Canada Day – The Weekend That Was
So, as we all know (unless you’re not from Canada, in which case, learn about other countries already!) this past weekend we celebrated the 145th birthday of our great nation.…
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Bev Oda’s luxurious, tax payer funded lifestyle comes to an end
After months of continued pressure, Minister of International Development, Bev Oda’s ridiculously obscene, tax payer funded lifestyle has come to an end: she has resigned. I won’t say more here…
The messy divorce of horse racing and slots in Ontario
I play online poker regularly. My wife loves to watch horse racing on TV. Given this, one might think I would be sympathetic to the long running slots-at-racetrack program which…
Has Centralization of Power to the PMO Put Canadian Democracy on Life Support?
Don Lenihan has a must-read column up today, on how centralization of power to the Prime Minister’s office over the past several decades has atrophied the connection Canadians — especially…
Chris Christie VP? Part 1
As promised I will go throw some of the people Romney may pick as his VP candidate in this election. Today’s VP prospective is Chris Christie. First does he help…
China’s 21st Century Pollution With The West’s 20th Century Ignorance
China has a right to pollute like the West did when it industrialized, but China must become just as ignorant. In defending China’s emisssions, the highest in the world and…
Home For Rent – Paulitical Needs a new Place to Live!
So, you may have noticed that blogs posts have become a little more sporadic over the past few weeks here on your favourite corner of the internet. Sadly my time…
TVO’s The Agenda: The New McCarthyism
There is no worse cancer in a free society than the thuggish impulse to equate dissent as disloyalty… The greatest patriot is the person with the courage to be the…
TVO’s The Agenda: The New McCarthyism
There is no worse cancer in a free society than the thuggish impulse to equate dissent as disloyalty… The greatest patriot is the person with the courage to be the…
The Problem with #DenounceHarper: It’s about getting even
There are some major problems with the #DenounceHarper hashtag on twitter. It has been trending on twitter for the last day or so and, for all intents and purposes, it…
Co-Operatives Rock! Follow Friday – Dr. David Coletto
So, for this week’s follow Friday post, I’m going to talk about a poll from the firm of one of my very best friends: the brilliant and handsome Dr. David…
The Red Deer River Oil Spill Digest
This is a summary of the first 15 updates pertaining to the Red Deer River oil spill… Update #1 Tracey McCrimmon, executive director of the Sundre Petroleum Operators Group, a…
Old Incumbent Liberal MPs Are A Problem
Only 4% of NDP MPs and 7% of Conservative MPs have been in Parliament since 1999 compared to 40% of Liberal MPs. If the Liberal Party needs to change, it…
Earthgauge Radio June 28, 2012: Rio +20 Earth Summit in review and the Emerald Ash Borer beetle
Download: earthgaugeradio-podcast-june28-2012.mp3 On Earthgauge Radio this week, we take a look at the recently concluded Rio +20 Earth Summit and we discuss Ottawa’s Emerald Ash Borer beetle infestation, which is…
Friends in High Places
Medals for everyone! It’s good that she’s so proud of her public service that brought her the public recognition, as to be so shy as to decline to speak about…
The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #15
This is Update #15 of the Red Deer River Oil Spill… Gleniffer Lake reopens, although cleanup of the shoreline is not yet finished, Alberta Environment said the water quality is…
Health Care Dissent: Here’s What The Conservative Wing Wanted To Happen
I find the entire argument conservatives are making against healthcare here so bizarre.As if healthcare were one type of market just like any other, it isn’t. First, we are talking…
Health Care Dissent: Here’s What The Conservative Wing Wanted To Happen
I find the entire argument conservatives are making against healthcare here so bizarre.As if healthcare were one type of market just like any other, it isn’t. First, we are talking…
Dean, Dean, Dean (redux)
Do you hear the sound of that shovel hitting bedrock? You have nowhere to go but up, big guy! OTTAWA — Two donors to Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro’s 2008…
What was Justice Rand thinking, eh Andrew Coyne?
Noted conservative columnist Andrew Coyne is in postmedia today stumping for the Ontario Tories’ proposals to change labour laws that allow unions to collect dues from everyone in the workplace.