Mon Jan 31, 2005 – 12:45 pm
Paul Martin is apparently being dogged with questions about his trip around the tsunami-ravaged countries of Asia, and the main one seems to be, “Why did he go?” The answer is very clear. Paul Martin went as a representative of “Team Canada”, and played a “very important geo-political” role, as he was “totally focussed on […]
Mon Jan 31, 2005 – 10:57 am
It was my recent misfortune to come across a column by Duncan Cameron entitled Capitalism fails again. However, this column is so full of glaring errors and economic ignorance that I feel my title sums the piece up far better.
Sat Jan 29, 2005 – 1:43 pm
Apparently, there may be an exodus of US military deserters coming across to Canada in the near future. Unwilling to fight a war, they are hoping for asylum in Canada. A word to a wise, though: if you’re ever in the position to do any kind of business with one of these deserters, don’t!
It’s not […]
Thu Jan 27, 2005 – 4:59 pm
What seems to be the problem here? Harper’s position on gay marriage falls well within the position of a majority of Canadians, yet we continue to have a barge of news articles claiming different?
Tory gay stand backed
Nationally, the poll shows 42% back the Conservatives’ position while 35% agree with the prime minister.
The numbers […]
Tue Jan 25, 2005 – 9:17 am
This is the first in what will be a long string of events which will lead to the eventual collapse of the Conservative party of Canada. Not that the party was that cohesive - former Alliance members and the old PC guard were never on the same page when it came to policy […]
Tue Jan 18, 2005 – 4:42 pm
Charles Graner, for those of you who haven’t been paying attention to the news, is the former Army prison guard who was caught abusing Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Andrew Sullivan has this to say about Charles Graner,
It would be hard to find or invent a more graphic […]
Mon Jan 17, 2005 – 12:16 am
The Queen of Canada will not be attending the former Albertan lieutenant governor’s memorial service later this week. She has “a prior commitment that is part of her personal schedule,” by which Clarkson’s minion means that Adrienne is either getting her hair done or accompanying John Ralston Saul during his address to the Humanist Society […]
Wed Jan 12, 2005 – 12:29 pm
It took a few weeks, but you knew it was going to happen. The overly sensitive politically correct crowd has started in on anything named Tsunami.
Row over ‘tasteless’ tsunami food
South African restaurant customers are complaining that the use of the word tsunami by local eateries leaves a bitter taste in the […]
Wed Jan 12, 2005 – 7:19 am
As was typical in the 1980s and early 1990s, the 1993 movie Rising Sun regarded Japan as a culture of success, economically all-conquering, busily fulfilling the hypothesis made by historian Paul Kennedy in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (1987): Japan would be the next superpower, inheriting the mantle from the USA, who […]
Fri Jan 7, 2005 – 10:44 am
A Somali man who has lived in Toronto for 15 years and raised four children is facing deportation to Berbera, Somalia, devastated by the recent tsunami. Of all the stories about the generosity of the Canadian government in disaster relief and humanitarian aid, don’t forget this one. As the man’s lawyer has stated, it makes […]