Establishing motive
Why are the Harper Tories hell bent on destroying data from the life saving long gun registry? A high profile Toronto lawyer thinks he knows why: It’s like throwing a…
Toronto Star
At Least They Don’t Discriminate According to Gender
For those who might have been concerned that the animus, hatred and paranoia of the Harper government is directed almost exclusively at men, The Star’s Tim Harper sets the record…
Mayor rips Star in Hogtown pulp slapdown as hicks, slicks trade kicks
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford squares off against Toronto Star Board Chairman John Honderich in a cage fight. Actually, Hogtown politicians and media personalities may not be exactly as illustrated, but…
Mayor Fordzilla Is Being Tormented–By a Real Newspaper
Poor Mayor Boss Hogg, He just can’t take it anymore! He looks like he’s about to go a cryin’ to his big bro, Doughnut Dougy. I mean, just take a…
Apparently They Don’t Hold With That Readin’ Thing Either
Or that might be the easy inference to draw about Mayors Rob and Doug Ford. As reported yesterday, The Toronto Star is filing a complaint with the City of Toronto’s…
If the shoe fits. Andrew Coyne back at National Post.
When I read a tweet from @AZerbisias just now with this bit of journalistic news, I thought ahah, Coyne didn’t go to a progressive news outlet – that proves he’s…
Linda McQuaig gets it. Occupy signals a new era.
Occupy has been starved for meaningful commentary from the press corps. Most of what has been published varies from haven’t-got-a-clue to total bullshit. Most journalists need to be told what…
Linda McQuaig gets it. Occupy signals a new era.
Occupy has been starved for meaningful commentary from the press corps. Most of what has been published varies from haven’t-got-a-clue to total bullshit. Most journalists need to be told what…
A gun registry case for mandatory minimum penalties
The Toronto Star is reporting that the Harper government has reinforced its efforts to strip Canada’s national police service of its independence. Removing the RCMP’s communications independence is the just…
Water, water everywhere…
A report has singled out Ontario as the only province to get an "A" grade for its water protection efforts.It's worth pointing out that the group in power in Ontario…
Water, water everywhere…
A report has singled out Ontario as the only province to get an “A” grade for its water protection efforts. It’s worth pointing out that the group in power in…
Worth reading. Worth correcting.
This morning, the Toronto Star published an interesting article on the impacts of the Tory war on vulnerable Canadians long gun registry repeal bill.I won't repeat the core of the…
Another Excellent Column From Rick Salutin
As I have written elsewhere, in my view there are few Canadian columnists who can match or exceed the depth and range of intellect consistently reflected in the work of…
Tim Harper on the One-Year Anniversary of U.S. Steel’s Hamilton Lock-out
We are approaching the one-year anniversary of U.S. Steel's lockout of the workers from its Hamilton plant; the lockout would seem to be in contravention of the guarantees that the…
Two powerful Star columns on Islamophobia. The new anti-Semitism. Tactics of Islamophobes.
Haroon Siddiqui hits these columns out of the park. Much needed to be said but our media has been reluctant to shout out the obvious. ‘Islamophobia: The new anti-Semitism‘ Just…
Time For A War On Error
Although I rarely reprint items from the newspaper in their entirety on this blog, occasionally someone says something so succinct and insightful that I can't resist. Roman Haluszka from Newmarket…
With Persichilli Appointment, PM Harper Shows Quebec The Political Middle Finger, Embraces The Ethnic Vote
Quebec will not be a priority for the Conservative Canadian Prime Minister during the next four years of his comfortable majority rule. That was the message Stephen Harper sent with…
What’s this I hear about Tony Clement? Surely it can’t be true?
"Funneling requests for taxpayer-funded projects in his riding directly through his political office in Huntsville"? Can't be. Must be that commie Toronto Star doing the digging and reporting facts again.…
Artist Franke James has Harper quaking in fear
Franke James.jpg If Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is this frightened, then we can only assume that the visual artist from Toronto, Franke James, is THAT scary! As reported most…
Fern Hill Unleashes More Online Hellfire
Way to go, Fern! As you might remember, Fern Hill, the political blogger at DAMMIT JANET! was the instigator of what Chris Selley dubbed the “online hellfire” which was unleashed…