Being Better By Doing Better
Being Métis working in political Ottawa is an experience that can be trying at times. Let’s face facts, there aren’t many Indigenous peoples who work in Canadian political circles and…
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And You Cons Vote For Them Because …?
Doug Ford and Andy Scheer aren’t too different from Trump. Here’s a recap of what American voters got themselves into.
Philpott Speaks
We are now just a bit more than a day past the Federal Budget, and normally this would be a time when government ministers would fan out across the country…
SNC-Lavalin Speaks
I believe I’ve noted it here a few times already, but to me one of the amazing things about the whole SNC/PMO Scandal has been the amount of new news…
Budget 2019: The Morning After
Yesterday was Budget Day in Ottawa, a usually crazy day that usually brings some drama along with it. Well thanks to the Liberal members of the Justice Committee meetings killing…
Meteor Explodes Over Ocean in 2018
A video showing the smoke trail from the #Meteor over the Bering Strait last December, produced using data from @JMA_kishou's #Himawari satellite.The orange meteor trail in the middle, shadow above-left.…
Help please!
Can anyone out there help me? Just saw a headline on CNN saying that, in spite of Brexit chaos, unemployment was at an historic low. Likewise in US where in…
Three Moves on a Monday
Mondays in Ottawa can be some of the most boring days you can get anywhere at anytime. When Parliament is in session, usually Mondays are one quiet day that when…
King Harper’s Toxic Touch Is Back?
There’s no direct link (yet), but Press Progress shows that Stephen Harper’s ‘services’ are stuck in the middle of a wild torrent of vote manipulation in Alberta, including references to…
LensCheaters
Competition Bureau has a new Commish, let’s see if he can get something important done against a monopoly? — The LA Times recently explained how Luxottica LensCrafters is a monopoly…
The Politics of Outsmarting Yourself
In my decade and a half in volunteering and working on political campaigns, I’ve been blessed to get to have many amazing experiences. Those experiences have taught me a lot…
Stuff Happens IV, The Reckoning, week 11. The real world comes to New Zealand
We don’t hear a lot about New Zealand. Peaceful, stable countries don’t tend to make the news. Tragically this week, Australia’s little brother was thrust into the world’s spotlight for…
Can bad software crash a 737 Max?
In a career of explaining computers to people, I always deferred to my brothers as to what it was all about. I had four brothers who, each in his own…
#CPCracists Leader
About the time that the odious racist Kellie Lietch was contending for the leadership of the CPC with Maxime Bernier and the guy who kept Syrian refugees out of Canada…
Using the Tools in the Toolbox
Back on Wednesday when the Liberal majority in the House of Commons Justice Committee shut down Opposition attempts to call Jody Wilson-Raybould back to testify for a second time, it…
New Zealand Attacks Show Scheer’s True Colour: Yellow
The tragic terrorist attack in New Zealand once again exposes Andrew Scheer’s true colour: yellow.
Christchurch
This morning I woke up and started my day with my usual Friday routine; I got cleaned up, got myself ready for work, took out the garbage and the recycling…
Elizabeth May in Saskatchewan
It’s been another amazing day, and the Sun isn’t even down yet. Attended a lunch-and-learn this morning with @ElizabethMay at the new CAC #UofR building. Earth is sick with multiple…
Shut Down
This afternoon the House of Commons Justice Committee sat to reply to an emergency meeting request from the Opposition. The topic of the meeting was straight forward; calling Jody Wilson-Raybould…
Spring Rumours
One thing that is consistent about politics just about anywhere in the World at any level is the rumours; people love a good political rumour and in this digital age,…