Parliament in Review: March 27, 2012
Tuesday, March 27 saw a day dominated by the type of serious discussion about the role of the financial sector that we should expect in the years to come –…
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17th Century France in 3D
Hundreds of years before the advent of satellite photography and Google Earth, French monarchs used detailed scale models to micromanage their realm… Not only is it fascinating these intricate models…
The rebels who snubbed the Queen
The Diamond Jubilee, the extravagant international celebration throughout 2012 marking Queen Elizabeth II’s 60th year at the helm of the declining British Empire, is finally here. British medals galore! Officer…
Friday miscellany….
picture edition…. Apologies to any vegetarians out there… (naw, not really…) IN THE BEGINNING, there was bacon… =================================================================================== There is an interesting poll in the Montréal Gazette this morning: _____________________________________________________________________________________________…
Hot or Not: Liberal Biennial Convention Edition (Part 2)
Hot: Peter Milliken: Canada’s longest-serving Speaker of the House can still silence a room with a stern look or wry turn-of-phrase , which is even more impressed when that room…
Liberals opt to tread cautiously into the future
Stage in Canada Hall at the Liberal Biennial Convention. Canada’s die-hard Liberals are wrapping up their Biennial Convention in Ottawa this afternoon. It has been an enthusiastic affair, despite the…
Pot-smoking hippie monarchists
Or as they like to call themselves, “The Liberal Party of Canada”. I see from my twitter feed that the monarchy resolution has been defeated by a wide margin. Surprise…
The Monarchy Question as a Novelty
The media is a bit abuzz over the proposed resolution proposed by the Young Liberals coming up this January at the Biennial Convention to sever Canada’s ties with the monarchy.…
Monarchy – Such a great idea, none of the kids are doing it
So, it would seem that the Liberal equivalent of the NDP’s name-change resolution and Conservative party’s abortion/gay rights/pick-your-social-conservative-issue resolution at this year’s party convention will be a youth wing resolution…
Culture Wars: The Harper Government’s ridiculous ban on the Burqa during the citizenship ceremony
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has just announced plan to ban the use of the burqa or niqab for new Canadians during the Oath of Citizenship. I was very disappointed not…
Today in Pointless Ideas from Nathan Cullen
Putting the monarchy to a vote appears to be Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Nathan Cullen’s most recent suggestion. This comes off the heels of his last headline capturing moment with…
Stephen Harper Wants His Queen Back
During the visit of Will and Kate, a picture of the Queen was borrowed from the Cabinet Office of Stephen Harper. Now he’s very upset that it has not been…
Can we be annexed by Australia?
…seriously. Because their PM has balls (figuratively). More balls than our guys… Of course, Steve probably curtsied. And Peter shurely did! The queen should be shown the same degree…
Spending money on patriotism initiatives isn’t a bad idea, but Tories are doing it half-assed
There are many things that the conservative Harper government is currently doing that get on my nerves. The introduction of the word Royal ahead of the term Canadian Forces, now…
Oxymoron of the Day: Modernizing the Monarchy
The UK's Prime Minister, David Cameron, wants to modernize the monarchy. In our modern day and age, you see, the practice of preferentially selecting male over female heirs is the…
On royal demolition
Yesterday I posted about one way in which the Cons' threat to go over the head of Canada's governing institutions in order to hold onto power looks to have plenty…
On Royal Rebranding
In light of this week's ministerial command to "hang the Queen" in Canada's embassies abroad here are some comments from me in a story by Sarah Boesveld in the National…
OMFG…
Do the HarperCons have nothing better to do than send edicts about what should be on the walls of our Embassies and Missions? This Government is a joke. Vive la…
CPC pays homage to yet another anachronism…
… by putting “Royal” back in the names of the Navy and the Air Force. Loving anachronisms - it’s the CPC way… This move is just plain bone-headed on so…
The monarchy in Canada
The recent royal visit offers a good chance to talk about monarchy in Canada. Besides just being nice Canadians, the people who greeted the newly married royal couple were often…