And so it begins…
Thanks, Rob. OTTAWA — An outspoken Alberta Conservative MP is condemning his own government’s decision to spend $2.5 million on a new visitor centre honouring Canadian doctor and communist supporter…
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ConCalls: Delayed Justice, Swift Dismissal
The day after the new Elections Canada commissioner took over the duties of the suddenly retired previous commish Corbett, he’d had his office dismiss photographic evidence of Americans not living…
Dystopia Decision Tree
Via Blastr, we have a decision tree to help determine if your sci-fi society is a dystopia. Interestingly enough, I think it’s useful for determine if your current society is…
The Ground Game Counts #nlpoli
Two posts, quite a distance apart touch on the same basic political (science) issue: the role of the local, get-out-the-vote effort in any political campaign. In a post at the…
The perfect time for Canada to invest in itself is now
Despite stubbornly high unemployment, tepid economic growth, and a large current account deficit, Canada enjoys one macroeconomic indicator that many crisis hit European governments would dearly love: insanely low borrowing…
Here there be old fogies…
… and I shall be one of them. This weekend, my 8-year-old Princess and I are making the westward trek back to my old home town of Parry Sound, Ontario…
Stephen Harper Isn’t Socialist But Don’t Tell Him That
It would be ludicrous to suggest Stephen Harper is a socialist, because he’s not, he is however similar to one. Creating the biggest government in Canadian history, running the largest…
NDP leadership election campaign debt
The NDP leadership campaign sparked considerable interest among Canadians and saw NDP membership soar, rising over 50% in six months to 128,351 on election day. Many of these first time…
Thank you Jason Kenney for showing us what callous freaks the conservatives are
There’s this expression “I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire” which comes close to describing the Conservative Party approach to health care for refugees. How anyone could…
Americans still divided on ‘love thy neighbor’
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that even after the Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Obama implemented single payer system in the U.S., at least half…
Poisoned Politics – Movie Monday
So, we’ve been all over the map for the past while at Movie Monday, and while it’s been create to cover lots of interesting topics with some interesting people, this…
Calgary turnout for the Liberals in the 2012 provincial election (Map)
Courtesy of Calgary Manifesto
I’m gonna barf.
I just cannot listen to this crap spewing forth anymore without some sort of reflux. (6) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
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And progressives will rise again. The pendulum ALWAYS swings back. And we will remember. Count on it. July 8, 1974: Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins majority 141 out of 264 seats…
Justin Trudeau is a Serious Candidate for a Serious Party
I agree with Andrew Coyne that the Liberal Party of Canada needs to be the party of bold policy ideas and that on some issues we need to be to…
Arguing with 15 year old me–The Young Offender’s Act
On my last trip to my parent’s house, I grabbed a couple of my old Social Studies 10 essays that I had written. I did quite well in Social Studies…
WikiLeaks Releases Syria Files
WikiLeaks continues to bring the world information that would otherwise be hidden from the masses, this time it’s millions of emails and documents from Syria. The Syria Files have been…
It’s "NOT" Right to Give Oda All the Blame.
Elisabeth May wrote a very interesting post on the Green Party website that I suggest you read. I do agree that 16$ for orange juice is a complete waste. As…
From one national embarrassment…
…to another… Steve’s talent pool is pretty thin, isn’t it? I mean, Fantino is the BEST he can offer? There MUST be an eager backbencher who would fill this post…
Chris Christie VP? Part 2
As promised time to continue with question three and four as well as the recap as well as Christie’s scoring. Third Question Does he come with any baggage? Well unemployment…