For the Liberals, it’s time for the path not taken
A short essay for the Ottawa Citizen a few weeks ago: Before becoming leader of the Labour Party, Tony Blair wrote a pamphlet for the august thinktank of the British…
A short essay for the Ottawa Citizen a few weeks ago: Before becoming leader of the Labour Party, Tony Blair wrote a pamphlet for the august thinktank of the British…
Filed under: Canadian Politics, Liberal Party of Canada, Ontario Tagged: Bob Rae, Byelection, Craig Scott, Grant Gordon, Liberal, Liberal Party of Canada, Toront-Danforth
Sometimes, the regina mom wonders why she bothers to write her long blogposts, when others do it excellently with a short quote and video or are capable of piecing together…
Last summer I worked as a research assistant on a project about video surveillance in stores, malls and public spaces.* That project was headed by Andrew Clement, an expert in…
Prime Minister Harper in China on the tarsands: Prime Minister Stephen Harper blasted “foreign money and influence” behind critics of Canada’s oil sands even as he welcomed Chinese investment in…
The Transport Committee has upheld the gender marker match requirement in the Aeronautics Act which has the potential to ban some or even most transsexual and transgender Canadians from flying.…
Although the Liberals may have been reduced to third-party status in parliament after the last election, there’s little doubt that, largely thanks to the feisty leadership of Bob Rae, they…
CANADIAN POLITICS: ONTARIO PREMIER’S SPEECH DISRUPTED: What does a politician have to endure these days ? Just for the simple act of bragging in front of one’s numerous rich friends…
I had no idea who Max Aitken was until very recently. I swung by a small independent bookstore called Tidewater Books in Sackville one afternoon and found a biography of…
Filed under: Canadian Politics, Liberal Party of Canada Tagged: #LikeABoss, Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound, Conservative MP Larry Miller, CPC MP Larry Miller, HOC, Irwin Cotler, Larry Miller
The Transport Committee will be meeting again on Thursday to discuss a motion put forward by Olivia Chow with Randall Garrison and Dany Morin to remove the gender marker requirement…
In case you missed it: Tory MP Stephen Woodworth wants human rights for unborn children A Conservative MP is defying his party’s leadership with a move to rewrite Canadian laws…
View this document on Scribd Filed under: Canadian Politics, Liberal Party of Canada, Ontario Tagged: Durham, Durham Region, Liberal, Liberal Party, Liberal Party of Canada, Oshawa, Whitby, Whitby-Oshawa Federal Liberal…
Ever since his speech in Switzerland many have been talking about the real Stephen Harper and his so called ‘hidden agenda’. Rarely though are things ever black and white, and…
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird Right now, we have one sovereign United Nations member making explicit overtures about launching a unilateral military attack on another sovereign United Nations member. It…
With the Superbowl over and done with and football fans looking for something to watch the regina mom thought she’d share some great short vids for your viewing pleasure .…
A public service announcement from Canadian Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver — courtesy of The Province editorial cartoonist Dan Murphy.
Here is a very hard-line piece from David Olive today in the Star about what the Canadian government should do about Caterpillar – a tone I’m not used to seeing…
Last week a group of volunteer programs from across Canada announced the launch of Represent.ca – a website that tries to map all of Canada’s boundaries. Confused? Don’t be. It’s…
One part of the brain can work something out while another part is doing something else, or so it seems. the regina mom stayed up all night. When that happens,…