No confidence in Elections Canada?!
globeandmail.com: Tories have no confidence in Elections Canada
“I find it unbelievable that a governing party in Canada would refuse to support a motion expressing confidence in the institution that keeps our country’s elections fair… And I think Canadian citizens will find it unbelievable,” Mr. Ignatieff told reporters Tuesday.
Seriously?! No seriously, how can the governing party […]
School pools are a health and safety issue
TheStar.com | ParentCentral | Pool money should be public: Crombie
“No one has ever said we shouldn’t have these pools; they’re important for safety and teaching good social habits and they’re absolutely wonderful for the disabled and for older people,” said the former Conservative MP, who said he hopes to find a funding solution by the […]
Why TO is called Hog Town
Pigs escape onto 401 following traffic accident
First there were cows on the QEW and now pigs on the 401. Highway driving is tough enough with the right lane passers, left lane slowpokes, and drowsy truckers. Now I have to contend with livestock!?
Kick the free market to the curb
TheStar.com | Business | Let markets curb banking: Flaherty
Hey Jim, the “free market” operating as the psychopath that it is is what got us into this mess in the first place.
Time for fair and organic
TheStar.com | Business | Wal-Mart offers organic, fair trade coffee
Starbucks has resisted moving to fair-trade organic coffee because it cites the fact that there is not enough in the marketplace to procure the volume of beans it needs. If Wal-Mart can do it, anybody can. If Howard Schultz really wants to make over […]