Open and Accountable to who?
Because after promising openness and accountability, as well as strong leadership, I haven’t seen any of the above from Harper’s Conservative government. Apparently, neither have the federal watchdogs.
Because after promising openness and accountability, as well as strong leadership, I haven’t seen any of the above from Harper’s Conservative government. Apparently, neither have the federal watchdogs.
So the Harper government is creating an agency that will help spread democracy abroad. Good for them, fledgling democracies do need all the help they can get in getting established.…
If there were an annual worst headline award, The Sun would probably win pretty much every year. Today's paper screamed "'Enormous' fraud at City Hall"It makes it sound as though…
Canadians are filled with optimism and excitement in anticipation of the visit by non other than the grand-pumba himself, U.S. President Barack Obama. Many Americans across the United States are…
Now I’ve always known that Stephen Harper was lacking when it came to foresight. His in-action on environment, denial of a recession etc are all good enough indicators that he’s…
This comes as a bit of a surprise. See also this earlier (and now revised) post for a roundup
So according to the 2001 census as reported today by CBC radio one, the average earnings for someone who made their living from the arts was $22,000 dollars annually. Not…
An update to my earlier look at endorsements of the NDP leadership candidates: an additional four northern Ontario MPs have endorsed Gilles Bisson meaning he has the unanimous support of…
That’s what Andrew Coyne wrote about today. Basically he said that the Harper governments decision to spend so much and go into a deficit is the last straw, and that…
I continue to be concerned with what I once called digital cultural amnesia. Though in reflecting on the word “amnesia” I no longer think it’s the best way to express…
The extraordinary David Brooks, a must read of mine, describes some of the big plans that Obama has in store for the near future. They're both audacious, and hopeful. Let…
Amanda Henry muses on the issue of whether development work should be turned into a business, or whether it should remain a charitable, largely selfless activity. (Amanda also calls herself…
Happy Festivus. I have grievances to air about Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Stephen Harper has become just like his predecessors. On foreign policy, he has lost the moral foreground leaving…
It seems that everyone and their monkey are on Facebook these days. Recent stats show that Facebook is growing at a rate of 600,000 new users each day, swelling the…
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other. - William Shakespeare, Macbeth Health care reform has always been extraordinarily difficult in the U.S.—we saw how Bill Clinton fared…
With the last of Michael Ignatieff's rivals dropping out of the race, he is now all but certain to ascend to the leadership. The Liberal Party will, it is widely…
The Conservatives just can’t seem to get enough of eating their own words. “The brutal fact here is that something has happened that has never happened before in Canadian history,”…
So let’s do a little comparative analysis: Number 1: David Warren calls a possible coalition a “Thai-style coup d’état”. Now as much as I like the guy, I don’t think…
Another point of paranoia on the right. For those worried that the Bloc Quebecois’ support of the opposition coalition will lead to the break up of the nation or another…
Another point of paranoia on the right. For those worried that the Bloc Quebecois' support of the opposition coalition will lead to the break up of the nation or another…