David Maclean is on Saskatchewan’s CJME Radio tomorrow at 12:30 (Saskatchewan time) to ostensibly take questions on the newly announced Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights and the creation of a federal ombudsman. Normally, that would not be a reason to blog about - except for the fact that some better questions for people to be calling [...]

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Another small break from political discourse to talk about the opening game of the Stanley Cup tonight: I see TSN found some obviously intelligent hockey fans out there who don’t buy into the “Support Ottawa because they’re representing Canada” malarkey I’ve been seeing going around:
“Anaheim has a lot of good Canadian stars. You got [...]

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If you had any doubt as to this Conservative government’s attitude towards guns and gun control, this bit of news the Toronto Star has uncovered should dispel all remaining doubts. The Conservatives have stacked the firearms advisory committee with people who either are advocates of weaker gun control or who wish to kill the national [...]

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Just an administrative announcement: I’ve for now removed the “smiley emoticons” that one had the option for to place in any comments you left here, and instead replaced it with a slightly fancier comment editor (WYSIWYG) similar in fashion to what we Wordpress blogowners get to use when we write up a blogpost.  I know [...]

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A lot that’s written in this Alzheimers article looks unfortunately very similar and familiar to me and what’s going on in my family right now. I just thought I’d highlight it for people who might be in a similar situation.

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I’ve seen some people say that in a scenario where the Liberals in Quebec are defeated by the combined opposition parties and the Lieutenant Governor asks Dumont and the ADQ if they want to try forming a government first, Dumont might reject it because he knows he doesn’t have the star power to be able [...]

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Actually, kudos to John Tory, provincial leader for the Ontario Progressive Conservative party, for showing that he at least still shows the “progressive” part of the name has meaning. He is an “honorary distinguished patron” at the at the Isabel Bader Theatre, part of the 17th annual Inside Out Toronto Gay and Lesbian Film and [...]

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I actually like Stephen Taylor as a person. He looked a bit paranoid when he was sitting in the Blogging Room in Montreal during the Liberal leadership convention, but he was in the “enemy camp”, so I don’t blame him (too much). Anyhow, I’ve met him and done some Blogger Hotstoves with him, and [...]

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I see from the news this morning that the “Yes” forces for changing Ontario’s electoral system to the Mixed-Member Proportional Representation model that the Citizens’ Assembly endorsed were out in force yesterday:
“We think that the mixed-member proportional proposal is a winner and we fully expect it to be strongly endorsed by Ontarians on Oct. 10,” [...]

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Jean Charest seems to be in a bit of trouble with his Budget he released, as both opposition parties say they don’t like it:
Quebec’s Liberal government delivered a billion-dollar tax cut four years late today, gambling the opposition parties lack the political spine to vote down the budget and trigger an election… The Liberals will [...]

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