Convention kickoff!
Today’s a busy day! I was at MLG earlier to register for the Ontario Liberal Party convention and pick up some Sandra swag. Ran into Minister of Finance Dwight Duncan…
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Newspaper Comments Highlight Canadian Racism
The comments sections on some newspapers and online news sites can be infamously bad. The Calgary Herald’s commenters, many of them frequent enough to be “top commenters”, put on a…
Ethnic profiling has no place in the Ontario Liberal Party
If you’re a member of the Ontario Liberal Party, you have been bombarded in recent weeks with emails, campaign literature and phone calls. It’s a part of any campaign and…
Liberals. We’re big on policy.
This past weekend, at the Liberal Party of Canada in British Columbia policy conference, we passed many important progressive policy resolutions. Instead of doing the typical partisan thing and talking…
Excited for OLP!
After some fear that the Ontario Liberal Party would be excluding us blog heads from #olpldr, mercifully we’re going to be strongly represented there. Much I will live tweet, but…
Throw National Post a Lifeline
I haven’t encountered a Kelly McParland article that I can say I agree with. His latest, about Elizabeth May’s attempt to subvert the stalemate in Parliament amongst the opposition parties,…
Refugee Health: Medical students freeze outside waiting for Matthews
There were hard lessons learned today about how democracy is practiced in this province. About 60-70 protesters, most young medical students, spent more than an hour and a half today…
48 hours until OLP convention kick off
Hard to believe that in three days we will have a new Ontario Premier. I was a huge fan of Dalton McGuinty – and will continue to be – but…
In Brief: Hospital cuts as transfers, Pupatello’s ego gets the better of her
Pop quiz: who wrote this: “Our government expects – as do health care providers – that this change will exacerbate the health conditions of patients with chronic conditions and those…
Climate Change Is Here
Do you know those coal plants powering Saskatchewan? What if they became legislatively ‘stranded’. How would that hurt the pocketbook, eh? Would SaskPower’s claim that they are looking out for…
SunTV Applies for Welfare
Sun TV’s lone “success” story of the past year, was the role they played in launching Justin Trudeau’s leadership campaign Things are not looking bright over at Sun TV: OTTAWA,…
Visible tattoos and piercings on hospital staff okay — arbitrator
The Ottawa Hospital was attempting to fix a problem that didn’t exist when it unilaterally imposed a new dress code on employees according to a recent arbitration decision. Most contentious…
Guest Blog: David Fairey on the History of the Trade Union Research Bureau
A special event was held at the Vancouver & District Labour Council last week to commemorate the history and contributions of the Trade Union Research Bureau.
What do you say when your dad asks: “Why won’t I die?”
Last Wednesday night, I went to see my dad for what I thought would be the last time. He fell and broke his leg — his femur, of all things…
#Ottawapiskat Mirrors Attawapiskat
Life is hard when political leaders are corrupt. Election cheats, pork politics, and pocket padding is not limited to some corrupt leaders on First Nations (Reserves). Corruption exists where ever…
SNN and CBC on this cold January Sunday
It was a busy day for me today. And, I was asked to go on both Sun News Network and the CBC to talk about today’s federal Liberal leadership debate,…
Seriously…
… or not seriously, because I can guarantee things will get pretty serious on Monday. Don’t ask me why, but I just get this sneaky feeling… In the meantime, The…
Alberta’s health care queue-jumping inquiry finds itself at a crucial fork in the road
Is Alberta’s queue-jumping inquiry a real inquiry, or a kabuki play, as above? We’ll know soon. Below: Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason on the steps of the Legislature … with…