Last week I ran for the NDP nomination in Etobicoke Lakeshore—putting my time and effort where my mouth is, and attempting to jumpstart what should really be one of the most interesting campaigns in the country (E-L is where Michael Ignatieff landed when he dropped from the black helicopter). So, I wrote a speech and […] More »
It’s choose your leader time again. The CBC is running a vote-by-issue quiz, to see which leader you most agree with. My results: I agreed with: Harper on 7 issues Duceppe on 2 Martin on 4 Layton on 6 I disagree with: Harper on 5 issues Duceppe on 10 Martin on 8 Layton on 6 […] More »
You know I love you Toronto. The best years of my life were spent here in the city on the shores of the lake where no one swims. But sometimes you can be so magnificently lame it breaks my heart. For example: The Fall Nationals are on once again. For ten straight nights at the […] More »
An appeals court has agreed to hear three claims that the trial of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the death-row prisoner who was convicted 23 years ago for the murder of a white police officer in Philiadelphia, was tainted. The case is a popular cause among death-penalty opponents and social justice advocates, who believe the journalist and former […] More »
Okay, back to politics. Obviously Jack Layton reads THIS blog, and anticipates every opinion. How do you pull a weedy, corduroy suited socialist party into the centre in a country crying out for a conscientious slightly left of centre party? You get a former chief economist of RBC Dominion Securities to lay out your new […] More »
Twenty-five years ago today (December 8, 1980), the world lost one of the first political pop stars. John Lennon was not a paragon of human decency, but he made an effort to use his fame to get people to listen to his opionions about war, peace, hairpieces and bagism, among others. I miss you, John. More »
Ford Motor Company in the US appears to have buckled under pressure from the anti-gay American Family Association and pulled advertising for two of its major brands from gay media. I say appears not because it’s not a fact, but because Ford doesn’t seem to want to just admit it. From an item in the […] More »
Victims of December 6, 1989 Genevieve Bergeron Helene Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Barbara Klucznik Widajewicz Maryse Laganiere Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michele Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte More »
Since Andrew Potter pointed out how the NDP has itself to blame for being labelled a socialist party in The Economist (the principles of democratic socialism are much celebrated in the NDP’s constitution), I thought it would be a fun game to rename the other political parties in the country based on their constitutional declarations. […] More »