The courthouse circus around the G-20 protests puts the wrong things on trial.
One of the trickiest things to pass in politics has to be the Smell Test. And it’s frightening, at times, to witness the extent of Dysosmia (also known as olfactory dysfunction) that exists. It’s not just the fake lake. It’s MPs “allowing” the Auditor General to review their expenses, but rejecting a permanent move toward [...]
The leaves have fallen, the snow has blown, the flowers have blossomed and the heat waves are back. What better time to take a look back at the year-that-was at Queen’s Park as the legislature prepares to recess for yet another summer. Here are but a few points of reflection – in numbers – from [...]
Sunday, March 28, 2010 marked the final day of the federal Liberal’s Canada at 150 policy conference in Montreal. While it’s still early and many pundits are mulling over whether the weekend can be called a success for the Liberal Party, some poor Liberal staffer in Ottawa is likely going to have to right up a report on the positive and negative aspects of Canada at 150. Perhaps the following could help.
Last week… with shock… I read an article about a speech by David Suzuki in which he said, in essence, that politicians who question or stand in the way of implementing the Kyoto Protocol… “should go to jail for what they’re not doing right now What our government is not doing is a criminal [...]
As we embark this week on the XXI Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, anticipation of this celebration of sport, culture and international cooperation abounds in Canada and around the world. Many of us, including myself, will be glued to our television sets and a few of us will even be lucky enough to be there [...]

