June 12: best letters to the editor – ever….
The letters to day, are really the best of the TandT. They are full of the material we should be reading on the op ed page and editorial page –…
Uptown Waterloo: Where trails go to die
The Iron Horse Trail officially ends at Caroline Street. A few years ago, the Trails committee managed to get the trail unofficially extended along the west side of Caroline as…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, June 12, 2013: Ethics: Lawyer Has Professional Duty to Know Tech ABA – Formal Opinion on Judges’…
PRISM: Greenwald on CNBC
Strong congressional oversight means asking direct questions & getting straight answers. 1.usa.gov/1a0EIY3— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) June 11, 2013 Encrypt your shit: Spooky reading after #Snowden: Julian #Assange's call to take…
The Iron Horse Trail in Uptown
There’s a minor uproar in Waterloo over city council’s decision this week to sell a portion of the Iron Horse Trail. I have some concerns about the sale, but I…
A Suggestion For Kellie Leitch
She may be a lost cause, but I have a suggestion for Harper enthusiast/Simcoe Grey Conservative M.P. Kellie Leitch, about whom I have written previously on this blog. The former…
A Progressive Conservative Revival?
Michael Harris writes that Stephen Harper can’t save the Conservative Party. Neither can anyone in his cabinet: The essential reason that no Harper cabinet minister can ride to the party’s…
Ford crack scandal “source:” I think we all know who you are, “source”
It’s an old trick: John Smith identifying himself as “a source close to John Smith.” Gets your message out, but it doesn’t really fool anyone. Anyway: kudos to Wolk and…
Conclusive evidence that Harper is worried
Harper is besieged on all sides. Defections. Senate scandal. Duffy cheques. He is feeling more heat than ever. The storyline has always been: “sure you don’t like him. He isn’t…
I break from a politics blog for 1 second..
…to show you what a Hobbit/LOTR geek I am. Another reason besides Christmas that I want December to get here quick
Ask General Kang: What do you do when your planet runs out of resources?
What do I do? Shouldn’t you be asking what will you do? What I do is charge up the power cells in my Interstellar Ape-arda, fill the ships with hordes…
Justice of the Peace Bench
The Justice of the Peace Bench has become thoroughly professional and is a highly trained and skilled body of adjudicators. The ancient office of justice of the peace is one…
The Many Voices of Stephen Harper
I usually don’t laugh at Stephen Harper in an amused way, more of a bemused way because I can’t understand why 35-40% of Canadians believe this guy to be an…
Dalton McGuinty
Kinsella says that McGuinty was a “winner.” “He had many, many policy achievements,” he said. “Politically, however, his greatest achievement was to be the winningest leader in Ontario’s recent history.”
Concerning Partisan Communications from Non-Partisan Government Officials #nlpoli
Keith Hutchings issued a news release on Tuesday to respond to”inaccuracies on CETA negotiations.” That’s what the headline on the release said it was about. He did so in his…
Stephen Harper and the Great Getaway Tour
As I watched him drag himself wearily up the steps of his getaway plane, I could only imagine what Stephen Harper was thinking.I've done it !!! I've made it to…
Who’s the boss? Fred Horne and Stephen Lockwood spar over AHS performance pay.
Tweet“Regardless of how people feel about the decision of the AHS board, I don’t think anybody would want me or a colleague to interfere with the terms of their employment…
AHS Chair Stephen Lockwood to Health Minister Horne on executive bonuses: ‘Drop dead, Fred!’
Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne: it’s hard to imagine how he can come out of this fight with Alberta Health Services Chair Stephen Lockwood not looking foolish or weak. Below:…