PM Waxes Poetic on Senate Scandal
One person’s tragedy is another’s travesty.
The Case Against The Prime Minister In The Mike Duffy Scandal
Ran out of scotch to he’s making a ruckus. To quote the loquacious and disgraced Mike Duffy: “Words are important.” In that spirit, let’s take a careful look at Nigel…
PM Harper Gives Control Over Vegetables, Grains & Forage Seeds To Corporations Like Monsanto!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Koksilah Farmer’s Institute’s Angela Auchincloss fired out this email the other day that should be of concern to us all. It is almost like Science Fiction…
What’s That Between Steve’s Shoulder Blades? Oh, That’s a Knife.
The Tories have a rich history of backstabbing. Dalton Camp did in John Diefenbaker and was never forgiven. Brian Mulroney shoved Joe Clark out of the way and into a…
Sen. Mike Duffy’s Scandal Torpedoes Nigel Wright: Canadians React
PM Stephen Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright resigned early Sunday following last week’s revelation that he cut a $90,000 personal cheque to cover Sen. Mike Duffy’s fraudulent Senate expense…
“Campus Alberta”: Soviet Style Research and Development Comes to Alberta
Sigh…where to start? The barrage of bad news spewing out of the Premier’s office has been so intense that the government’s Machiavellian takeover of post secondary institutions and research and…
Collingwood and our Comparators
The recent KPMG presentation to council, May 13, included some interesting data about where Collingwood sits in several areas among its peers. These included staffing, parks, recreational facilities, taxes, debt…
Wright Quits, Wallin & Duffy Half-Quit, May Lashes the PM #cdnpoli
What dirt does Duffy have on the Prime Minister, that would have had him order his Chief of Staff to cut Mike Duffy a cheque for more than $90,000? Mike…
Gawker and the Rob Ford crack video
Graydon enjoying the high life I don’t think much of Gawker. It’s a trashy site but I go to it fairly regularly because there is usually something amusing to read.…
ronda to cordoba / cordoba / zuheros
We left Ronda very early: we had to ring a bell at the desk and get the hotel manager out of bed to settle our bill. Poor guy shuffled out…
On the Eve of PMO`s Chief of Staff`s Resignation
Inspired by too many stories to list here!
Statements: Resignation of Harper’s Chief of Staff Nigel Wright
From the day it emerged that Stephen Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright cut a $90,000 personal cheque to cover Sen. Mike Duffy’s fraudulent Senate expense claims, the Conservatives tried…
Stephen Harper Is Far Too Sleazy, Corrupt And Dishonest To Be Straight With Canadians About The Senate Scandal ….
-Stephen Harper is never going to be honest with Canadians about the sleaze that is oozing out of his political administration. -There isn’t even any point in the RCMP investigating…
The Rats in Uncle Steve’s Pantry
Stephen Harper knows he’s got rats in the Conservative pantry and it must be giving him fits trying to figure out just who they are. Somebody is leaking a steady…
Akaash Maharaj: A Witness to Triumphs and Terrors
My article in the Huffington Post: Recently, work took me to Istanbul to meet with the Syrian resistance. We discussed options for the international community to help bring an end…
Nigel Wright resigns due to scandal
That’s a word I never, ever thought I’d see appended to Nigel Wright’s name: scandal. We don’t know each other, but we sort of know each other. Long story. Anyway:…
The Green Party demostrating strategic and tactical smarts on Vancouver Island
The Greens are running a tight ship on Vancouver Island these days. In the wake of Andrew Weavers win in Oak Bay Gordon Head on behalf of the BC Green…
Saturday Photo: More from the Jardin botanique
Marie Victorin was a Roman Catholic teaching brother and naturalist who championed access to nature for all. He was the driving force behind the establishment of Montreal’s lovely Jardin botanique…
Deep thought
An infinite number of monkeys using an infinite number of typewriters will eventually produce the Kirby report on health care reform. This is not a sound argument for spending hundreds…
Mike Duffy and Rob Ford: The match made in heaven.
They’re two soul-mates. Only difference is that Rob Ford can be fired. Mike Duffy is settled for life. He won a lottery and he did not even have to buy…