A Resolution Concerning Equal Political Representation for Women and Men in the Legislature Proposed by: Ken Ranney, Peterborough, OntarioDate: 16/05/11Whereas the small proportion of women in the Ontario Legislature reflects…
What Harper did today on the Senate was one of his most outrageous acts. The sheer audacity, Harper didn't even wait until Friday afternoon to drop this announcement, instead he…
My friend did a smudge around Roger’s Arena for the 7th game of the Canucks vs. the Blackhawks. The Nucks won. Then she did it again for the 5th game…
Anyone who thinks that Harper's deficit is a result of incompetence is sorely mistaken. The deficit is a deliberate creation designed to foster the conditions for selling austerity to the…
We're back after a long nap, and have woken up with a A Fear And Loathing For Our New Government. We would like to congratulate Senator Smith with a bit…
In this alberta@noon column on CBC Radio One with host Donna McElligott I talk about the future of crime fighting. Specifically we discuss the saga of Sean Power and his…
PM rewards three defeated Conservatives with Senate seats - The Globe and MailHow to become a senator under Harper? Show that the people don't want you to represent them. Another…
There has been rather different estimates of how many people are in this picture: The CBC report that the police estimated this crowd at 5000 (here); Lifesite claimed 15,000 (here),…
Before we look at the new Cabinet, the answer to the question on everyone's mind:No, Maxime Bernier didn't bring a date to the swearing in.With that out of the way,…
Here is the long form video of the recent Alberta Party Leadership Debate held in Calgary. It is 2 hours long so put on a pot of coffee first. The…
Wow, I didn't think that Stephen Harper could sink any lower on his attitude toward the Senate. He has. You might recall that in 2004, Harper, then leader of the…
The recent revelation that former California governor Arnold Schwarzanegger had a love child 10 years ago, coupled with the arrest of IMF head and French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual…
Meet our Minister of Foreign Affairs
Watch out Mr. Layton. Black cats cannot be trusted and before you know it you become the meal.Read the story here for the context.Video:
I don't have much to observe about today's developments in federal politics, except to say that I am profoundly unsurprised, unlike the madly twittering press corps. Harper's favorite cabinet ministers,…
Newt Gingrich should change his name to Nuke Gingrich. His campaign kind of ended before it even began. In an interview with David Gregory of NBC he basically said the…
GC has been a vegan for two days now. I was only a vegan for a few hours, then I downgraded to vegetarian because I needed dairy products in my…
Because we didn't learn anything from it the first time around. Canadians secretly added to U.S. security list: WikiLeaks The Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Canada's principal intelligence agency, routinely transmits…
Yesterday, Gerry T shared a photo he snapped at the University of Alberta in Edmonton of a "departure board" in the university's Student Union building that uses open transportation data…
Third Atlantic Workshop on Semantics and Services - blog summary - part 2. A Semantic Web based Framework for Modeling and Simulating Clinical PathwaysAli Daniyal The problem is the analysis…
