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Parliamentarian of the Year
Blog | Saturday, 05 Jun 2010The Macleans award of Parliamentarian of the Year to John Baird has done more than raise eyebrows. It has caused widespread incredulity. So what happened? Ottawa scuttlebutt is that the vote was...
When is a moratorium not a moratorium?
Blog | Thursday, 03 Jun 2010June 2nd’s Times Colonist broke the news that Enbridge claims both the federal and BC government have assured them that “there is no legislated moratorium on oil tankers entering BC ports.” Enbridge...
That Canadian journalist wounded in Thailand
Blog | Wednesday, 26 May 2010That’s what passes the newswires in the rest of Canada. The injury is mentioned. Nationality. Little in the way of details. Here in southern Vancouver Island where Chandler Vandergrift was studying...
Spill! Baby, Spill
Blog | Thursday, 13 May 2010I mistakenly thought I had mused about the potential for Sarah Palin experiencing guilt in a recent blog. In fact, I had written that for a local, and quite terrific, paper called "Island Tides." ...
Chutzpah
Blog | Wednesday, 12 May 2010The new global chutzpah award should go to Sarah Palin. (If there were such an award. I will translate the Yiddish word “Chutzpah” as an “amazing, stunning amount of gall,” and await a correction...
Decorum in the House
Blog | Friday, 30 Apr 2010Further to my last blog, I want to share an effort to improve the behaviour in the House moved by none-other than Michael Chong, whom I mentioned favourably in my last blog, and jointly seconded by...
Culture Wars
Blog | Thursday, 29 Apr 2010Parliament is not a happy place. If anything, it has gotten worse since when I wrote Losing Confidence. This week I have been in Ottawa, for the Speaker’s ruling and other events. Going to...
National Volunteer Week, from April 18-24
Statement | Thursday, 22 Apr 2010OTTAWA - The Green Party is pleased and proud to celebrate the incredible achievements of our grassroots volunteers. We thank each and every one of you for your efforts, in whatever form, that help...
Investigations
Blog | Thursday, 15 Apr 2010While reporters scratch their heads and keep digging to unravel the mystery of why the Prime Minister called the RCMP on his former minister for the Status of Women, they seem so obsessed that other...
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Statement | Monday, 12 Apr 2010OTTAWA -- Today marks Yom Hashoah U'Mered HaGetaot, Holocaust Remembrance Day, when we honour the six million Jews who were murdered by the Nazi regime. It has been 65 years since the end of World...