Posts Tagged ‘government’

Getting Women to Candidacy

So I was reading through a Toronto Star Blog when this post caught my eye.  It was discussing the different party plans to put more females up as candidates, more specifically the promise of Stéphane Dion that the Liberal party candidates running will be at least one third female.
It’s a little low, but at least [...]

Some Carbon Tax Concerns

So predictably people have been complaining about Stephane Dion’s Liberal Carbon Tax plan.  Proving once again that we love our environment, you know, as long as we don’t have to actually do anything to help it.  What really disturbs me however is how people don’t seem to understand that if they make simple changes they [...]

PM’s Apology Still Lacks

The apology offered by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on behalf of the Canadian government and the Canadian people for the shameful residential school system and the harm that had to be endured by people of Native American communities was a historical occasion.  When it comes right down to it however, if the government is not [...]

Daily Wrap

So there is a large amount of concern of the C.difficile outbreak that is occurring at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. Personally I’m not all that concerned about it, I was a “brave” airport battler during the SARS scare. It just takes something a little more scary than an over 80% survival rate; [...]

“Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?”

So this past weekend I went to see Morgan Spurlock’s new documentary “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?” To be honest I was a little worried, and when some of the opening scenes of the film were filled with a videogame-esque battle between Spurlock and bin Laden those worries were quickly becoming [...]