, the Harper government put our tax dollars to good use, by hiring a private investigator to dig into the Liberal’s polling…
Remembering My Dad, Bryan Hayday
Today would have been my Dad’s 60th birthday. We had been planning to hold a huge celebration, because making it to sixty years old was going to be a really…
NDP Move to Protect Old Age Security – Vote on Feb 6th
The NDP used the Opposition day in Parliament today to put forward a motion that the federal government not pay for its agenda on the backs of Canadian Seniors by…
“StatsCan loses top economic analyst over census”
I have to say I’m having some difficulty getting incensed over this story. (Stats Can loses top economic analyst over census). A top Statistics Canada official has resigned his post,…
“Federal bureaucrats posed as ‘new Canadians’ for Sun News event”
And don’t forget to tune in at noon today when SUN TV’s Ezra Levant interviews Jason Kenney, Canada’s Minister of Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism, here seen holding the flag at…
Joe Oliver: Confirmed Denier
It’s time to pick a side. Joe Oliver is a denier. In case you live under a rock here is the basis of the issue at hand. Do you believe?…
Quebec’s New Electric Car Network: Therapy for Range Anxiety
Electric cars have always seemed like a natural for Quebec. Nearly all of the province’s electricity comes from hydro, and 40% of its GHG emissions come from transportation. In a…
Just take the phone lines away from the Harperians
While I was at home, preparing for Burns Night, I received an interesting couple of phone calls last week that I would like to relate. Call number 1 was from…
An unlikely ally
Brad Trost represents, in my opinion, the very worst of the Conservative Party. A true Reform-a-tory he would have us all living back in the 1950’s when men were men…
The High Cost of Corporate Tax Cuts
The Harper government’s plans to reduce the deficit with savings from Old Age Security, are absolute nonsense. Their argument is that it will be more beneficial for younger workers. Just…
NDPers dreamin’ of victory, ‘trash’ power sharing with Libs
The issue of having the New Democratic Party form an alliance with other parties – if such a move would keep the Conservatives out of power in 2015 – is…
Electoral Reform: Recalling an MP
In a fit of pique I was searching for the concept of recalling the government or at least an MP. I found an article discussing this concept and how it…
When is the Price of a Politician Too High?
Since Citizens United paved the way for the wealthy to buy U.S. political candidates outright, there is more for Americans to worry about than losing their democracy, though that is…
Escaping to Canada II
Harper is violating the Canada that I know and love. Private member bills to stop all funding to the CBC are not random events. They are surely payback for the…
Spin Doctors – MP pension reform
Happy Monday! This week in The Hill Times, the Spin Doctors were asked to opine on whether MP pensions are in need of reform. Here’s what I have to say.…
Remind me Again Why we Spent $800,000 to Celebrate the Libyan Victory?
“Gadhafi’s days are over. Never again will he be in a position to support terrorism or to turn guns on his own people. The Libyan people can finally turn the…
Justice Lampooned — Media Covers the Shafia Sentencing — America Shames Canada and Britain
Justice Lampooned — Media Covers the Shafia Sentencing — America Shames Canada and Britain First up, the always bemused and inarticulate Andrew whatshishead on CBCNN, utterly out of his depth…
HALI #NDPLDR #NDPDB8 HOLLA
Trying to decide whether to do this all in caps. 10:46 No, don’t think so. Not feeling belligerent enough. I have to say, one of my new favourite twitter accounts…
So Who Would You Like to Send to the Moon?
Newt Gingrich frightened even Republicans this week with his plans to develop a colony on the moon by 2020. He had obviously given this a lot of thought, because he…