Vote Out Anders
It was Ron Liepert by a nose for the Calgary Signal Hill Conservative nomination. “Secret Liberal” Ron Liepert has done what a mayor, cabinet minister, and premier failed to do…
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Goddamn the CPR; God save the CBC.
One of our favourite Canadian journalists, Allan Fotheringham, wrote years ago about a Saskatchewan farmer who had everything go wrong who ends up blaming all his problems on the CPR.…
Shoring up the declining empire.
If you are destined to become a saviour of the British royalty, you start young. It was eight-month old Prince George who flew in to wow the colonials in New…
Reading the entrails of the Quebec election.
When you kill the beast, rip out its guts and use them to foretell the future, all you really need to do next is have a long, cleansing shower. And…
Rebuilding ‘science team’ at ELA a tough task
Researchers at the Experimental Lakes Area in northern Ontario. Getting the team back together at the Experimental Lakes Area may be tougher than saving the project itself. When Prime Minister…
Thomas Mulcair has been found lacking.
In a recent commentary about women and politics, we left out Catherine Pinhas, New Democratic Leader Thomas Mulcair’s wife for the past 47 years. The reason she was not mentioned…
The pheromones of political power.
You can listen to the man but study the wife. Too many people think of politics as a man’s game but the real answers are from their women. Laureen Harper…
The perseverance of Pierre Poilievre.
In a caucus of drones, Prime Minister Stephen Harper must have searched hard for one with the traits and training of a pit bull. He found that he had just…
Pot prices plummet.
Who said that nobody benefits from the Conservative’s mismanagement of the country? Look at what they have done with growing marijuana. By trying to regulate the growing of everyone’s favourite…
Does Harper have to show you how Justin?
No Justin, you do not have to listen to some cranky left-wing liberal from the boonies of Ontario. When we first met four years ago, you were as easy to…
He lies, you know.
It was a critical moment. It was not quite an epiphany. It was the realization that the much acclaimed panel on CBC late night news is not as smart as…
Is the White House burning?
The last time Canada and the United States went to war on some pretext, our British troops went to Washington and set fire to the White House. That was 200…
Time running out on ELA interim agreement
Researchers working at one of 58 lakes in the Experimental Lakes Area in northern Ontario. Only three days remain to finalize the interim agreement to find a new operator for…
Crockatt competes for CRAP crown.
Calgary Centre Member of Parliament Joan Crockatt has taken an early lead in this year’s CRAP Awards. In an award category usually dominated by party leaders and cabinet ministers, this…
On a play date with the Hair in Holland.
The Hair and friends are not going to let that kid Vladimir play in the G8 sandbox this time. The newly described G7 are meeting in The Hague this week…
You can do better Justin.
Now the kids are fighting. Ontario Liberal campaign organizer David MacNaughton is rejecting potential candidates. You get the bellicose complaints of Zach Paikin in Hamilton who is obviously trying to…
There’s a hard-ass on the lily-pad.
It would be better to note the resignation of Prime Minister Harper but a change of guard at Finance is a small start. At least we will not have Jim…
Hanging up the shoes
It’s not a huge surprise, but it’s still big news. After 8 years, the only Finance Minister Stephen Harper has ever known and loved is calling it quits: Jim Flaherty…
Whose robocall are you?
A small change in a robocall the other day was an announcement of the name of a company responsible for the call and a toll-free number to verify the call.…
Canadians exit the Khyber Pass.
To the lament of a single bagpiper, Canadians took leave of Afghanistan this past week. We have been aware of being involved since the winter of 2001 when then Defence…