No more secret fishing trips for the buds
Good times with his bud on Harrington Lake are likely in the rear view mirror for Mr. Ford. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
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Wrong way Harper
"Poll points to lagging support for monarchy and universal pride in medicare." Shorter version of this fun little poll on a Sunday afternoon, Canadians for the most part aren't buying…
#YYCCentre By-election Pie Debate
The latest candidate debate in Calgary Centre riding had a twist, it was also a meat-pie contest. The winning pie, provided by the NDP candidate, was bison-tourtiere. The silliness didn’t…
Yup. The cool.
It’s gone for good. A tip of the Trashy tuque to Facebook’s Meanwhile in Canada for this chuckle! (4) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
The Missing First Step
Rona Ambrose has a typically Ambrosian approach to hunting down Canada's next combat jet to replace the stellar but aging CF-18s.Rona's gonna chat. She's going to talk to our allies…
World Bank: Conservatives Making Canada Less Business Friendly
People often assume that Conservatives are pro-business, and they are, if that business is restricting other businesses from starting-up and growing. Annual data from the World Bank shows that since…
Progressive Voters Unite! …Around Someone…
So in case you hadn’t heard there is a by-election coming up on Monday, three in fact, and the polls look interesting. The most exciting is the by-election in Calgary…
Progressive Voters Unite! …Around Someone…
So in case you hadn’t heard there is a by-election coming up on Monday, three in fact, and the polls look interesting. The most exciting is the by-election in Calgary…
Let’s Make a Deal
What worries me whenever I see a poll suggesting that the Harper Cons might be toppled in 2015 is how far off that day is and what impetus that gives…
There’s Still a Chance
Here's what you need to know. Today there is 25 per cent more atmospheric CO2 than there was in 2000.On the books right now are plans for the construction of…
Casting Canadian Values to the Trade Winds
CBC News has obtained a draft blueprint for a new Canadian foreign policy that focuses upon trade ties as the Harper government's paramount priority."Now the Harper government wants to focus…
ConCalls: Sun TV – No Credibility #RoboCon
I’d say that Sun TV lost credibility in this video clip from March ’12, but they’d have to have credibility to begin with, in order to lose it. The Sault…
Canadian National Debt Growing Faster Than GDP
Canada's debt is growing faster than our ability to pay for it. Since 2008 Canadian public debt has been growing faster than our GDP. Though there are many warning signs…
Calgary Center by-election: Move over, Peek a Boo Tories, here comes the Red Tide!
Jack Layton's stunning success in the May 2011 election broke the grip of the do-nothing Bloc in Quebec, and made it legitimate for voters across Canada to consider the unthinkable.Now…
ConCalls: More Smoking Guns
Postmedia keeps churning out evidence that Elections Canada has gathered against the Conservative Party of Canada and their misdirection phonecalls made to voters during the last election. What the newspaper…
Conservative Fiscal Deficits & Ignorant Surpluses
Though many would say that fiscal deficits from this Conservative government are the most worrying, their lack of economic knowledge is far more dangerous. Before showing the economic ignorance of…
Deposing the King
I don't meet a lot of people who like Stephen Harper. I meet a great many people who dislike Stephen Harper but nonetheless say he's doing a pretty good job…
There are three concepts to describe the positions of…
There are three concepts to describe the positions of individuals in Stephen Harper’s Canada: intelligence, decency and Harper-Conservatism. If a Canadian is intelligent and a Harper-Conservative, that person is not…
Conservative Canada Is Closer To Crisis
Referenced IMF data can be found here Canada's increasing Debt-to-GDP ratio is a problem no one is talking about. While the country's gross government debt (which includes all levels of…
Adding Insult to Injury – Northern Gateway Style
It seems Harper isn't finished working over British Columbia in preparation for forcing through the Northern Gateway bitumen pipeline-supertanker venture.He's gutted our fisheries regulations, ditto for our marine ecosystem protections.…