H2H makes an interesting point in the comments section, surrounding Goodyear’s qualifications as Science Minister: First, your view of cabinet ministers is essentially wrong. Few cabinet ministers are experts on the areas they govern. They don’t need to be, because their departments are staffed with experts. Their role is to make tradeoffs between different values, […]

So which is worse? A Minister of Science who doesn’t believe in evolution, or one who doesn’t understand evolution? “We are evolving every year, every decade. That’s a fact, whether it is to the intensity of the sun, whether it is to, as a chiropractor, walking on cement versus anything else, whether it is running […]

I guess we could shuffle him out, and replace him with Day… Canada’s science minister, the man at the centre of the controversy over federal funding cuts to researchers, won’t say if he believes in evolution. “I’m not going to answer that question. I am a Christian, and I don’t think anybody asking a question […]

According to this week’s Hill Times,the Tories will be holding a series of “leadership review” meetings in ridings across the country to decide if CPC incumbents will face open nominations or not. It will take 2/3 of the riding to force a nomination but, here’s the kicker, the membership cut-off for this is March 10th. […]

The obvious comparison was to Jon Stewart’s “stop hurting America” Crossfire appearance, but this one almost had a Frost/Nixon vibe to it. The loud, bombastic Cramer meekly sat there taking punches for the entire episode, with a “hand in the cookie jar” look on his face. This was the evisceration of Jim Cramer and it […]

The latest anti-Harper spoof site.

After spirited debates surrounding Alberta’s official grass, official sport, and new license plate design, the MLAs in Edmonton spent some time this week debating what Alberta’s official mushroom should be. Ahh, the joys of being in a province where the economy is going so good that legislators can focus on issues like this rather than…what?…oh, […]

The other interesting element from Harper’s speech, which has been mostly overlooked by commentators to date, was his declaration of war against red tape. Take a look: This report will emphasize the extent to which we are expediting approval processes – cutting so-called “red tape” – to ensure that stimulus spending, spending that is temporary […]

In case you missed it, Stephen Harper gave his “the sun will come out tomorrow” speech yesterday in Brampton, talking about how Canada will be the first country to come out of the recession. While I’m not really upset by, or surprised at, the man’s eternal optimism (he is a Leafs fan, after all), Mr. […]

Whoever this Grit Girl is, keep these videos coming…they’re great! Also, here’s a story from well over a year ago titled “recession fears grow in Ontario” where several economists saw it coming. Oh, and Jim, here’s a senator who saw it coming…