Harry Potter in Syndey
Just after looking at the Sydney tar ponds, April and I watched another sort of dark magic: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ . I even had to…
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PEI and Nova Scotia
Today we ate lunch at the Red Shoe Pub, owned by the Rankin Family sisters. We drove down the coast of Cape Breton to the PEI ferry at Caribou. Here…
Readin’? We don’t need no stinking readin’
Proving that one Ford is as dangerous (and dumb) as the other, Doug Ford claims that there are more libraries than Tim Hortons in his area. He also wrongly said…
Have the Taliban Changed their Tune on Women’s Rights?
Crossposted at opencanada.org’s Dispatch blog I find that the subject of women’s rights in Afghanistan is a difficult one to engage with. To some, the shocking standard to which women…
More on the Integrity of the Comprehensive Approach
Crossposted at opencanada.org’s Dispatch blog I just had a conversation regarding my last post with a NATO Public Diplomacy official. In short, my argument was that in RC-N the ANP…
Notes from Mazar e Sherif: Tactical Challenges, Strategic Quagmire
Crossposted at opencanada.org’s Dispatch blog I am writing this on my phone from a c160 flying from mazar e sharif to herat where we have spent the past 48hrs. This…
First Impressions from ISAF HQ in Kabul
Crossposted at opencanada.org’s Dispatch blog I am in Afghanistan as part of a NATO TOLA tour. On Friday the six participants met in Brussels for a day of briefings at…
The Munk Debates, Henry Kissinger and Polite Company
Crossposted at opencanada.org’s Disptach blog For the past few years I have worked on the Munk Debates. Officially, I am the Research Director. Unofficially, I help out however I can…
Four Ways to Reinvigorate the Canadian Foreign Policy Debate
Crossposted at opencanada.org’s Dispatch blog Last fall, I participated in a workshop hosted by L’Idée Fédérale, a think tank in Montreal headed by one of our Roundtable bloggers, André Pratte.…
Welcome to opencanada.org
For the past eight months I have had the thrill of working with the CIC to answer the following question: what if the CIC wanted to build the online hub…
Confirmation that Rob Ford is a moron
This is insanity. Ford campaigned on a promise not cut city services and now he’s about to make $740 million in major service cuts. Including, eliminating 2,000 subsidized daycare spots,…
Tim Hudak: A wolf in PC clothing
A friend reminded me of this today – are we really surprised at Hudak’s dodgy behaviour this week? “Like his rhetoric, Hudak’s delivery often seems calculated and over-rehearsed. Worse, he’s…
Tim Hudak is “gutless”
From the Ottawa Citizen: “There’s nothing wrong with being pro-choice or pro-life, both are honourable positions. What is wrong is a potential premier dodging the issue. That’s gutless and misleading…
I’ve figured out RIM’s problem
Here’s a look at RIM’s stock price over the last 5 years, noting when I entered and left the company. Coincidence? However, noting where I bought RIM stock and where…
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?
Ahem. Mood music, maestros: Thank you, fellas, that was…uh…lovely. Okay. Here goes. I saw this comment piece, by someone hilariously named Ally Fogg, in the Grauniad last night. It was…
Hudak “walks away” from abortion question
“…the Opposition Leader refused to say if he still opposes abortion, walking away from the microphone when reporters asked repeatedly if he still considered himself pro-life. The Campaign Life Coalition,…
Premier McGuinty supports a woman’s right to choose
“…Premier Dalton McGuinty is forthright about his stand on abortion. Spokeswoman Jane Almeida said: McGuinty “supports a woman’s right to choose. … The McGuinty government has always held this position…
Fight Fox
It’s the crime story of the decade, and maybe as important as Wikileaks. Help take down News Corp. to limit the power of Murdoch. The following is an email from…
Tim Hudak needs to answer these questions
Hudak’s quoted as saying the following in an article on a pro-life website: “I may have signed a petition from my riding in that respect but listen, I’ve been clear…
Is he or isn’t he?
I’m hearing that Hudak was asked earlier today about his position on a woman’s right to choose. And that he wouldn’t/didn’t answer the question. Either Hudak is in favour of…