Watch this. Laugh. If you don't see the humour, politics is not a good career path. [read more]

The Greens are coming out of the closet for this falls municipal election in Toronto. There are four Wards with great potential for the Green Party, and I will lay money on a win in Kyle Rae's ward for Chris Tindal, and some respectable showings in three other Wards. It's still early days, and you never know which EDA's are going to cut a deal with which local politicians, but this will be a w ... [read more]

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Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, there's an old saying that the first casualty of war is the truth. Sadly, that adage is proving to be accurate with regard to the Canadian Forces' release of information on casualties in the Afghanistan conflict. The Hill Times is reporting this morning that the number of returning troops on disability is up to ten times higher than what has been reported by the ... [read more]

Faced with a number of conflicting and contradictory motions at tonight's Federal Council meeting regarding the current leadership contest matter, Council opted to defer making a decision, but set a firm date to resolve this matter. Citing a lack of consultation with the Membership, and receipt of some of the motions only the day before, those in favour of deferral nevertheless voiced their de ... [read more]

Why doesn't the government issue mortgages? Why do we have this system where private banks collect mortgage interest, while the significant risks are shouldered by the government? If we the public are holding the risks, shouldn't we also collect the profits? Excerpt from Globe and Mail article:The bankers' effort is all the more notable given the unique structure of the Canadian mortgage busin ... [read more]

The trend internationally to reduce Greenhouse Gases (GHG’s) is through the Cap and Trade approach. Before this method can take effect, the amount of GHG’s that every enterprise will be allowed to emit will have to be determined. This will require enormous amounts money, people, and time. Inevitably there will be a lot of dispute as to these assessments, which will lead to more money, peopl ... [read more]

The Ottawa “group of four” greens sponsored a panel discussion on Afghanistan and Canada. During the question period an Afghani told a story of his relatives in which a young man, within a day of being married, was taking two children to the market for some shopping. They failed to understand an order to stop and all were shot dead by Canadian soldiers. Rather than a marriage, there were th ... [read more]

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Go Australia! Stand up to the IOC bullies! It’s too bad the Canadians already folded, when we were holding most of the cards. We are hosting the 2010 games after all, we could tell the IOC to stick it, if it weren’t for limp-wristed Canadians like Dick Pound. From 1996, this telling quote from Dick Pound: But [...] [read more]

Most Canadians would prefer Harper be in the NHL instead of Parliament, as well. – Hat tip Canadian Cynic [read more]

There is some conversation over at Dave’s and Matthew’s blogs about the Green Party and the Revenue Sharing Agreement the party has with it’s EDA and it’s former Provincial Divisions. There are some pretty heavy debates going on…. Should it be changed? Shouldn’t it? What would a new RSA look like? etc. etc. [read more]

Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, Steve over at Far and Wide has a post about the polls and how bad ol' King Steve is doin' an' is the trend gonna continue. I left a bigass comment there an' I'm saving' energy by recycling that comment here. [read more]

I started to wonder by what authority CATSA was performing unconstitutional searches at airports, so I dug thru the relevant notices & legislation.  This is easily done using Google and I encourage others to do so. [read more]

« Alors que le Parlement est prorogé, les libéraux continuent de gruger l’avance des conservateurs Les conservateurs détiennent une avance nationale de quatre points sur les libéraux qui ont fait de l’Ontario un champ de bataille. [Montréal – 28 janvier 2010] – Un nouveau sondage d’opinion publique Angus Reid indique que l’appui public aux conservateurs continue de s’effriter au Canada ... [read more]