Jazz Festival campaign wins marketing award
Last night in Saskatoon, Tourism Saskatchewan held their annual Awards of Excellence Gala, where the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival was in the running for the Online Marketing Campaign of the Year…
The NDP is in ascent
The Vancouver Sun: NDP official Opposition not so implausibleThe NDP is gaining strength this election. I've maintained for some time Layton is the craftiest politician in Ottawa, and as the…
Why health care is not a normal industry
Patients Are Not Consumers – this is true for so many reasons, not the least of which being that the country who already has a more “consumer-focused” medical industry has…
Video: Federal election forum on the Environment
April 20, 2011: Dennis Lewycky (NDP), Ilona Niemczyk (Liberal) and Jacqueline Romanow (Green) at a Federal Election Forum on the Environment at the First Universalist Unitarian Church in Winnipeg. Photo:…
OK. I Am Officially Excited
On this blog, I've lambasted Jack Layton, Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper, Elizabeth May... The only leader of a Canadian federal party I haven't targeted with slings and arrows is Gilles…
OK. I Am Officially Excited
On this blog, I’ve lambasted Jack Layton, Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper, Elizabeth May… The only leader of a Canadian federal party I haven’t targeted with slings and arrows is Gilles…
OK. I Am Officially Excited
On this blog, I've lambasted Jack Layton, Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper, Elizabeth May... The only leader of a Canadian federal party I haven't targeted with slings and arrows is Gilles…
OK. I Am Officially Excited
On this blog, I’ve lambasted Jack Layton, Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper, Elizabeth May… The only leader of a Canadian federal party I haven’t targeted with slings and arrows is Gilles…
NDP throws vulnerable Canadians under the bus as fast as the Harper Tories do staffers
This time, it's Vancouver Island North Ronna-Rae Leonard NDP candidate who is trying to be all things to all people: Leonard did not take a stand on the registry itself…
More concerns about LRT
Four skilled individuals (planning, Engineering, and legal), all of whom live locally, put together this list of comments about the proposed LRT.K-W is a city of 350,000, not a city…
Two simulstaneous polls, two very different results
Proclaims the National Post: Tories 19 points up, NDP tops Liberals for second: Poll !!! Yikes! Ipsos Reid has the Conservatives at 43%, NDP 24%, Liberals in third at 21%?…
Unexpected NDP Surge Derails Media-Scripted Election. Thank Goodness Something Has.
Well, someone finally chucked out the media script for the election, and we’ve suddenly entered into uncharted territory. Throughout the day today, a number of polls have been released which…
Important Poll Has NDP Ahead of Grits & Canada Fragmenting
A poll released today by Ipsos Reid shows the New Democrats are now polling higher than the Grits in the battle against Big Blue. And, the poll states the NDP…
The NDP Has Gone Viral in Quebec
I woke up this morning to see confirmation in two polls that with regard to voting intentions in the upcoming federal elections Quebecers have gone viral in their support of…
The free market (wip)
The free market can give rise to the dead. The free market can walk on water. The free market can walk on wine which was formerly water.I've been thinking about…
Jack Layton is not a Franco. So what?
Just two weeks ago the Sith’ari of the Conservative Party of Canada, the University of Calgary’s Tom Flanagan, explained to La Presse’s Patrick Lagacé that his boy Stephen Harper had…
Liberals vs NDP. . . .
The tone of some Liberal bloggers against the NDP as it begins to rise in the polls is remarkable. They call NDP supporters names and suggest that they are inherently…
Focus magazine’s Venus insult triggers lawsuit
A cover of the German magazine Focus that shows the Venus de Milo holding up a middle finger accompanied by the words 'Cheater of the Euro family' continues to provoke…
Railway Opens Tokyo’s Largest Rooftop Farm
JR East railway, one of Tokyo's largest railway operators, has opened a 535 sq.m. (5758 sq.ft.) rooftop farm on top of the company's Lumine Ogikubo Building. Part of a series…
Old People Vote Like Crazy, Now Will Crazy Young People Vote?
Hey “YoungPeople™”, I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this but…there are a LOT of old people around. By young people I’ll be very broad here and say everyone who…