Here we go again. Apparently the Harper Tories are undemocratic because they don’t want the Chief Electoral Officer running voter mobilization campaigns for left-wing parties. Click here to read the rest.
Did you know Oxfam Canada was a branch of government? A surly branch,chewing hard on the hand that feeds it, but a branch all the same. I shouldn’t be surprised. Nor should they.
Prime Minister Harper’s Mideast trip was going pretty well until I opened the paper and saw him handing Jordan about $100 million. Man. That’s one expensive photo-op. Click here to read the rest.
When I hear the constant fracas over energy policy in Canada, from pipelines to rising hydro bills to fracking to windmills, I want to nuke the whole discussion. No really. I want to settle it with nuclear power, the energy of the future in the past. Click here to read the rest.
“Pope hawks souped-up ride.” Man, we journalists live for headlines like that. Maybe we’re not alone. Click here to read the rest.
Oh, here’s a scary thought. It’s already 2014. I don’t even know what happened to the “naughts” or whatever we were going to get around to naming that decade. And now we’re a seventh of the way from the 20th to the 22nd century. Click here to read the rest.
With 2014 on the horizon, we can look forward to a year jam-packed with political failure and fatuity. Same old same old. But perhaps a couple of new year’s resolutions might help. Click here to read the rest.
It never ceases to amaze me how little politicians know about government. Take Canada Post ... please. Everyone was apparently caught flat-footed, or flat-brained, when it announced service cuts, price hikes and a huge unfunded pension liability. It’s a government monopoly. What were you expecting? Click here to read the rest.