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Lindsay Lohan goes to jail. Another example of state coercion?
OK, OK. The headline has little to do with this post, but I figured no one would read it if they deduced this was the third straight post on the friggin’ Census. So indulge me for a moment and don’t worry – next week, I’ll get back to more important topics, like making fun of […]
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Grab Your Pitchforks and Sampling Methodology Textbooks
Further to my post over the weekend, people are starting to take note of self-selection-gate. Yeah, I know it’s just because Helena Guergis hasn’t said anything lately but still, it’s nice to see a mind numbingly boring issue that actually matters get some ink. Below is a non-random sample of what people are saying: “Abolishing […]
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In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world…among those who felt like it
I know this isn’t a big issue. I don’t expect facebook groups and protests in the streets over it. But, as someone who worked on the Census in the past, this really grates me: Former StatsCan head slams census decision by Tories OTTAWA – The former chief statistician of Canada says he would have quit […]
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The Spring Session in Photos
The session began with the shut-down of Parliament, prompting the same Canadians who complain that nothing ever gets done in Ottawa to take to the streets and demand…that MPs get back to work doing nothing in Ottawa. So how did Harper spend his prorogation vacation? With a trip to the Olympics! Sure, he never got […]
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The Life and Times of the HST
A fascinating behind the scenes look at the HST negotiations in today’s Toronto Star.
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Profiling Ontario Tourism to the World
“This is a classic attempt for us to be able to market the country. We have quotes from all kinds of people in the Ontario tourism industry including the president of that industry saying, ‘This is our chance to profile Ontario tourism to the world, we must not miss this opportunity’,” Harper told MPs Obviously […]
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The Speaker Steps Aside
Commons Speaker Milliken won’t run again Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House of Commons longer than anyone else in parliamentary history, won’t run for re-election, CBC News has learned. Milliken was first elected in 1988 as a Liberal and has been the Commons Speaker since 2001.Peter Milliken has been Speaker of the House of Commons […]
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This Week in Alberta – Eddiemandering the Map!
The Electoral Boundaries Commission has issued its final report and, predictably enough, accusations of Gerrymandering have flown wildly. Given the wild unpredictability of Alberta politics right now, I have a hard time believing that we’re seeing riding boundaries drawn to help the PCs. Rather, the problem with the new map is the same as it […]
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It Tastes Awful. And it Works.
Ontario was hit with an earthquake today, but the real question people are asking is whether or not the earth will move on July 1st. That’s when the HST will be implemented – how Ontarians react may very well decide who wins next year’s election. Tim Hudak, who used to think the HST was a […]
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The Manchurian Candidate
This is…odd. I’m not a security expert, but I don’t think this is necessarily the thing the CSIS director should be talking about with journalists: Canada’s spy agency suspects that cabinet ministers in two provinces are under the control of foreign governments, CBC News has learned. Several members of B.C. municipal governments are also under […]