In Defense of Reasonableness
What make’s us Canadian? Its an oft asked question. Its unavoidable that whatever it is will be cast in some way relative to our neighbours to the south. But there…
Re Shuffling
Stephen Harper shuffles his cabinet as often as he shuffles his principles. Because he is stuck with a minority government that prevents him from his goal of controller of Canada,…
House Cleaning
Happy New Years. May the year be heavy on the clover. Doing a little house cleaning here at wheatsheafsk.com by tossing out my two bits on perennial topics of interest.…
Michael Ignatieff Talks at UBC – but will he Say anything?
UBC is being visited today by the Liberal party road tour, Michael Ignatieff will be talking about his and our dreams for Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017. I’m planning on…
Will BC ban cosmetic pesticides?
Friday, January 15, 2010 You may have heard that the province is in the process of consulting British Columbians about how cosmetic pesticides should be regulated. “Cosmetic” &n...
Everyone agrees BC needs better renewable electricity planning. But how?
Friday, January 15, 2010 Close to 180 participants from all sides of BC’s heated debate about the future of renewable electricity generation gathered in Vancouver earlier this week at West…
Liberals stand out like a raisin in a raisin muffin.
Its clear that the with the prorogation of parliament the Conservative party has wasted most of its ‘benefit of the doubt’ support that was keeping it ahead of the Liberals.…
Canada Needs to Become a Real Democracy
Full repost of letters from Fair Vote Canada to Stephen Harper and Opposition leaders about the importance of democratic reform now, more than ever. FVC sends open letters to Harper…
“Roger Ailes as Howard Hughes”?
by matttbastard Let’s hope the ugly SOB still clips his toenails. Seriously — producing daily crypto-fascistic dispatches carefully crafted to rile up the rubes while scoring mega ad rev? Understandable.…
Slacktastic Placeholder Post
by matttbastard Busy busy busy lately, kids (and by ‘busy busy busy’ I mean ‘lazy lazy lazy’, as my always-obsessive Twitter output will attest — 140 characters is a lot…
Citizens say Yes to democracy, No to Harper’s Prorogation
By proroguing Parliament, and thereby subverting Democracy, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has succeeded where others have failed. He has galvanized Canadians from across the political spectrum, including many who were…
Really? That’s the Conservative Response?
The Liberals have released some video ads attacking the Conservative government over its prorogation of parliament. What is more interesting though is the Conservatives response to the ads. I just…
LETTERS, LETTERS, LETTERS – PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER PROROGATION
The local paper, after publishing the Conservative talking points a ridiculous editorial offering lame excuses for prorogation, has published a number of letters in response. Here is a selection of…
Andrew Coyne’s Modest Proposal
The Canadian Interwebs are ablaze with anger over the recent prorogation of parliament and polls tell us that even the general population is quite upset. Hopefully the fast growing Facebook…
Recipe for the Iron 407 Pound-it-Thru Cake
In the spirit of Jonathan Swift, this is a special recipe for all those who live along the Georgetown corridor for the Iron 407 Pound-it-Thru Cake. A New Year's summary…
Comment on How Far to the Right? by rww
How can you tell- the real sites are a parody of themselves. I mean godhates…..com
Senate and GG Reform : A Simple Solution
A great article on the Globe and Mail about Harper’s Senate reform plans. As always, Senate reform is a more complex issue than it first appears. Harper likely knows this…
You should read this about senate reform
You should read this about senate reform, espeically Jim Q’s comment on a PR solution http://ow.ly/TKs3 #cdnpoli #senatereform #fairvote Posted in Politics Tagged: democracy, fairvote, parliament, Politics, reform, senate
Got something to say about water?
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 West Coast is not the only one blogging as a way to discuss environmental law. The BC government has launched its LivingWaterSmart blog as a key…
Shit Craig Chandler Says
BONUS Chandler rants! Chandler on Calgary mayoral candidate Naheed Nenshi: Poetry in motion, Chandler style: You think Veterans are safe from Chandler’s hysterics? No. (He’s in the 4th shot, but…