A Glimmer Of Principle
Laurie Hawn, Alberta Brent Rathgeber, Alberta Kevin Sorenson, Alberta Mike Allen, New Brunswick Joe Daniel, Ontario Larry Miller, Ontario Stephen Woodworth, Ontario What do all of the above M.P.s have…
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A Glimmer Of Principle
Laurie Hawn, Alberta Brent Rathgeber, Alberta Kevin Sorenson, Alberta Mike Allen, New Brunswick Joe Daniel, Ontario Larry Miller, Ontario Stephen Woodworth, Ontario What do all of the above M.P.s have…
Trudeau and Alberta
Canada’s Conservative Party abandoned Premier Alison Redford and the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta during Alberta’s last provincial election – they chose instead to support Alberta’s far-right Wildrose Alliance Party.…
On implausible assumptions
I’ve made the case questioning gratuitous privatization of SLGA’s liquor sales (as well as a controlling stake in ISC) based on the actual profit levels associated with real Crowns. So…
BC Conservatives Hammer the BC Liberals for their ‘Untruthiness’ regarding Foreign Workers
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The following story by Tyee editor David Beers shows the benefit of multiple parties expressing their views on matters of importance. Here the BC Conservatives…
5949…Isn’t That Cherry Ronic
I use my fellow Ottawan’s, Alanis Morrisette’s, loose definition of the word ironic so forgive me grammar freaks if I gets this wrong. This is what I find ironic. According…
George W. Bush’s Library
A sample of videos you will find in Bush’s Library. This video is a bit uncoordinated but that is the way Bush is. Mission Accomplished:
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Helene Leblanc argues that we should make sure the Internet is treated as a commons accessible to all, rather than a privilege…
Insanity is Not Funny, Until It’s Political
At times having to watch America’s seemingly endless death spiral becomes utterly depressing. These are crazy people who have somehow been allowed to rise to positions of authority – people…
thoughts on life, the provincial budget and WWII stories
It finally feels like summer here. The kids and I are spending hours outside. We’ve been out and about on errands a little more than normal this past few days,…
Assessment in MOOCs
I was asked: “I was wondering how they might work with the Humanities, as I teach Seventeenth-Century Literature, Shakespeare and other related subjects, which require research papers and final examinations.…
May 4: another cranky night with this opening to the May 4 blog….
I’m writing this part of the blog on the night of May 3. I have just been looking over the CBC story that Irving has been awarded 228 million dollars…
Sadly, Neil Young’s Ohio still relevant 43 years after Kent State massacre
It was 43 years ago today that four students were killed at Kent State University, shot dead by the Ohio National Guard as they protested US military involvement in Cambodia.…
Troubling news from the Bank of Canada
The Bank of Canada, like all central banks, is supposed to be independent from the government. That, as the Globe & Mail put it this morning, is sacrosanct. When a…
Are Canadians Experiencing Buyers’ Remorse?
Many of us who blog, tweet, or post political views on Facebook cannot, I suspect, avoid the periodic and unsettling notion that we are simply ‘preaching to the converted’ instead…
The Smallest Man In Canada
Michael Harris writes that Stephen Harper is the Wizard of Wrath: Just as in the movie, our Wizard is playing the bully with the big stick to the very end.…
Positive vs. Negative
Being “positive” and not “negative” was an interesting theory. It’s a theory that doesn’t ever really work, however. Justin Trudeau, take note.
Understanding the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act
Another of the Acts that direct municipal governance is the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act. While considerably shorter than the previously-discussed Municipal Act – eight pages, 15 sections and less…