Guardian Exposes Harper’s War on the Environment
Steve Harper said he'd put Canada on the map and he has, in spades. Harper has drawn plenty of world attention to Canada. Regrettably, it's uniformly bad.The Guardian has chronicled…
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Stooopid stuff du jour
This is crazy. Stupid. And a whole bunch of other words I won’t use here. Seriously. Have you ever heard of such idiocy? Wait! Yes, I have! Those who think…
thereginamom dot com
the regina mom feels wealthy these days. She was fortunate enough to be a recipient of an Emerging Artists Award from the Canada Council for the Arts last spring. There’s…
Can’t trust ’em
This story is on fire at the Globe site today: "Liberals storm out of House vote on unilingual Auditor-General." A lot of predictable comments there, irrelevant Liberals, the third party,…
It’s that time again
It's G20 time, that is. Here is POTUS' G20 Schedule for the day. They're very forthcoming, the Americans about such things. Us, not so much. So what can we say…
Quebec Gun registry
If Harper kills the Gun registry then I would fully support a Quebec version of the gun registry. In fact if you calculate it 2 million for all of Canada…
The latest in Peter Puck Prime Minister
Oh look, a piece on hockey from Mr. Harper: "It was freedom versus repression." Well, it is Saturday and all, so let's indulge the sporty topic. A few things here!…
The Conservative "Target"
The Conservatives like giving out baseless targets when it comes to almost anything. They like to tell us things like the budget will be balanced by 2015 even though the…
Criminalizing Pot Only Breeds Criminals
Well, Duh! A new report entitled "Breaking the Silence" says that the current criminalization of marijuana only supports organized crime. In other words, Steve Harper supports organized crime.Stop the Violence…
Stephen Harper’s questionable respect for democracy
When Stephen Harper won a majority government this last May, I wrote that one litmus test for the next four years would be regarding his respect for transparency, parliamentary procedures,…
Deconstructiing the Binary Opposition of Politics and Policy in the Harper Regime
Where good politics meets good policy :Dan Gardner's column in the citizen today. I can count on one finger "good policies" from the Harper Regime, and that finger shakes when…
Harper support unequal provinces.
Because Harper promised that Qubec's will not be under represented in the house of commons other provinces are going to suffer. Ontario instead of getting 18 new seats will only…
A Wheat Board sandwich week
It's been a big week of announcements from the Harper government. Much rolled out, almost hard to keep up with. It's worth paying attention to the smorgasbord to detect what…
This would be funnier…
… if I couldn’t imagine it actually happening… Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Proper Disclosure of Statistics in Misinformation Era
I found this really cool tool on the OECD website the other day(link will be at the bottom). The tool contains massive amounts of statistical data for many countries in…
Proper Disclosure of Statistics in Misinformation Era
I found this really cool tool on the OECD website the other day(link will be at the bottom). The tool contains massive amounts of statistical data for many countries in…
Proper Disclosure of Statistics in Misinformation Era
I found this really cool tool on the OECD website the other day(link will be at the bottom). The tool contains massive amounts of statistical data for many countries in…
Proper Disclosure of Statistics in Misinformation Era
I found this really cool tool on the OECD website the other day(link will be at the bottom). The tool contains massive amounts of statistical data for many countries in…
Quebec to be Represented in Parliament?
Representation by Population Brown's idea way back to even before confederation. In Canada we are not quite there at total representation. In Canada some Provinces are massively over represented while…
Harper Govt Says FU To Environment
Harper kills environment. Not much of a surprise, but painful nonetheless.