Like Helena Guergis, I too am quite upset about Dion’s alleged “fat joke” directed towards Stephen Harper: The Liberal leader joked that the exercise room at Stornaway — the official residence of the leader of the Opposition — had been refurbished. And he said the new workout room would benefit his successor. “Maybe Mr. Harper […]

I remember Scott Brison floated this idea when he was in public works. It didn’t make much sense to me then and it still doesn’t today: TORONTO AND OTTAWA — Ottawa is preparing to sell $1.5-billion worth of office properties across the country as part of the first phase of a plan that will see […]

-22 Minutes had a few good spoofs of the Tory attack ads, which you can see here. While you’re at it, check out their videos from the Liberal leadership convention if you haven’t already. -Also, I came across this blog today counting down the “101 people who are screwing up Canada“. I don’t agree with […]

…but were too afraid to ask. Via Jason Bo Green comes an absolutely amazing article on climate change by Kerry Emanuel. It details the science, controversy and politics from an objective perspective, giving all sides their say and throwing plenty of blame at the extremists on both the left and right. It’ll take you a […]

The Liberals have released an old fundraising letter of Stephen Harper’s from 2002 which asks for an “army of Canadians” to help fight in the “battle of Kyoto” (that man will find any excuse to go to war, eh?). While many of my liblog friends will try and use this to tar him, I think […]

Remember this, from a little over a year ago? The first half of the spot features a grim-faced, black and white close up of Paul Martin that is slowly zoomed in on to the accompaniment of ominous background music, as the lugubrious narrator intones, “When you’ve been in power for 12 long years, when your […]

The media has been hyping the environment as a major political issue over the past few months and today’s Globe featured a complete front page spread, pages upon pages of articles, and even green trim on the title. Inside, they publish the results from the latest Gregg poll: How likely is it that you would […]

Oshawa Generals 4Saginaw Spirit 5 Get ready for Stephen Colbert day in Oshawa. Mandatory Political Link: Adam Radwanski has some good quotes on the Arar saga.

Hey Jack, Love your plan to end ATM fees. Those are such a pain in the ass to pay. While you’re at it, I’ve noticed the U of A library charges a dollar a day per book for late fees which is really a drag to pay. I mean, how am I supposed to keep […]

1. Hey – look who agrees that Quebec shouldn’t be getting a special deal on the Boeing contracts? [well, look who “agreed” a year ago anyways] We don’t talk much in BC about the aerospace industry. Everybody thinks it’s a Quebec industry. Well, I got to tell you – we have an aerospace industry here, […]