(please also read my previous post for more background) The Globe and Mail has been caught in error about Stockwell Day and RCMP Commissioner Zaccardelli. From the Public Safety committee meeting today in Parliament: Mark Holland: And the minister…
The Globe and Mail wrote a piece yesterday about the O’Connor ruling regarding the deportation and torture in Syria of Maher Arar. The article meant to be topical, however, the author Jeff Sallott (with files from Gloria Galloway) couldn’t find an…
Yesterday in the House, Derek Lee, the Liberal MP for Scarborough-Rouge River had a few choice words for the 60 Canadian border guards that walked off the job in the face of an armed American that was on his way to the border. Canada-U.S. Border Mr.…
We interrupt news and views of the Liberal Party of Canada leadership campaign (and the trainwreck of a continuous news release that is Joe Volpe taking money from kids and membership applications from the dead) to inform you of the following news.…
In 1937, Tommy Douglas said the following before Parliament: “Against whom are we arming? What potential aggressor is more aggressive today? Oh, I know that bogeymen have been trotted out in this chamber. It has been suggested that it might be…
Last week, tragedy struck the West-end Montreal CEGEP Dawson college as an individual opened fire and killed one young woman and wounded a number of other students. It would seem that he was driven by hate and perhaps madness as nobody could…
The House of Commons reconvenes today for the fall and there are a lot of topics on the horizon. For those of us who are tired of hearing the same questions, Softwood lumber has thankfully been removed from the agenda by the BQ. I suppose that…
Today, Prime Minister Stephen Harper called Canadian astronaut Steve Maclean on the space shuttle Atlantis while on mission STS-115. The PM passed on Canada’s good wishes towards the mission. Questions from schoolchildren follow.
Horrible news from Montreal today as one or more individuals opened fire on students and staff at Dawson College. One suspect is dead, 19 people are injured. A female victim has succumb to her injuries. “A Montreal Paul” was at the scene: I just…
Today, on this solemn anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. in 2001, Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave the following speech in the Hall of Honour on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
