Calgary Grit

…should be replaced with “like taking beer from a Bowie“.

Jason Kenney, my old MP, is in the news today for old comments of his, caught on tape: In the eight-year-old audio recording, Calgary MP and Secretary of State for multiculturalism and Canadian Identity Jason Kenney says “overheated Sikhs” will use “the race card” to win arguments. Kenney did not know those remarks were being […]

For a guy who doesn’t believe in big government, this Harper chap sure does like to have complete control over everything. The latest example deals with Bill C-10 which gives the government the ability to deny tax credits to Canadian (and only Canadian) films they deem offensive. This has prompted some high profile criticism from […]

I’ve generally been on the dovish side about bringing the Tories down. And I can buy the Liberal argument for voting against today’s NDP motion – it’s only fair to look at these immigration reforms in committee first. BUT Here’s some of the language the Liberals are using: “We believe the Conservatives are wrong when […]

Ha ha – this is great. Step 1: Paralyze parliamentStep 2: Create an unwritten loophole to the fixed election date law Not that this is the first time the Tories have speculated about breaking their fixed election date law. That said, I can’t see any logic whatsoever in Harper trying to dissolve parliament himself. Either […]

The terms of reference are out for the Airbust inquiry. Apart from that, it’s looking like a slow news week (where’s Pat Martin to do something dumb when you need blog content?), so let’s head off topic and toss up some first round playoff predictions. Feel free to play along or, even better, send me […]

Forty years ago today, Pierre Elliott Trudeau was the fourth ballot winner of the Liberal leadership. You can watch the victory clip in the CBC archives. One of my first history essays I wrote in undergrad was on the 1968 convention and it was an absolutely fascinating leadership race to study up on. What was […]

From an alert reader: On Friday April 4, Stephen Harper will surpass the 787 days that Paul Martin Jr. served as Prime Minister, moving himself into 13th place on the all-time list. What kind of odds could you have gotten in December 2003 on this happening? For the record, Prime Minister Steve would (will?) dethrone […]

Tom Lukiwski, shown above in the greatest picture of a Tory MP ever, is in hot water for comments he made back in 1991: Random Thought Update: I know the provincial NDP had this tape and their real target was Wall, but this probably could have made a bigger impact had it been released during […]

I guess it’s fitting that a senseless MP wants to leave Canada cent-less. As for his proposal to scrap the penny, there’s a certain logic to it, and inflation makes the penny’s demise is inevitable. So I think I’m down with this. As an aside, I’d love to see an election fought over this burning […]