Grant Humes: The Best Side Of Politics
Grant Humes, the Liberal candidate in the riding of Durham, is the exact opposite of his opponent Bev Oda: he is honest, intelligent and truly decent. Grant got into politics…
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Canada’s 2011 Federal Election: ’tis better to have loved and lost . . .
With the annual retreat of snow and ice blessedly underway, the crap and crud that mysteriously didn’t make it into my back lane dumpster is revealed in all of its…
Democracy Debated? Or Democracy Debased?
So the boys have thrown down. The Conservative Leader, Mr. Harper, issued the challenge this morning to Mr. Ignatieff, the Liberal Leader, that they should have a one-on-one debate between…
Contrasts in Leadership
Doug Saunders tweets that the new UK budget says: "UK will cut corporate tax by 1% a year for 3 years, to 23%... and the bank-profit levy will be raised…
Random Pondering
With a federal election likely happening in the next few weeks, as well as the Alberta PCs and Liberals having holding leadership contests I figured now would be an interesting…
On Majorities
I was just reading 308.com's "Best and Worse Cases" for February, and had a brief thought. If the Cons win a majority (and I don't believe they can) it's not…
Canada’s Economic [Distr]Action Plan
Canada's Economic Action Plan
CPC Pork and You
Big day in federal politics today, as Con MPs fan out across the country to hand out taxpayer dollars in an attempt to purchase re-election. I have a rather lengthy…
No Conservatives Here
This post reminded me of something I'd been meaning to write for a while. In it, Joseph Uranowski argues that we shouldn't call the Conservative Party of Canada "Tories", because…
Salt (No, not the Movie)
Well, great news from the Globe and Mail today, as the government is getting rid of people advocating getting salt out of our diets so they can be replaced with…
Dept. of Fin.: Corporate Tax Cuts Least Effective
Yesterday I wrote about my wish that the government would make moves to reduce the personal tax rate rather than continue to lower and already low corporate tax rate. Today…
A Landmark Decision, A Democratic Victory
In a historic decision regarding the battle for access to documents on Afghan detainees, Speaker of the House Peter Milliken ruled in favour of the opposition, reaffirming the notion that…
Denial And Deceit: The Harper Government And Torture In Afghanistan
Canada has long been known as a peacekeeping nation; lauded for our humanitarian missions and respected for our international contributions. The unassuming nature of Canadian soldiers garners an admiration few…
Playing With Guns
“An Albatross and an embarrassment.” On Saturday, that’s how Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner labelled the gun registry during her address at the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Annual General…
Rahim Jaffer And The ‘Tough On Crime’ Facade
Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer, who was charged with cocaine possession and drunk driving on September 11, 2009, has just been given a sweetheart deal: plead guilty to carless driving…