Well the omnibus crime bill is out. It's an expensive pile of solutions looking for problems, but I'll leave that to others.Instead, let's talk about under-reported 'crime':Justice Minister Rob Nicholson…
The Star has a reasonable accounting of why the Liberals lost Toronto. The story is really about how the Liberals lost Canada. It comes down to two things: immigrants were…
When asked if her party would support a moratorium on transporting radioactive nuclear fuel waste through Manitoba, Progressive Conservative candidate Heather Stephanson equivocated, saying she would not answer a “hypothetical…
Almost as soon as Brian Topp announced his candidacy for leader of the federal NDP, he stepped into the Conservative trap regarding electoral re-distribution. Conservatives have been long advocates of…
So, apparently the Conservative government’s deep cuts to Environment Canada are leading to the cancellation of an important monitoring project on the ozone layer over the Arctic. The British journal…
After that last article, I want to point out something positive* on the internet. You remember Kai Nagata right? He wrote what may have been the best resignation letter ever.…
Apparently people respect Vito Tanzi. At least, that’s what an article in the Globe and Mail tells me, and their journalists must be impartial right? Tanzi apparently believes that because…
Tim Hudak's Conservatives get caught making mass calls from ... New Brunswick.
We was robbed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives during the May 2 Federal election. The truth about the Canadian economy was withheld. Recall, the election eventually revolved…
I had planned to go point-by-point through the OLP's platform, like I did the OPC and ONDP. But, well -- the platform really wasn't worth the wait.Here's the Cliff Notes…
Toronto News: Doug Ford’s mall dealings spark complaint - thestar.com Doug Ford claimed to various newspapers that he had been in talks with The Westfield Group regarding proposals for the…
Toronto News: Hudak plunges into dangerous liaison with Rob Ford - thestar.com According to the Toronto Star, Rob Ford's popularity has been steadily since the election in Oct. 2010. Ford’s…
Quebec will not be a priority for the Conservative Canadian Prime Minister during the next four years of his comfortable majority rule. That was the message Stephen Harper sent with…
Toronto News: Australian firm eyeing waterfront mall - thestar.comThe driving force behind a member of city council should be the people he represents, the people of Toronto, not some rich…
Do you like Doug Ford's preliminary plans for Toronto's waterfront? - Your CommunityThey have to keep piling it up. One lie after another. The next one has to top the…
Toronto News: Readers wonder: What’s lunch with Doug Ford without any gravy? - thestar.comThese groups that purport to be in support of taxpayers are nothing but a front for hard-right-wing…
Strutting And Fretting « All Fired Up In The Big SmokeRead the link for a story about someone getting a notice to remove graffiti from their back-alley garage door. The…
In Part I, I sketched an overview of the consequences of various green energy proposals. Because it is election season in Ontario, let me note the following party observations with…
It’s one of those solemn Canadian moments: A casket draped in the flag of Canada. A body lying in state on Parliament Hill. Canadian flag on the Peace Tower and…
The 1960′s saw Canada pick up a new flag. We even gave it a day, February 15th, to be celebrated. Canada’s New(TM) Harper Government(TM) is undertaking a “re-branding” of the…
