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Patronage Pays

Here’s a prime example of why I’ll never vote for Ben Mulroney when he eventually manages to slime his way into the Conservative Party of Canada. (Or whatever it will be called by then.): “Whether anyone wants to hear this or not, this is a fact: Patronage, in and of itself, is not a bad ... Read More

Taking ‘Those Bastards’ To Court

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A group of Canadian cattle producers, desperate to get the Canada/U.S. border opened to the shipment of live cattle again, is turning up the heat on this issue by suing the U.S. government for violating NAFTA. That should get their attention right? Well, actually, no it won’t. Canada’s softwood lumber producers already tried this tactic ... Read More

Too Much Of A Good Thing, The Sequel

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When Paul Martin launched his own weblog, I was momentarily excited about the prospect. What could be hipper than a Prime Minister with a weblog? It was almost as if the ghost of Pierre Trudeau had whispered in Martin’s ear. “Be a man. Tell them who you are. Remember my checkered pants, my cape, and ... Read More

Too Much Of A Good Thing

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While I think that blogging is a good thing, you can have too much of it. I’m talking about blogs by politicians. They tend to suck, by and large, because politicians just don’t grok blog style communication. Belinda’s blog sucked. Ed Broadbent’s blog sucked, except for the notable post where he temporarily supersized his testicles ... Read More

People Registry Rivals Gun Registry

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Like a bad reality TV show, Canada’s People Registry threatens not only to bring Orwellian databases further into our day-to-day living, but to out-boondoggle the mother of all boondoggles — the federal gun registry. As if you needed any clearer signalling, it is learned that Liberal spender, er, MP, Denis Coderre spearheaded the unpopular Immigrant ... Read More

Not A Pharmacare In The World

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Those of you who were salivating over the prospect of a national pharmacare program (I’m guessing that would be the people who don’t have decent coverage through an employer), are out of luck — at least for the time being: Prime Minister Paul Martin cold-shouldered the idea of a national pharmacare plan Thursday, suggesting the ... Read More

Weight Watchers Is Cheaper

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The $13.91 I pay each week for my Weight Watchers (WW) membership seems cheap by comparison to what some Canadians are putting themselves through: Obese Canadians are heading to the U.S. for weight reduction surgery, frustrated with having to wait as long as six years for the procedure in Canada. Desperate men and women from ... Read More

Currie-ing Favour

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B.C. blogger extraordinaire Jay Currie is experiencing a bit of a crunch right now. As a freelance writer myself, I know what it feels like to do some work for a client and then have the payment come in altogether too late. So I’d like to help out. For the next thirty days I will ... Read More

ParticipAction Is Evil

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If I had to name the two things I hated most in elementary school they would be PhyEd class in general and the ParticipAction program in particular. Being born with a congenital heart defect forced me to sit out the more aerobic activities (lest my heart go into fibrillation) and I was miserable about it, ... Read More

More Wives Than You Can Shake A Stick At

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Little known fact: I used to be a Mormon. Really. I was excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints back in 1999. I didn’t leave as a result of the excommunication, rather, I had to force the issue (by subscribing the Stake President to the vilest XXX publication I could find) ... Read More