Not all NDP candidates got the message
Yesterday, I posted this about Andrea Horwath ordering her candidates to stop “trading on” Jack Layton’s name. And to stop trying to “benefit from his legacy.” So I was very…
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Canada Mulls Ending Gay Blood Ban
Hot on the heels of the United Kingdom, which ended their gay blood donor ban in favour of a one year deferral last week, Canadian Blood Services is now mulling…
Andrea Horwath: Do as I say, not as I do
NDP leader, Andrea Horwath, rightly told her candidates to stop “trading on” Jack Layton’s name. Too bad she didn’t heed her own advice. Putting her face on the banner was…
GOP debate: the ugly face of conservatism. Also, never fly on 9/11 if your skin is brown.
The horror continues. Here are two items that bring the American psyche post-9/11 into instant, ugly focus. At the GOP debate tonight, the crowd loudly cheered a suggestion that society…
Word to the bland, blasé and banal – apathy is living death
A song came on the radio today that I have loved all my life – except this time, it was a cover, and it spoke something to me that I…
The media on Tim Hudak and abortion
“Hudak waffles on abortion issue” (Toronto Star, July 19, 2011) “When pressed by reporters Monday, Mr.Hudak refused to answer whether he still considers himself “pro-life.” (National Post, July 19, 2011)…
Why Tim Hudak Is Done
Tim Hudak's Conservatives get caught making mass calls from ... New Brunswick.
Tea Party Republican Debate
Hey, there’s another thrilling GOP “debate” taking place tonight in Tampa, Florida. This one is billed as the “Tea Party Republican Debate”… whatever that means. Presumably, the candidates will have…
Transit Is For Suckers
If there’s one lesson Canadians can learn from the latest Stats Can study into public transit, it’s that losers take the bus. A whopping 82% of commuters know that the…
Dads Win Right To Remove Surrogate From Birth Certificate
Two same-sex fathers in Saskatchewan have won the right to amend their child’s birth certificate, removing the name of a surrogate mother. The surrogate, identified only as Mary, carried the…
Professor: Harper most powerful executive in the world; there is nothing to restrain him
Astute observations about Harper and how he has complete domination over our laws and government. Ralph Heintzman, a professor at the University of Ottawa and head of the federal Office…
Mark Steyn pens another post designed to inspire future Breiviks
From Zandar Versus the Stupid, an astute observation on the world Mark Steyn inhabits. Over at the National Review, Mark Steyn is clearly upset that we haven’t declared September 11th…
New PCPO slogan: We want you to pay taxes so we don’t have to
Seriously, Randy Hillier, stop making excuses and pay your fucking taxes. And Tim? A real leader wouldn’t allow one of his MPPs, who is paid with taxpayer dollars, to…
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
Every day has a story. But not every day has a story that changes so much in your life. For ten years I haven’t told my story because it’s not…
The Dumber You Are, The Harder You Fall… For The Trick
There’s a reason the Republicans and Conservatives seem obstructionist both while in government and in opposition. Prorogation at every turn in Canada, and filibustering every routine bill in the States…
The Real Meaning of 911: This is not a war on terror – it is a war on democracy
A brief overview of the past ten years, and where we stand now 911 marked the beginning, not of a global war on terror, as the official story line…
The immigrant tax credit and why I’m a Liberal
When did people become so ignorant? Over the last week I’ve overheard a few people expressing concern that Dalton McGuinty would help foreigners and not “us.” You know, they’d say,…
Horwath ain’t no Jack Layton
Slapping an orange label on it doesn’t make it progressive. H/T
September 11 Lost To Terrorism
This article appeared on PostMedia websites in the lead-up coverage of September 11th, Ten Years Later. A new generation is dawning, and they have no direct grasp of what it…
UK Kinda Almost Lifts Gay Blood Ban
The United Kingdom has removed its lifetime ban on blood donations from gay men, replacing it with a one year deferral since the last time a donor has had sex…