Archive for November, 2009
EPIC FAIL: What do the Riders and Joe Clark Have in Common?
Saskatchewan’s heartbreaking defeat last night to the Montreal Alouettes in the “less than last second” brought me to thinking this morning about a strange historical comparison between another Western Canadian and another Montrealer.
After considering the game in the bag after Montreal missed the field goal required to overcome it’s 2-point deficit, the Riders were defeated [...]
November 30, 2009
Tags: Football, Joe Clark, Pierre Trudeau, Rough Riders, Saskatchewan Posted in: Blog Content, Canadian Political Fails 
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Official Occupation Fail: Peter Stoffer a “country gentleman” according to the Parliament of Canada
Nova Scotia NDPer Peter Stoffer apparently hails from a background as a “country gentleman” according to his official occupation on the House of Commons website. I suppose that it is good that all sectors of society are represented in the House of Commons, but I thought that old European aristocracy would be an odd fit [...]
November 23, 2009
Tags: Peter Stoffer Posted in: Blog Content, Canadian Political Fails 2 Comments
Another Brick in the Wall
20 years ago today, the land of half my family was reunited after decades of division, and crushing communist and fascist rule. “The Wall” for many was a symbol of socialist tyranny that strangled freedom around the world, and for my family, a reminder of the murder and theft that it imposed on them.
My family [...]
November 9, 2009
Tags: Berlin Wall, Communism, Pink Floyd, Socialism, Stalin, The Wall, Tyranny Posted in: Blog Content Comments Closed
Published in Report Magazine ~ Stop Digging: The size of the debt is only half the story. It’s the rate of its growth, and the inability of government to reverse it that will bury us.
The following article appears in the Fall 2009 issue of Report Magazine.
What a difference a few months can make. In last October’s federal election, both parties contending for power – Liberal and Conservative – and even the opposition parties – NDP, Bloc Québécois and Greens – all pledged to support balanced budgets. Fast forward a [...]
November 6, 2009
Tags: Balanced Budgets, Debt, Deficit, Harper, Report Magazine, Trudeau Posted in: Published Comments Closed
