When I first heard this, I thought it was a piece by The Onion or some satirical news site. But no, it appears that China’s leaders have gotten some sort of message. Here’s the Daily Telegraph‘s man in Beijing, Malcolm Moore:
[China’s Communist] Party leaders Continue reading China's new leaders issue first great directive: Stamp out pomp!
On Friday in Ontario, Liberal Leadership candidate Justin Trudeau had this to say about the long gun registry. [Trudeau Transcript: Long gun registry “a failure”] On Monday, in Quebec he had something a bit different to say. Listen to what he said in Quebec: Continue reading Audio and transcript: Trudeau's comments Monday on the gun registry he'd now vote for
On Friday morning, Liberal leadership candidate and MP for Papineau Justin Trudeau toured the Dart Helicopter Services plant in in Hawkesbury, Ont. After the tour, he spoke to about 100 employees and supporters in the company’s cafeteria. During the question-and-answer session, one worker — who would not say how he voted or planned to vote — asked him where he stood on the long-gun registry. Here’s what my tape recorder was able to pick up in his response to that query: Continue reading Trudeau transcript: Long gun registry "a failure"
There’s a new paper out in the latest edition of Government Information Quarterly which takes a look at how Canadian business managers feel about interacting with government electronically.
It’s co-written by Christopher Reddick of the University of Texas at San Antonio and Jeffrey Roy of Dalhousie University in Halifax. Their abstract:
Continue reading Women, more than men, tend to use online government services
The Winnipeg Sun reports that, after 81 years business, the popular eatery Keleki’s is set to close.
Which prompted me to wonder: What are places to eat that are most cherished in other communities around the country? Continue reading To mark Keleki's closing, what's your favourite local eatery?
Yesterday in the House of Commons, Glenn Thibeault, the NDP MP from Sudbury, Ont. delivered the following “S.O. 31”, which I’m picking as the early favourite this holiday season to win the Oscar for SO31 of the year.
You can read up here on the running “S.O. 31” battle between New Democrats and Conservatives.
In Montreal this morning, MP Marc Garneau – who also holds the title as first Canadian in space — announced he will seek the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.
The Twitterverse could not resist coming up with some campaign slogans. Some samples: Continue reading To infinity and beyond! The Liberal leadership race gets its astronaut!
On Monday, three by-elections were held.
Easy to figure out the winners because they’re the ones with the most votes.
But what does it all mean? That’s not so easy to figure out, apparently, but I try here: Continue reading Pundits Puzzle Over Meaning of By-Elections!
When the polls close Monday evening in three by-elections across the country, many in the nation’s capital believe the results will tell us a great deal about the popularity of Stephen Harper’s Conservatives or which party has the early lead to carry the anti-Harper banner in the 2015 general election.
In fact, voters in the Ontario riding of Durham, the Alberta riding of Calgary Centre, and the B.C. riding of Victoria are quite likely to cast a vote with any number of provincial and municipal issues on their mind.
After all, just as there is only one taxpayer, there is only one voter.
So though that one voter is electing a federal politician, that voter may be influenced by issues which that federal politician could have very little to do with. Continue reading Thoughts ahead of by-elections: All politics are local, this time more than most
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The 100th edition of the Grey Cup goes off today at 6 pm Eastern in Toronto. Battling for the oldest professional sports trophy in the world will be the Toronto Argonauts and the Calgary Stampeders.
Politicians, by and large, take a regional approach to their decision who to cheer for. You’re from the West? You cheer Stamps. You’re from the East? It’s Ar-gooooos.
But what if you’re from the East but find yourself in the West? Like, say, the country’s prime minister? Continue reading When Argos met Stamps in Grey Cup 59, the result made Stephen Harper cry
