Politics and its Discontents

There is no question that here in the West, we like to treat death almost as an embarrassment; we sanitize it, hide it away in hospitals an...

There is an excellent piece in this morning's Star by outgoing Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page. In it, he talks about how his ...

As mentioned in my previous post , the Harper Conservatives are starting to receive 'blowback' as a result of their heavy-handed...

When I was a child, I was afraid of many people: my teachers, who believed in strapping and slapping us as early as Grade One, school bullie...

For those living in my neck of the woods, the following may be of interest. Unfortunately, due to a prior commitment, I can't attend....

I was just reading my weekly community paper, and my M.P., the disingenuous David Sweet, indulges in a debasement of language befitting Or...

A few pictures and signs from last night's protest near Conservative M.P David Sweet's constituency office. As in the previous prot...

I had an experience yesterday that served only to deepen my cynicism about the mainstream press (The Toronto Star being the sole exce...

I received the following from one of the people I was protesting with the other day near Conservative M.P. David Sweet's constituency o...

Yesterday I got a glimpse of the kind of democratic expression that is considered acceptable under the Harper regime. It is one that I found...

Here is a copy of the letter that I just fired off to my Conservative Member of Parliament, David Sweet: Dear Mr. Sweet, Although I am s...

When I was young, there used to be a polite term for B.S. We called it a snow job, and that seems as apt a description as any of the latest...

While Conservative M.P. David Sweet is coming under criticism after his appearance in a video honouring James Hubley, a gay teen who was bul...

I am a great believer in holding our politicians to account. Even though they may prove to be ultimately meaningless gestures, letters to o...

Given Canada's unconscionable ongoing export of death (i.e., asbestos) and given that it is back in the media spotlight thanks to the br...