Liberals playing stupid numbers game.
It makes sense that you would not waste your good ideas a year before the election but nobody wants to play the numbers game. It is just that the last…
Federal Politics
Do nothing, deny everything.
One of the less endearing qualities of Conservatives is that they are never responsible for anything. To a lesser extent, Liberals often follow suit. Luckily for New Democrats, they get…
Finding fair and impartial Conservatives.
We have discovered why the federal government cannot find enough people to adjudicate on its Social Security Tribunal. Murielle Brazeau, Chair of the tribunal, explains on its web site that…
The political expendables also serve.
While it is never wise to disagree with a judge, we hope the superior court justice who tried the case goes easy on the kid blamed for the Guelph Robocalls.…
Is Justin Trudeau peaking too soon?
With at least 14 months to go before the expected federal election, you would be wise to hold off placing bets. And it has little to do with the pollsters…
Fraser Institute spreads alarm on taxes.
There was a news flash from the Calgary based Fraser Institute the other day. Researchers there found that the tax portion of the income of an average Canadian family had…
Bad math trumps bad science in bitumen battles.
Following the battle over bitumen is like following a small car full of clowns. You never know what will happen next. The latest on bitumen is that a study published…
The Hair that roared.
For Prime Minister Harper is the Hair. Hear him roar! Can the Hair not roar at the Russian bear? Can the Hair not send a token planeload of supplies to…
When the bitumen bubble bursts.
The last time Canada had a real leader, it was Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The least understood and the most vilified of the actions he took on behalf of Canadians…
The dystopia of the CRTC.
One of our favourite movies from the 1930s was the British-made H.G. Wells Things to come. The movie starring Canadian Raymond Massey was considered dystopian at the time as it…
Babel Conservatives have a candidate.
You have to admit, the Conservative Party of Canada makes it look easy. You want a Conservative candidate for the coming federal election? You get one appointed from Ottawa. It…
Inquiring minds want to know.
The American penny dreadful National Enquirer must have been named before Fowler’s Modern English Usage encouraged people to say ‘inquire’ for asking and ‘enquire’ for an investigation. Or maybe not.…
The lies we sew come back to haunt.
Having at one time tried swimming off the government dock at Cold Lake, Alberta, we can assure you that the lake is accurately named, year ‘round. There is not much…
We need a broader ‘Do Not Annoy’ list.
If we can have a ‘do not call’ list, why can we not have a do-not-mail list? It does no good to put a ‘no-junk mail’ admonition on your mailbox…
Conservatives inciting to hatred.
Those Harper Conservatives really know how to turn up the rhetoric! First of all some dimwit thought it would be appropriate to have a rally in support of Israel on…
The real Tragedy in the Commons are the MPs.
By the time you finish reading Alison Loat’s book for the Samara Institute Tragedy in the Commons you are in a state of despair. You wonder why collectively these former…
Conservatives are covering their causes.
There must be an election due in the next year. Why else would the Harper government minions be running around in the heat of the summer pandering to Conservative interest…
Political parties never die. They merge.
Some of our kindly readers have send notes asking what happened to Babel-on-the-Bay’s forecast in May of the immanent demise of the Ontario New Democrats. Yes, there were some brazen…
Yes, charities can harangue governments.
There is nothing new about charity chill. No party in power wants to be harangued about what they are doing wrong. Mind you the Conservative government has definitely gone overboard…
Are bloggers lower than politicians?
There is an interesting facial reaction when you tell people you write a blog. Maybe the thing around the eyes is pity, at first. They then ask what you blog…