Yesterday’s throne speech was merely the appetizer for today’s banquet dinner. Throne speeches are by their very nature vague (as are opposition parties when they vaguely criticize throne speeches for being too “vague”). The main objective of a throne speech is to illustrate the government’s direction, but this becomes far less important when we get […]

…Stephen Harper is offering Canadians…wait for it…SENIOR’S DAY! From today’s throne speech: • In recognition of the contributions seniors make to society, our Government will support legislation establishing Seniors Day.

Immigration Minister pulled gay rights from citizenship guide, documents show Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney blocked any reference to gay rights in a new study guide for immigrants applying for Canadian citizenship, The Canadian Press has learned. Internal documents show an early draft of the guide contained sections noting that homosexuality was decriminalized in […]

The Mark publishes a cross-partisan look at 14 ways to save Canada. I’ll give a thumbs up to David Suzuki’s plea for a comprehensive strategy to tackle climate change (hell, even a half-ass strategy would look good by comparison to what we’ve seen over the past decade) and Michael Geist’s plea for a comprehensive strategy […]

I went to a riot and a street hockey game broke out…

Time to dump your stocks! Parliament, and all the market uncertainty that comes with it, resumes on Monday.

With record ratings for Olympic events, Canadians have become united…in the watching of CTV commercials. Here’s a run down of my favourite commercials so far: 1. BC Tourism: Celebrities – who live in LA – stand in front of green screen shots of BC, telling us they call it “home” and that “you’ve got to […]

We all had a good chuckle back when the Wildrose Party and Alberta Alliance merged together; “Unite the Irrelevant” would have been an appropriate headline. But that was then, and just two years later they’ve already begun carving Danielle Smith’s face into the rocky mountains to commemorate her 30 year reign as Premier. So I […]

Ignatieff angered by critics of Vancouver Games OTTAWA — Michael Ignatieff says he’s angry about the criticism being levelled at organizers of the Vancouver Winter Games. The Liberal leader dismisses the critics, primarily foreign journalists, as “nattering nabobs of negativism.” Hear, hear. Well said Mr. Ignatieff. I tend to agree that the nagging by those […]