PEI Goes to the Polls
And the fate of the province's Liberal Premier, Robert Ghiz, looks pretty certain at this point. Here's why:Screenshot off of 308.comJust a basic average of these polls gives the PEI…
Dueling Polls
Two polling heavyweights out today with different results, both conducted during the same time period. If you're a Liberal, then EKOS acts as a powerful elixir, just don't look at…
Life-Long Liberal Will Boycott Polls
Reasons to vote #652: «The NDP candidate has a name which is not of European origin and since the party has not communicated with me I have no idea if…
The Best Levitation Belt
from the 2037 Hammacher Schlemmer Glaven catalog This levitation belt earned The Best rating from the Hammacher Schlemmer Glaven Institute because it was the easiest to put on and operate…
On the Manitoba Liberals – I’m like that guy with the antique store who never really closes shop…
Maybe I can’t stay out of it. I have a big mouth, you see… Lately the Manitoba Liberals have entered another exciting backstabbing phase, much like the last season of…
unlawful access: new openmedia video on harper govt’s internet spy plan
OpenMedia.ca has launched an important new video at The Mark: please watch and share.Wmtc: mandatory, warrantless internet spying coming to canada, unless we stop it.Petition: here.Email your MP: here.
Truth has been a casualty at PavCo
Harvey Oberfeld recently called professional sports teams: "... the worst corporate welfare bums … trying to get working class British Columbians, through our taxes to subsidize various aspects of their…
Elections almost here!
Today is October 3rd and the first big test's for all the political parties on the provincial stage. First up is today in PEI. It seems that the Liberals will…
Blessing of the Animals
We started the day at an estate auction run by a crabby auctioneer, followed by breakfast in a Glebe diner. Over breakfast, GC and I wrote a note to Elmaks,…
Ontario Election Thoughts
Do what you can to ensure that Tim Hudak does not win anything in the upcoming Ontario election.
Monday Morning Notes
Junk-mail: this piece of homophobic drivel is circulating in a number of Brampton ridings. It has been officially sanctioned the the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (note the boilerplate text…
Another step down the Conservative evolutionary scale. Sun runs homophobic McVety ad. Bonus Shaidle charm offensive.
Conservatives have a very well defined hierarchy of idiocy. The National Post is about midway down the pack, excelling at Disingenuous, Lacks Moral Clarity and Will Do Anything to Further…
Mayor Ford at his best!
I’ve asked this before but… TORONTO! WTF WERE YOU THINKING? Were most of you drunk last fall???? Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
The closing days of the Ontario campaign
Only a few days left until Ontario voters get out to vote for their next provincial government, and the polls that came out on the weekend still had a neck…
Farmer’s Market Removes Trans Employee
The Trails End Farmer’s Market in London, Ontario is the subject of a human rights complaint after the market owner forced a vendor to remove a trans employee from their…
The Imaginary Centre of an Imaginary Universe #nlvotes #nlpoli
Town and Toronto start with a “T”. Some Townies can be like some Torontonians sometimes. Yes, yes. Settle down. Hold it down with the other “t” words, like twit, twillick,…
Signing onto a disastrous plan
The Premier of New Brunswick looks eager to sign off on Harper’s disastrous Senate reform plans, and he’s willing to table some “consultative elections” legislation like Alberta’s (which I will…
The Duchesneau Report Simplified: Construction, Collusion and Corruption
Obviously, my blogging output has dramatically been reduced due to professional reasons. I thought I'd give a blog update on a news item that really encapsulated the recent Duchesneau report…
Environment Canada scientist instructed not to talk about huge new hole in Arctic ozone layer
Reassuring to know that just as Peter Kent decides to cut back on the ozone monitoring network in the Arctic, this happens. Too bad Canadians are not being permitted to…