Politics: the art of double-speak
Dalton “Dad” McGuinty announces a special program that will provide a tax credit of $10,000 to employers to hire immigrants who are having difficulty gain Canadian experience and/or credentials. The…
What Can Change In A Day?
In the Climate Reality Project, Al Gore answers the question, “What Can Change In a Day?”. A whole lot, it turns out – just ask the people living on the…
New Travel Brand Launches with LGBT-Friendly Search Capability
When we leave the comfort of our homes to travel, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) human beings, like everyone else, experience the thrills of being in a new environment…
Fluid
Before the Ontario election campaign began in earnest, the Progressive Conservatives enjoyed a double digit lead, many basically declared the Liberals dead and that was that. Trouble was, we still…
Canadian Political History Conference at York University
I've noticed that a number of people have landed at my site because many months ago I posted a call for papers for a Political History Conference at York University.…
Listening to the farmers on the Wheat Board
The results of the plebiscite are in: Tens of thousands of Western Canadian farmers have sent a clear message to Ottawa, demanding the CWB single-desk marketing system be retained.Results of…
Calculus behind polls
The recent provincial polls show a snapshot. The numbers aren't as important as the trend they disclose -- and that trend is in favour of the Liberals. All that said,…
Calculus behind polls
The recent provincial polls show a snapshot. The numbers aren't as important as the trend they disclose -- and that trend is in favour of the Liberals. All that said,…
Tim Hudak’s Troubled Geometry
The Ontario election is in full swing, and the Conservative party’s campaign is guided by a platform booklet called the “changebook.” It’s an audacious manifesto for significant change in the…
Pirate Therapy
Laurence arrived a few minutes late for his regular Thursday morning session, but his therapist usually ran late, so he wasn’t worried. From behind the door of his therapist’s office,…
Ontario Could Stay Red.
threehundredeight.com has a new projection in the province of Ontario. It predicts that Ontario will be an even split. 44 Liberals, 44 Tories and 19 NDP. Which means a split…
Your Daily Hillier: Tim Gives Randy A Few Extra Strikes
Key Gray on Randy's issues with the CRA:So OK. Taxes aren’t being paid in the household. There’s a strike. Hillier misread the form. There’s a strike. Hillier neglected to tell…
This is good news…
… for my MPP… Not so good for Hudak and Hillier and their merry band of tax evaders! Let’s hope that the momentum carries into next month… and it likely…
To you with affection from Danny #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Anybody who is even vaguely aware of Danny Williams’ attitude to the CBC during his term as Premier will realise what an amazing thing it was for him to sit…
Topp and the inner circle
As you may have heard by now, Brian Topp has declared that he will run for NDP leader. Now that this fact has been established, I have a few questions…
Credibility: M.I.A.
In another liberal surge of empathy, Sun pundit Vaughn Palmer described the "post-HST fiscal triple whammy" faced by "action man" Kevin Falcon. He described the aggravation of replacing HST with…
GOP debate: the ugly face of conservatism. Also, never fly on 9/11 if your skin is brown.
The horror continues. Here are two items that bring the American psyche post-9/11 into instant, ugly focus.At the GOP debate tonight, the crowd loudly cheered a suggestion that society should…
The Strange Case of Dr. Morton and Mr. Lee … not to mention that of Mr. Sparrow
Dr. Morton and Mr. Lee. Note that Alberta political aspirants may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Ryan Sparrow with some guy on a plane; the real Freddy Lee.Having been…
David Mitchell explains the power of a carbon tax in less than 5 minutes
David Mitchell explains the power of a carbon tax in less than 5 minutes using… furniture as an example? Yes furniture! Just watch it. And if you liked that, then…