Dear Harper. Unlike 99% of the people in my age group I was kind of a fan. You were ruthless, cold, and calculating, but you got the job done and sang the beatles. I'm starting to change my mind. See, first you blow a billion on a ridiculous meeting in Toronto, I understand security is
I'm not sure if this is an original idea. I'd be surprised if it is. I've just never heard any discussion of it before. My idea is this, instead of yet another fare hike for the TTC, the City of Toronto finds a way to put tolls on the Gardiner and Don Valley Parkway. These
John Tory is apparently considering running for mayor of Toronto. He seems to be the only person currently considering it who would actually have a shot. He was a businessman before entering politics and lord knows we could use a businessman running our city right now. John Tory is the man for Toronto.
I have been waiting a little while to weigh in on this one. My good friend Matt, not to be confused with other Matts, who has become my most regular commenter here asked my thoughts on this. For those who don't know about it, Canada's minister for Science and Technology, Gary Goodyear, refused to say
I had been thinking about this a lot recently. Some of the more right wing people I read from the States have been arguing that this crisis does not mean that the markets need to be regulated. While I have tended to agree with this I've often wondered about what regulations mean. Then I read
If you didn't already know. China is the largest holder of US debt. This strikes me as the first time in a long time that another country has the power to make suggestions about US domestic policy and know that they will be heard. China's premier didn't say it in so many words, but the
I should be studying, and I feel like hell with a dratted head cold that came at the worst possible moment, but I feel the need to comment for some unknown reason on Iggy. Which is apparently the nickname for Michael Ignatieff. I like him. I know what he's got going against him, and a
Yay! I've never met the guy, but I can't explain how excited I am to be reading new things from him again. If you haven't read him yet you must. From his latest, on Europe: Study much, and you'll see: A sure sign a culture is finished is when children are viewed in cost/benefit terms,
A money quote from the Canadian Press. Liberal MP Derrick Lee, meanwhile, compared Harper's move to suspend Parliament to the burning of the Reichstag in Germany by the Nazis. Yeah, that seems balanced.
Or maybe it was a nightmare. Who knows? I've been following the Full Comment blog from the National Post and have realized two things. A) I'm more conservative than the moderate I used to think I was. B) The coalition makes me nervous. I had written an entire post about the coalition and why I