When is bad financial management good financial management?
Consider two events and the responses to these events by two different governments. The events are remarkably similar. A party is elected to government at a time when the economy…
Town going koo-koo bananas…
UPDATED… … and, it appears, it only took six months into this new term of council… Exhibit No. 1: At this moment (about 1:30 in the afternoon on Monday), two…
The Case Of The Lazy Journos
It really seems like the message has been set: the new NDP MPs are young and inexperienced and as a result, we will have an official opposition full of fresh…
The Case Of The Lazy Journos
It really seems like the message has been set: the new NDP MPs are young and inexperienced and as a result, we will have an official opposition full of fresh…
Shifting Blame
I suspect that the 24% of Canadians who gave Stephen Harper his majority don't read Paul Krugman. But, as Mr. Harper and his acolytes rest smugly in their certitude that…
Birthers Put To Rest!
I don't think that it should have taken Obama to realize a birth certificate in order to prove that he was actually born in the U.S, but a new poll…
Adults Are Listening
In 2005, Andrew Potter wrote (in what happened to be a piece discussing pitfalls Michael Ignatieff might face as Liberal Leader) that "Canadians are incapable of having an adult discussion".…
We Who Feel Differently
People are not provoked by those who are different. What is more provoking is our insecurity: When you say, “I am so sorry but I am different.” That’s much more…
May 11: "Beyond the Walls": A new publication about political prisoners in Colombia
it's the Festival of Anarchy in Montreal, a month of radical events around the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair... i'll be highlighting some of these on this blog, the first of which…
NDP Ideas 2011-05-09 09:35:00
Gardening for food banks from Www.thespec.com – news local Bill Wilcox has been busy cultivating community gardens to grow produce for local food banks and soup kitchens.
New Resolution: A Resolution Regarding Poverty and Social Exclusion
A Resolution Regarding Poverty and Social ExclusionProposed by: Carol-Anne Hudson, HamiltonDate: 09/05/11Whereas we are committed to living in an Ontario without poverty and; Whereas we are committed to living in…
Original Song #27: Walking
I was walking todayAnd I passed a manA man I know named HarryWho always wishes everyone well I was walking with a womanNot just anyoneBut the only one The only…
And They Did This BEFORE They Got Their Majority
Probably to the surprise of few who have tracked their anti-democratic and anti-transparency propensities, last month the Harper regime terminated The Coordination of Access to Information Requests System, or CAIRS,…
Some of the new NDP MP’s
There has been so much focus on the NDP's young MP's from Quebec, I thought I would show you a few of the others elected ... I gathered these from…
Wheeling & Dealing & Avoiding FDA Scrutiny at the Vaccine Business Industry (Big Pharma) Congress
The vaccine industry business congress referenced above states that it is scheduled for Baltimore in the fall of 2011 although the agenda indicates dates in March 2011. More significantly the…
Reforming the Liberal Party: At the top, part two
On Saturday, I described how a top-down mentality drives the Liberal Party, and why the party needs to be re-oriented to a structure devoted to putting riding associations first and…
Ceci n’est pas un député.
I have no problem with Ruth Ellen Brosseau, she is probably very nice. However, I strongly dislike almost everything she represents. The argument that the NDP have been using to…
#Cdnpoli: Have I got this all wrong?
Is it possible?I don't know where this doubt is coming from, but I've been having second thoughts about a lot of what I've been saying. Maybe all the sniping and…
Brushes Painting: Pissy Cat
Filed under: comment, digital, drawing, illustration Tagged: Cat, illustration, life