Interesting poll in the Star yesterday. Here’s the lead: MONTREAL: Almost half of Canadians wanted to see their petroleum resources and their gas companies nationalized as fuel prices hit record levels, a new poll suggests. The Leger Marketing telephone survey of 1,500 people was conducted between Aug. 24 and Aug. 31, the bulk being done […]

I’m not sure if I’ll be posting much this weekend but you can still vote once a day in round 2 of the Greatest PM Poll. On a far more important note, Andrew at Bound by Gravity has compiled a list of ways you can help with Hurricane Katrina relief.

Alberta turns 100 today and things have never been brighter in Wild Rose Country. With a surplus of at least 3 billion this year and possible double that, the province is in a position to accomplish pretty much anything it wants. And, heck, the Flames nearly won a Cup last year and the Oilers landed […]

If you want an example of how out of touch from reality the far Christian right is in the United States, look no further than here. In a press release, “Repent America” claims that God sent the hurricane to New Orleans because, well…I’ll let them explain it: PHILADELPHIA – Just days before “Southern Decadence”, an […]

After a spirited first round of voting, we’re ready to narrow the field to the final four. One of this blog’s readers, who is clearly way more computer savvy than me, agreed to write up the html code for the poll. This will allow the poll to copy the voting format for the Canadian Blog […]

In the news now: OTTAWA — Prime Minister Paul Martin exercised his patronage prerogative again Monday, making his 15th and 16th appointments to the unelected Senate since becoming prime minister.Martin rewarded Montrealer Francis Fox – one of the architects of his Liberal minority election win and former principal secretary – with a $119,300-a-year job. In […]

Oh Irwin…

Well, it was a dramatic finish to round one of voting. At today’s noon-MST close to voting, a final day push managed to send Trudeau and Pearson on to round two with 5 and 8 vote margins of victory respectively. I’ll give the right a lot of credit for their “vote out Trudeau” campaign…yet once […]

Round 1 of voting will close at noon MST on Tuesday. And Kim Campbell is only 1290 votes behind! Come on guys, push her over the top! Greatest Prime Minister (Round 1…second chance)   (1) Mackenzie King   (16) John Turner   (2) John A. MacDonald   (15) Kim Campbell   (3) Pierre Trudeau   […]

One of the more entertaining blogs out there, Capitalist Pig vs. Socialist Swine, wades into the debate on the NDP’s next platform here. The porkster first comments on the ideas raised by Koby at Progressive Bloggers, which I’ll repost here: 1) 5 weeks of vacation for all Canadians 2) Free dental care for all Canadians […]