If at first you don’t succeed… #nlpoli
Shoot your self in the foot yet again. The Conservative candidate in Cartwright – L’anse au Claire is committed to proving his party runs the government to suit its own…
Justin Trudeau, Posing With Babes…
Meawhile here’s the best Stephen Harper could do last time he visited Europe.
Stephen Harper and Mike Duffy’s Excellent Vacation Adventures
Well I see Stephen Harper is getting ready to jump into his shiny new Con getaway plane, and escape to Europe.No doubt hoping that that he can leave Mike Duffy…
Are Canadians Tuning Out of Democracy? Only Sort Of.
A couple of weeks ago, I started a new series on popular apathy and the decline in popular interest in Canadian democracy by noting that, since 1867, the relative voting…
One question
I have one question about the new Ottawa RedBlacks: what are the team colours going to be?Actually, I have two questions — what the heck is a RedBlack anyway?I prefer…
Nanaimo AGMs
I was honored to be asked to chair the joint AGMs for Nanaimo Cowichan and Nanaimo Alberni.
Nanaimo AGMs
I was honored to be asked to chair the joint AGMs for Nanaimo Cowichan and Nanaimo Alberni.
That’s All They Really Want
It’s like the house party you’re at and you’re stuck in the kitchen listening to the Worst Life Story Ever, and all you want to do is leave but you…
6121…Senators Worth Every Penny
That is what 5/6 Senators in Newfoundland told James McLeod of The Telegram. The Telegram is the official fish wrap of St. John’s and has been also used in the…
6120…Harper’s Suck Up
Got this graphic off of Facebook: Canadians Rallying To Unseat Harper. Love him or hate him this guy took over a relatively safe Liberal seat, knocking out the Honourable David…
Time to get Militant with your Doctor and the College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ms Soapbox has been in a quandary all week. She was troubled by what she’d observed at the meeting of the College of Physicians and Surgeons governing council. Finally the…
Right-Wing Group Claims Trans Human Rights are a Plot to Normalize Pedophilia.
It has long been a practice of American far-right spokespeople and organizations that when sensationalistic rhetoric starts to fail, rather than try to polish it up and make it look…
The costs of consumption
The next time someone asks me why I’m an anti-capitalist, I’m just going to tell them to watch GREEN: DEATH OF THE FORESTS by Patrick Rouxel. A stunning visual essay…
Rideau Lakes: home again home again jiggedy jog
I remember the first time I did the Rideau Lakes Cycle tour in 2001. When I got home my hands were so stiff from holding the handle bars it took…
Dark Sky Preserve at Wood Mountain
I found a new way to appreciate my home town through the eyes of astronomers this weekend. Also, I used the astronomers’ telescopes, which is a great way to look…
6119…Freedom Of The Press In Canada
Try as our beloved Prime Minister Stephen Harper does to muzzle the press he is not so successful. White is great; yellow number two; gold third; red sucks and; black…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that to end your weekend. – Dave Coles introduces readers to the Cons’ latest attack on labour – with a backbencher’s private member’s bill again serving as an…
Review: Community Organizing
When it comes to working to change the world, I think there is absolutely nothing inconsistent about combining the feeling that you really have no idea how to go about…
A robust liberalism
Now here’s something worth waking me out of this lengthy blog slumber: “I despair as I watch the erosion of the liberal views I hold dear.” Yeah, you sing it,…