What Happened to My Tories?
Lower the price of beer, freeze all day kindergarten, rage against the HST and the health premium but admit they're keeping it because it's good for Ontario. These are the…
Lower the price of beer, freeze all day kindergarten, rage against the HST and the health premium but admit they're keeping it because it's good for Ontario. These are the…
The best part of the recent story about the British special forces mission to Libya is that at some point in the past few days the following conversation must have…
So far, the survey about the next election date has had a small set of participants. Here is an interim look at some of the basic, high-level data. While the…
This is an email I just sent my member of parliament. If you care about electoral reform you should too. You can find your MP here. Here is the debate…
I put out a survey asking for people's opinion on when we will have the next Federal election in Canada. The initial results as of now are shown in the…
This is a reply to a post by kirbycairo which is a reply to my post which explains where all this came from. I agree that there are two justifications…
Big Blue apologized today after it was revealed that a staffer in the office of the federal immigration minister used parliamentary letterhead to solicit donations from "very ethnic ridings."Find the…
I’ve got an analogy for the Conservtive party’s stance over the possibility of a coalition. They’re just clever bullies, and they should be treated appropriately. Think back to high school.…
In December 2007, at the height of Calgary’s housing crunch, a report emerged from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation that confirmed what many had long suspected: the cost of…
If we're not in an election campaign, then this is a great trial balloon to ask Canadians if we want one.The New Democrats have released several ads pounding away, and…
When it comes to politics and crazy in Canada, you just can’t beat British Columbia Tomorrow I will voting in a provincial election with no more than 90,000 other people.…
Scarborough moderate councillor Raymond Cho is making headlines today for sarcastic anti-anti-gravy train comments that included suggesting Toronto could save money by selling half the municipal parks to the private…
Rahm Emanuel, the guy who choreographed one of my favourite photos, the 1993 handshake between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, has just been elected mayor of Chicago.Oh, yeah, and he…
April ReignStephen ‘we aren’t in election mode‘ Harper’s attack ads on Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff takes various quotes with no context in order to paint him as someone with no…
I've said it time and time again that governments, specifically the United States and the Canadian variety do not condone peaceful protests. Take this latest example of Ray McGovern being…
There’s a movement afoot and it is going to affect the makeup of the Alberta legislature moving forward. Each of the three provincial parties without a leader now officially has…
The recent refusal of International Development minister to resign after lying to a parliamentary committee seems an afront to the principles of democracy. I find myself searching for another event…
April ReignSince Canada’s Conservative Government took power in 2006, significant budget cuts have been made to Canadian gender equality, political justice, social policy and research programs including the virtual elimination…
I just participated in the following study from the Université Laval. As part of their request for me to participate, they also asked that I post the following invitation on…
The four part, biweekly Lunch & Learn series on Human Rights and Diversity in the Workplace kicked off with a bang on February 23rd. Karen. Dr. Karen Mock, outstanding lecturer,…