Politics and its Discontents

The conclusion the cynic would draw (that's me) is that the report suggests no need for the changes Harper has made in the OAS. H/...

In an earlier post I expressed both my bewilderment and disappointment at the muted 'person-in-the-street' reactions to the the Har...

While Stephen Harper stooge Diane Finley does her master's bidding by sowing the seeds of conflict between young and old over Old Age S...

It would appear that Human Resources Minister Diane Finley is in the vanguard of the Harper regime's latest ploy to sow dissension and...

Stephen Harper and his wrecking crew continue their agenda of altering the fundamental nature of Canadian society. By engineering an ever-dw...

That's the only inference I can draw after reading about the report by Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page that there is no crisis ...

I have to admit that nowadays I am feeling the pessimism of old strongly reemerging, not to the point of giving up my blog and whatever valu...

After a week out of the country with limited access to the Internet and Canadian news, I see things keep getting worse. First thing I read ...

Having lived in Ontario during Bob Rae's tenure as Premier, I do not regard him with any degree of esteem (a polite understatement). Th...