Autism Funding in BC
Sometimes I think I should have called Crackle and Pop “Crash” and “Smash”. There are days when I feel like I’m hanging on to sanity for dear life and they’re…
today’s smile
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How Long Until Change These Initials (RCMP) – Into These (SS)??
This is a deeply troubling development. I think if one looks carefully at the actions (or inactions) of the RCMP since the now famous, unlawful statement on their part that…
Luck
Relevant moment at 2:45 or so. "The harder you work, the luckier you are..." said Carville in '92. A universally shared sentiment. A little sentimental but heck, it is campaign…
Vote by mail, not by internet
An article in the August 30 Vancouver Sun, Cities push province for electronic voting, says that three BC municipalities are trying to get the influential Union of BC Municipalities to…
Enough of 9/11 Already!
Arrrrgh. Another maudlin 9/11 commemorative is drawing closer – this time with even more dramatic intensity, being the 10th anniversary of the completely avoidable attacks on the American “homeland” that…
Top secret Hudak event
Here’s a shot snapped by a friend of mine of Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak exiting the modest premises at 23 Suncrest Drive in Toronto’s impoverished Bridlepath enclave, just a…
Ontario Election: NDP gives up on Guelph, saves me a decision
I try so darned hard to support the NDP. I am sympathetic to their message of social justice, of social welfare programs, of equitable treatment for Canadians. I have had…
HST Referendum Rebound….Make The Public Pay!
CollectivePunishments'RUsGordonCampbellLegacyGovernmentVille Well, well, well.... In addition to the previously predicted demonizing of public school teachers, which is their patented, bogus 'wedge-issue-on-a-silver platter' that they have whipped out...
Discontent in Ontario Toryland
"Ouster of Sterling by Tories disgraceful: Eves." “I don't care who hears this," said Eves. "The treatment that Norm got from his own party was not very polite, was not…
3199…He Is Back
All the way back. He is Michael Vick and after hitting bottom financially and doing time followed by a 10 buck an hour construction gig he is so back. It…
Looking for leadership
With both parties looking for leaders, Liberals and NDP have an historic opportunity right now to choose individuals who will cooperate for the good of the country, either informally or…
3198…This Is The Scene
The election is up in the air on Ontario and as Ontario goes so goes the country. Will we continue to be progressive under Dalton McGuinty or go back in…
Restlessness with the Status Quo and Appealing to the Zeitgeist of Our Times
As summer draws to a close, it can’t now be said that this past August was a slow news month for Canadian political commentators. With the unexpected passing of Jack…
Paradis Shuns Canadians and Small ISPs, Meets Privately with Big Telecom
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Merger? Why?
If the future of the Liberal Party was to be the party that it was under its last two leaders then maybe it would be time to throw in the…
A more local look at successors to Jack Layton
Plenty of speculation so far about potential successors to Jack Layton as federal NDP leader, but I haven't seen much about potential NDP candidates to follow Jack in Toronto-Danforth, so…
Reliance on Canadian Tar Sands Threatens U.S. Energy Security
obama energy security.jpg This is a guest post by Glenn Hurowitz, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy. It originally appeared on Grist.org, and is reprinted here with permission....
More Shameless Progressive Conservative Attack Ads
Looks like the PC`s have bought another slew of advertising for Google search terms with almost any combinations including "Liberal Party" or "Ontario Liberals" and the like having an on-top…