Silly NDP Budget Antics
As some know, I’m not one who normally goes out of my way to go after the NDP on a lot of things, as they have positions closer to me…
Canadian Politics
Hubris leads to incompetence: the Rowe & Krugman edition
Well a strange lull has fallen on the battle field this evening as the respective sides dig in and at least one side licks its wounds. To keep reading click…
Hubris leads to incompetence: the Rowe & Krugman edition
Well a strange lull has fallen on the battle field this evening as the respective sides dig in and at least one side licks its wounds. To keep reading click…
Fasten your seat belts, here comes the abortion debate…
In just under three and a half years I have written or touched on the topic of abortion 21 times. In fact the most often read post on this blog…
Parliamentary Fight Club
Irrespective of the supposedly worthy fundraising cause involved, what an utterly bizarre and unseemly event this past weekend’s charity boxing match was. Hard to believe that we’ve actually sunk lower…
Humour on the Trudeau- Brazeau fight
Liberal MP Roger Cuzner – with a lot of smiling Liberal MP’s around him: It might be accurate to say this has been the single biggest boost of Liberal morale…
The case for taxing the family garden
Economists frequently argue that taxing the produce from the family garden is a good idea – for example, see these papers/posts making the case for taxing food in the US,…
Thomas Mulcair’s flip-flop on cannabis is disappointing but not surprising
On January 25th, 2012, a survey was released on EndProhibition.ca (a pro-NDP anti-prohibition website) where Thomas Mulcair’s campaign stated that he was in favour of decriminalizing cannabis and was very…
Harper’s Budget: Fossil Fuel Subsidies Maintained, Conservation Groups Targeted
While I’ve been traveling in southern Ontario this past week, with little time to spend on the internet, it seems that I and my fellow Canadians have fallen down the…
Mulcair – impressive in CBC interview
This is a day ago, but I thought it worthwhile to post for those who didn’t see it in it’s entirety. The new NDP and Official Opposition Leader is being…
On Trans* Beauty Contestants
I have to admit, as far as trans issues go, beauty pageants are way down my list of priorities. At a time when it’s difficult to access doctors willing to…
Why do this if you aren’t trying to hide something?
This action by the Conservatives is about as likely it being coincidental as the chances of me voting Conservative are: Canada’s chief electoral officer is being called before MPs to…
Discredited economics and the revered economist
In the wake of the financial crisis of 2007-2008 there was much talk from within and without the economics profession about what went wrong. Many on the outside of the…
What the federal budget will say, and what it really means…cue Carlin
When Thursday rolls around Canadians will be finding out exactly what kind of government a minority of some 40% chose. We’re being told that the budget will focus on certain…
The Sin of Political Despair
In some people’s holy book, despair is a sin. I always figured that idea came from somebody who wasn’t quite done with you yet. Is Stephen Harper the Prime Minister…
I can’t spell: the phonetic problem with homonyms
I can’t, and it has gotten worse. Sure I used to get my i’s and e’s backwards frequently but the difference between there and their or lose and loose almost…
A few words on Mulcair’s victory as NDP leader
As one of those who opted to vote for a range of “not-Mulcairs”, I can certainly empathize with those who might be disappointed that Tom Mulcair is now the official…
Some more thoughts on Mulclair and the Convention in general
After a day and a night of digesting what I saw at the NDP Convention, some thoughts on what I saw and heard: – I’ve heard some say that Mulclair…
And the Winner Is . . .
Well, I guess I won’t be turning in my laptop to make my living as a fortune teller. Contrary to my deliberately unconventional prediction, it was Thomas Mulcair who won…
Mulclair is a winner, cue the attack ads
He won the battle, Thomas Mulcair is the new leader of the NDP. Now he needs to win the war of bringing his party together. I have no doubt that…