I’m not saying nothing. This isn’t about Stephen Harper. This is an American documentary made by Americans about America. Still, I’ll bet I get called anti-American for calling your attention to it. Why We Fight More »

1984 – Bloated and corrupt Liberal government under John Turner is thrown from office after Brian Mulroney campaigns to bring back integrity to Parliament. Former Liberal voters turn to Tories because “it’s time for a change.” 1993 – Bloated and corrupt Tory government under Kim Campbell is thrown from office after Jean Chretien campaigns to […] More »

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting are running a new email campaign to end patronage at CBC. Here’s what it’s all about: “The CBC President acted on his own when he locked out CBC employees last summer. Yet, he remains in office, protected by the Prime Minister who appointed him and unaccountable to Canadians. The patronage appointments […] More »

I caught a bit of an interview on The Current this morning with a Conservative operative (sorry, didn’t catch the name – I was driving and eating at the same time), discussing the Same Sex free vote the Cons have promised as part of their “winning” election platform. I’m confused. After giving me my morning […] More »

…already determined, if you look at any of Canada’s major newspapers and TV newscasts more than a week before election day. The story of Conservative momentum and Liberal downfall is dominating the headlines, to the point where features about might-as-well-be-prime-minister Stephen Harper seem like preparation for the populace. “Hey, we already know the outcome of […] More »

Hoping for a day when everyone’s vote will be counted in a meaningful way, I can’t support the “strategy” of voting for someone you don’t want in order to beat the person you really don’t want. That said Calgary Grit sent me in the direction of this very interesting Strategic Voter guide at Democratic Space. […] More »

The New York Times yesterday had a sad front pager detailing the demise of three for-profit diabetes prevention centres in the city, which is experiencing something of an epidemic of Type 2 diabetes. From the story: They did not shut down because they had failed their patients. They closed because they had failed to make […] More »

Buried behind all the news of surging Tories in today’s Toronto Star is a fascinating piece by Dennis Raphael, associate professor at the School of Health Policy and Management at York University. Raphael argues a direct link between low child poverty rates and what he calls “left cabinet share” in governments. The statistics he uses […] More »

Conservatives whining about negative campaigning. Misrepresentation? Base dishonesty? I dunno, sounds to me like Harper is at least the “objective ally” of a militaristic coup-plotter/evil-doer. You know, based on the logic regularly used by his own folks. ADDENDUM: Vote NDP. More »

With the Toronto Star today reporting on a poll that says the Conservatives will form a majority government in the election, let the fear-mongering begin. I’ll start. Rick Mercer has a funny/scary imaginary Conservative Cabinet on his blog, featuring the likes of Rob “Nelson Mandela is a terrorist” Anders as Minister of State (Multiculturalism) and […] More »

I will be blogging infrequently this week, as I am spending most of it sitting around in a big room downtown waiting to be picked for a jury, or not. Civic duty, etc. Observations so far: Most people are secretly glad for the time away from the office. There’s a lot of contented reading and […] More »