How's your water?
THIS IS WATER - By David Foster Wallace from The Glossary on Vimeo.Watch this excellent weekend type video and you will understand the question. (h/t)
View ArticleA robust liberalism
Now here's something worth waking me out of this lengthy blog slumber: "I despair as I watch the erosion of the liberal views I hold dear." Yeah, you sing it, Will Hutton. Articulating liberal values...
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Harper to the UK Parliament
What to make of the PM's speech to the UK Parliament yesterday? When a leader is accorded that type of honour, surely they've got to come up with something worthwhile. And this did seem to be an effort...
View ArticleFarewell @bobraemp
It's a sad day, Bob Rae is going away. Sure he said never say never to a return when asked about his future. This seems to be it though. It's a loss for all of us that Bob will not grace the stage of...
View ArticlePlace your Keystone bets
Joe Romm is betting it's off: Harder writes:To the surprise of everyone outside the White House, Obama mentioned the pipeline in his speech. It was a politically savvy move for three reasons: 1) He...
View ArticleOne man in Lac Mégantic
This is a very powerful report on Raymond Lafontaine of Lac Mégantic who lost a son, two daughters-in-law and an employee in the train explosion. He's making a difference on the ground there in many...
View ArticleRandom thoughts on the cabinet shuffle
If we must. Alternative blog post title could very well be: Everything old is new again. I agree with the Canadian Press header: "New faces in Harper's cabinet overhaul, but old guard stands economic...
View ArticleTory expense fun, it's not just for the Senate
Ahoy Tory riding associations! Canadian Press follows the dollar trail to show us how political donation limits are playing out in Canada: "Eye-popping Tory riding war chests raise eyebrows." This is...
View ArticleChickens roosting day, etc.
Harper's chickens, that is: "Senator Wallin audit details set for public release." One upside for Wallin, she has one of the best litigators in Toronto representing her (pictured in the CBC link).One...
View ArticleProrogation, obviously
The big news on an August Monday: Prime Minister Stephen Harper has confirmed he will ask the Governor General to prorogue Parliament until October, when his Conservative government will introduce the...
View ArticleLeadership noted
What a great display of striking, positive leadership for the good in the last 24 hours. First, this news of the Obama administration's announcement today on limiting emissions from new power plants: A...
View ArticleCPP reform rhetoric
Since there is a significant meeting among Canadian finance ministers today, where reform to the Canada Pension Plan is on the agenda, it's worth pointing out some really unhelpful ongoing language the...
View ArticleLiberal reformers
A few thoughts here on today's announcement by Justin Trudeau that Liberal Senators will no longer be part of the Liberal caucus and are now to sit independently. One of Trudeau's lines that stood out...
View ArticlePresentation to Etobicoke York Community Council
Update: I am re-posting this entry as some residents of Parkdale-High Park may visit this blog to find these submissions. Development in the riding is an issue for many and for those who are interested...
View ArticlePresentation on the Bloor/Durie development in Bloor West Village #parkhp...
Updated (Friday August 14th, 7:30 p.m.) below. Hello all! It's been a while here at the blog. Apologies. I hope to get back to posting more regularly in the near future. I wanted to post my speaking...
View ArticlePaul Godfrey's endorsement of Patrick Brown for PC leader of Ontario
Earlier today, Paul Godfrey, the President and CEO of Postmedia Network Inc., attended at the Ontario legislature where he stood next to Patrick Brown, candidate for the leadership of the Progressive...
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Parkdale Tenants facing down a Landlord
Updated below (Thursday April 30th, 1:30 pm). Last Wednesday I attended an organizing meeting in the basement of the Parkdale Library for tenants of the Akelius owned buildings in the heart of...
View ArticleThoughts on the #LPC electoral reform policy plank
As a party member who has been involved with supporting democratic reform initiatives in the Liberal party, I thought I would add a few thoughts to the discussion today on the Liberal Party of Canada's...
View ArticleA note on the 2018 Ontario provincial campaign
Dear Parkdale-High Park Members, Volunteers, Donors & Supporters:It has been my great pleasure to work with and get to know you over the past few years. Over the past 4 years, I’ve worked hard to...
View ArticleOn the leadership outcome #lpcldr
Shorter David Akin today: Hold your horses, everybody! Agreed. One part of his piece requires a little clarification though: And remember, it's not just paid-up members of the Liberal Party who will...
View ArticleThe choice #lpcldr
Joyce Murray's leadership video, released yesterday, which was very well received at the Showcase yesterday.
View ArticleThe Conservatives eye the CBC - updated
Updated (Thursday 6 pm) below. Every once in a while, Harper exposes his fangs. This is one of those moments: "Budget bill gives Harper Cabinet new powers over CBC."It's a Harper special, naturally....
View ArticleFriday night
Fave song of the week. Nice mix of emotion in this one. It's from one of Avicii's recent sets that now has over 1.2 million listens in the past 20 or so days. Wow. A great hour if you like this kind of...
View ArticleYour $60 million media monitoring programme
Note: This blog post below was written on March 9th but not published. Given this news of the past day, "Harper Government Spends Millions Monitoring Press Of Own MPs," thought it would be useful...
View ArticleFriday night
New awesome set by Kaskade with lots of great stuff. A free download to boot. Have a good night!
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