It’s election night in New Hampshire as the tiny state of one million people helps select the next President. I’ll be flipping back and forth between the results and the hockey game so expect updates here throughout the evening. Given that I’m neither a New Hamshirite nor an American, I’m aware that my opinion doesn’t […]

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy can transform itself into a clean-running green machine by 2050, slashing its emissions by more than half with very little economic pain, say the authors of a new report from the National Round Table on the Environment. The federally-funded advisory panel is urging government leaders to quickly put a “strong” […]

OTTAWA — Canadian taxpayers are footing the bill for a $650,000 ad campaign that boasts about a one-cent cut to the GST – a campaign that opposition members say is nothing more than pre-election advertising for the Conservatives. Radio spots that began airing on Dec. 28 and newspaper advertisements that will soon appear in small […]

How closely did you follow politics this year? Take a crack at these 20 questions to find out. And no, my felow Liberals, there is no benefit to abstaining on any questions so take a guess on all of them. 1. Which hockey player’s alleged anti-French comments were investigated by parliamentarians this spring? a) Saku […]

This fall, Craig Chandler told Albertans to “adapt or leave” and it appears I’ve selected the later. Tonight, I catch a WestJet flight to Toronto where I’ll be starting work in January. As I’ve been telling people this, their first reaction is rarely “good luck” or “I’ll miss you”, it’s usually “so what are you […]

I know I didn’t catch this one over the holidays. From La Presse: Stephen Harper souhaite que la résolution qui reconnaît les Québécois comme une nation soit incluse dans la Constitution canadienne dès que « le terrain sera fertile ». Dans une entrevue exclusive accordée à La Presse, le premier ministre invite donc à se […]

Today being December 23rd and, therefore, Festivus, I felt I would take this opportunity for the traditional airing of the grievances. While I may not have as many grievances as, say, Craig Chandler, there are certainly many people who have disappointed me over the past year: 1. To Jean Lapierre and Ralph Klein – you […]

Via Daveberta, Craig Chandler will be running as an independent candidate in Calgary Egmont and he has started to fill out a slate of men who share his views. While I have serious doubts about any of them, save Chandler, drawing a huge chunk of votes, they will have money and will be relatively well […]

For anyone looking to save ten valuable characters on their bookmarks, I’ve finally landed the www.calgarygrit.ca which will forward to the usual blogspot addy. If Warren can get permalinks, I figure I can handle this. In other blogging news, the 2007 Canadian Blog Awards have a new home and are now accepting nominations in a […]

The much anticipated Paille report has arrived! And, wouldn’t you know it, after sitting on Senator Michael Fortier’s desk since October 5th, it was published the exact same day as Brian Mulroney’s appearance before the Commons Ethics Committee. Talk about weird coincidences, eh? So what did the report, designed to embarrass the Liberals find? Plenty […]