Campaign Capers: Democracy Watch update
Democracy Watch has a published a new media release. Here's the first three paragraphs: OTTAWA - Today, Democracy Watch called on the federal Conservatives to introduce the bill to ban…
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Campaign Capers: Crank calls?
In his report on the election tabled in August 2011, Mayrand made brief mention of the "crank calls" that incorrectly advised voters of changed polling locations but there was no…
Things that I won’t bitch about again…
… until I’m 50. Really. From the Ontario government website: Whether on a city street, highway or county road, and regardless of the speed limit and the number of lanes,…
I know I’m not big on the current trend to glorify the military…
… but this is downright insulting! A final slap in the face! A vet has to be under the income threshold of 12K per annum to qualify for financial assistance…
Campaign Capers: The view from under the bus
This past week Michael Sona publicly declared his membership in a very large club: people who have grown impatient waiting for Elections Canada. Beyond that and his claim to be…
No one does scary better than this guy!
Yikes! It’s Jason!!!! (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Campaign Capers: The court has spoken
The post I put up yesterday to report on the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding Etobicoke Centre has been updated a couple of times with links to media coverage. There’s lots…
Is this for real?
C’mon. At the very least, these folks deserve to have their final arrangements paid for by the state. I guess the Harperites don’t agree. (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Del Mastro thinks some folks on the interweb thingy….
… are, ahem, lacking in civility. Yup, can’t argue with that. But. Seriously. Mr. Del Mastro. This is coming from a government MP whose party has been the LEAST civil…
Yes, there are wackos on the left as well as the right, but…
… those on the right sure as hell seem to be coming out of the woodwork more often these days. We in Canada have the pride of Saskatchewan, Conservative MP…
Tweetergate? Meatergate? For heaven’s sake, stop her before she Tweets again!
Alberta’s Wildrose Opposition Leader Danielle Smith Tweeting “let them eat steaks” over the worldwide web. Injudicious Alberta politicians may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: The offending Tweet; the real…
Campaign Capers: Peter, Paul and Provincial Airlines
Two months ago I added Peter Penashue, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, to the list of people I was keeping an eye on for this series of posts. He finally surfaced…
Campaign Capers: Where in the world is the Supreme Court of Canada?
I confess to being a bit mystified. When the Supreme Court of Canada interrupted its normal summer hiatus to hear the appeal concerning the riding of Etobicoke-Centre, it appeared to…
Mostly competent government
Conservatives overspent government ad budgets by 37% …an examination of the Conservative government’s first five years in office shows it overspent … cabinet-approved ad budgets by $128 million — more…
Campaign Capers: I got nothin’
Seriously, I haven’t seen any developments on any of the stories that have been the subject of these posts. I’m thinking that the Supreme Court and Elections Canada are all…
Rob Anders is a buffoon, part 346!
Yup, big Rob is at it again! This time he is trying to stop transgender folks from using women’s washrooms. Seems that this is a huge problem in his world.…