The Audit With a Twist #cdnpoli
$3.1 Billion is missing according to a damning audit of the Harper Government. Let’s see what political pundits recently have said about audit failure: Federal government audit ‘severely critical’ –…
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Treasury Board takes Crown corporations from arm’s length to short and curly length
To hear Pierre Poilievre howl about the Conservative government’s plans to put a Treasury Board negotiator at the bargaining table of Canada’s Crown corporations you’d think that the places were…
Ontario Saves Experimental Lakes Area
The federal government of Canada is so anti-environment that it hurts everyone on the planet. Their unwavering support for the world-destroying tar sands, refusal to work with other countries to…
New projects, new horizons
Hello, all you phenomenal followers of Polygonic, who’ve put up with both my obtuse rants and my long, long silences with absolute aplomb. Your stamina and support bends my actual…
New projects, new horizons
Hello, all you phenomenal followers of Polygonic, who’ve put up with both my obtuse rants and my long, long silences with absolute aplomb. Your stamina and support bends my actual…
Waterloo, 200 years later
This June we will be a short two years from the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo*. It is expected to be a large event, especially since the 100th…
Conservatives Stopped Conserving
It’s frustrating to be a Canadian, with such terrifically stupid and dishonest political representation. Sure, our insecure ‘strong’ leaders don’t send the police to your door (unless you’ve written them…
The Great Academic Rejection of 2008-20??
…….. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20….. Do you know what this is? It is a count of the amount of days since my last job interview. A count that is used to monitor a…
Thomas Mulcair: Conspiracy Theorist
Back in 2011 when he was deputy-leader of the NDP, Thomas Mulcair questioned whether or not the United States government had photographs of Osama bin Laden’s body after the famous…
Rasputin: Two Perspectives
Perhaps no character stands out in pre-Revolution Russia as much as that of Grigory Rasputin. He was influential, enigmatic, charismatic, secretive, held no office, yet had enormous influence on the…
Thoughts about the garment factory in Bangladesh
Stories are coming out about the Bangladesh clothing factory that collapsed and various groups are taking aim at different companies whose clothing was being made there. A Canadian group is…
Merit Canada wants to keep unions out of politics even as they play politics themselves
The nerve. Chapter one: Terrance Oakey, the spokesmuppet for Merit Contractors Association, a lobby group that wants, among other things, laws passed to require unions to cough up private information…
EG Radio April 25: The Future of Cities | Bike to Work month | Thomas Lovejoy
Download: earthgauge-podcast-april25-2013.mp3 This week on Earthgauge, we have a veritable green medley with a jam-packed show covering everything from urban sustainability, climate change, biodiversity, biking to work and even the…
Justin Trudeau — Channel Change
Best ad Liberals have produced in a VERY long time.
Vincent Endorses Graeme Maitland’s Run for AYL President
Vincent St. Pierre, Canada’s #1 Political Blogger and Alberta Young Liberal, has endorsed Graeme Maitland in his run for President of the Alberta Young Liberals. See Vincent’s endorsement below. “My…
Thank you Westboro Baptist Chuch
Westboro Baptish Church – made infamous for picketing military funeral in a protest against homosexual tolerance in America – has reached, unbelievably, a new low. They are now threatening to…
Torries want ability to Jail Canadians without Cause
The Senate Bill S-7 being debated at third reading today will give authorities the ability to detain people for up to 12 months even if they are not suspected of…
Torries want ability to Jail Canadians without Cause
The Senate Bill S-7 being debated at third reading today will give authorities the ability to detain people for up to 12 months even if they are not suspected of…