A gun registry primer
For the purposes of full disclosure, I am not a fan of Canada’s gun registry laws as presently enacted. I am not at all averse to licensing owners or registering…
Over My shoulder: I see Stephen Harper
Crime fighter Stephen Harper says that Canadians deserve “to live in a country where they don’t have to look over their shoulders as they walk down the street.” Throughout the…
More Curiosity About Alberta Party
Here is a link to an interesting article in FFWD out of Calgary that will give you a sense of the recent history and amazing growth of the Alberta Party.…
We are paying for corporate tax cuts with our souls.
Still believe corporate tax cuts will create jobs,then perhaps you should have a listen to what Nomi Prins, author of It Takes a Pillage,has to say. While she discusses the…
The Harper Legacy – Series Suspended
Just like the harper regime I am going to break my promises and suspend dialog, my intention to document Harpers antidemocratic actions and words over the last few years is…
Contrasting Opinions
Source: CTV News: Harper Plan Would Eliminate Deficit by 2014"Parliament hasn't voted on it, the government fell on a procedural matter."- Jim Flaherty, Finance Minister on CTV's Power Play.When Parliament…
Molly’sBlog 2011-04-10 00:52:00
HUMOUR:MISSING THE POINT:Another great cartoon from the pen of Stephanie McMillan.
GRANT HUMES: ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Grant Humes is the Liberal Candidate in Durham. He is campaigning to unseat incumbent Bev Oda. Check out Grant’s newest campaign video: Grant Humes on the Campaign Trail from Lee…
First Edmonton-Leduc candidates forum coming up!
Wednesday April 13th at 7 pm: All-candidates forum at the Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts (Leduc Composite High School, 4308 - 50 Street in Leduc). See you there!
The Roots – Sacrifice (feat. Nelly Furtado)
"I'll tell y'all one lesson I learned/If you want to be something in life/You ain't gonna get it unless you make a little bit of sacrifice".Seriously. The Roots are the…
Photo Challenge 17 – Picture within a Picture
The Picture within a Picture theme was a real challenge, or perhaps it’s just that my creativity is completely sapped by work these days. In any case, the pics are…
Negative impact of LRT on the City of Waterloo
I wrote a little report on some concerns I have about what LRT will do to the city of Waterloo. You can download it here. (Click the file name LRT_impact_on_Waterloo.pdf…
Support for light rail trains gets a boost
During the recent public consultations, the Region distributed a survey that could be filled out on paper or online. It listed 11 options: nine were forms of LRT, one was…
Response Too Large
Last week I mentioned that there was a meeting scheduled for today with Michael Ignatieff. It was meant to be a policy briefing on family issues.I'm told that the response…
Response Too Large
Last week I mentioned that there was a meeting scheduled for today with Michael Ignatieff. It was meant to be a policy briefing on family issues.I'm told that the response…
Response Too Large
Last week I mentioned that there was a meeting scheduled for today with Michael Ignatieff. It was meant to be a policy briefing on family issues. I’m told that the…
Analysis of Hubris, the movie
Before YouTube, MTV, hell before almost everything for a great many people, many of us late night folk would wait until the airways cleared from the powerful AM stations and…
The sheep freak out
There seems to be tacit agreement among governments and media that the public must not be panicked by the Japan nuclear reactor fallout. Every step of the way we have…
Bixi Rolling Out for 3rd Season In MTL
If you are in Montreal right now you've seen it: the Bixi docking stations are popping up all over the city. Sitting empty they have a strange sci-fi ghost town…