Author Archives: Kimmy


Elections Canada asked to investigate Blogging Tories

CanWest News Service reports that Elections Canada has been asked to investigate Blogging Tories, a coalition of conservative blogs.
…a Victoria, man, Eugene Parks, and Toronto Tory dissident Carole Jamieson allege the venture may be in contravention of the Elections Act and third-party financing laws. They say it may have “unduly influenced the election coverage and […]

Voting is, like, totally hot right now!

Equal Voice, a group dedicated to getting more women involved in politics, has apparently chosen Paris Hilton as their role-model, the Canadian Press reports:

The youth wing of Equal Voice held vote drives at McMaster and three other Ontario universities yesterday.
In a bid to attract the attention of young women, members sported bright pink T-shirts with […]

Politics and Sports, take 2

A war of words between Quebec Liberal MP Denis Coderre and NHL player Shane Doan is headed to court, the Toronto Star reports.
Doan, captain of the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes and recently chosen to the Canadian Olympic hockey team, is also the brother-in-law of Canadian Olympic multi-gold medalist Catriona Lemay-Doan. He was ejected from a […]

Paul Martin as Anakin Skywalker?

…you see, Anakin started with only the noblest ideals. But as he matures and discovers life is more complicated, he begins to have doubts. Opposing forces pull at his moral compass, and when the war against the separatists forces Anakin and his allies to make desperate choices, Anakin finds himself struggling to reconcile–

–wait, separatists?

Well, yeah. In this trilogy, the backdrop is a war against separatists that seems to justify all of these morally ambiguous choices that are made. For example, when the separatists–

–wait a minute. Was this thing based on Canada?

Industry Minister Talks Sports, Fumbles Puck

When it’s election time in Canada, you’re bound to hear more than a couple of hockey metaphors. Industry Minister David Emerson got into the act Monday, with mixed results.

Holy &#%$@! It’s Jesus!

What are you doing in Edmonton, Jesus?

Vote Liberal for National Unity! Pretty please?

The Liberals want this election to be a fight about national unity. Vote Liberal if you love Canada! Federalist Quebecers should especially vote Liberal, or else the separist Bloc Quebecois will represent their province in parliament yet again. But a Liberal party memo that was accidentally emailed to the press suggests it’s a […]

Copps Still Angry, Bitter

Although she’s been out of politics since the 2004 election, Sheila Copps has not mellowed out one little bit. And it seems as though she hasn’t warmed up any to the guy that gave her that last big push out the window.

Media Coverage Needs to Change to Save Hostages

It is mind boggling to me why we tolerate the duplicity of Al-Jazeera television. Here is a network dedicated to Arab Islamic programming with distribution in major Western democracies. Here is a network that is the platform of choice for radically evil Arab Islamists. Here is a network ready and willing to […]