The fight for Ontario in Parkdale-High Park
Parkdale-High Park Liberals have come out with a reality check this evening on some of the many claims made by sitting NDP MPP Cheri di Novo during the debates of…
Liberal incumbent for Kitchener-center, John Milloy, shines in local all candidates debate
The Waterloo Record, our local newspaper, hosted an all candidates debate for the Kitchener, Waterloo, Conestoga and Cambridge voting districts this past week. Yesterday, it was the candidates from Kitchener-Center…
For GOP’s sake, Chris Christie must run
Last night's GOP debate was probably the worst political debate I've ever witnessed. I'm not alone. Most of the reaction from the right has been brutal. They hated it. They've…
By way of comparison
Tim Naumetz points out what strikes me as a surprising trend of potential NDP leadership candidates expressing concern about the cost of participating in the race:“Money is a big deal,”…
New blog affiliates
We haven’t done announcements of new blog affiliates since we started at the new site in June, and it’s about time we did. The honours for the restarting of this…
Friday night
Say hello to Ray Wylie Hubbard. He's originally from Oklahoma but thirty seconds into this song and you probably won't be surprised to find he's now based in Texas. I'm…
"It Can’t All Be True": Canadian Government Launches New Fracking Studies
Screen shot 2011-09-23 at 12.54.53 AM.png According to Environmental Minister Peter Kent, the Canadian government is entering into the shale gas debate by launching two simultaneous studies of fr...
Yellow Report Alerts
Does everyone know that coal and oil technology for energy creation were both subsidized when they first started being used?? Does everyone know that they are still subsidized?? So why…
Yellow Report Alerts
Does everyone know that coal and oil technology for energy creation were both subsidized when they first started being used?? Does everyone know that they are still subsidized?? So why…
Yellow Report Alerts
Does everyone know that coal and oil technology for energy creation were both subsidized when they first started being used?? Does everyone know that they are still subsidized?? So why…
Yellow Report Alerts
Does everyone know that coal and oil technology for energy creation were both subsidized when they first started being used?? Does everyone know that they are still subsidized?? So why…
I think the more wealthy european nations want to have a desperate and cheap labour force/source near to home…
Greek workers strike, protest against brutal austerity measures By David Walsh; 23 September 2011 - WSWShttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/sep2011/gree-s23.shtml Tens of thousands of Greek public transport workers, teachers, civil servants and air traf...
@LornePW keeps the police accountability file up to date
Big tip of the porkpie to Lorne over at Politics and its Discontents.There are times when the sheer inertia and toxic, paranoid self-pity at the core of dysfunctional cop culture…
Environment Canada cuts expand beyond ozone monitoring
Good reporting at iPolitics this afternoon, following the trail of the government's Environment Canada cuts: "Oilsands monitoring plan threatened by cuts: experts." The looming job cuts at Environment Canada spell…
Liberal scorn for sustainability
Before joining the Vancouver Sun, Fazil Mihlar was Senior Policy Analyst at The Fraser Institute. In his years with the newspaper's editorial board, Mihlar has continued to serve philosophical goals…
Halifax the new Palestinian homeland?
From the Daily Show yesterday.Halifax NS by sjmorris123
Vote by mail
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McGuinty’s first big mistake in Election 2011…
TheStar Hudak and Horwath scold McGuinty for missing northern Ontario debateIn my humble estimation, Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty has been (mostly) kicking Tory leader Tim Hudak's butt during this Ontario…
Get a diaper – `cause you’re gonna wet yourself over this…and other marketing hype and assorted drivel
The amazing, fantastic, hyper-good stuff we have for you today, oh my God!! You better get a diaper, or at least a towel, `cause you’re just gonna wet your pants…