(Please see my earlier post on NDP hypocrisy regarding the office of the Ethics Commissioner) Consider that the NDP (the 3rd party) has asked for an investigation into the floor-crossing by David Emerson. Consider that…
I received the following in my email inbox today from Ben Chin’s brother: Dear Mr. Taylor, I read your article on my brother Ben Chin and was surprised with all the attention. Perhaps I can clear up some of the…
According to CTV, Bernard Shapiro’s days are numbered. The network has learned that the Conservatives are already shopping around for a new ethics czar and I was happy to see that Ed Broadbent was tapped for the job…
The CTV headline screams: Harper to be investigated by ethics commissioner Ah yes, Bernard Shapiro the Liberal appointee whose resignation has been demanded by no less than Ed Broadbent after Shapiro was found in…
(For a review of my previous musings on the Ben Chin story please see this article) There are two accounts in the public record and the discrepancy between the two has not been clarified. The first account (source): I…
Last night, after attending a Ontario Liberal Party event, Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty called for the federal senate to be abolished because Ontario is not adequately represented in Canada’s Upper House. “My…
Ben Chin is known to most 416/905ers as a former television personality and news host for Citytv in Toronto. Chin’s now running for the Ontario Liberals in a by-election for the riding of Toronto-Danforth after the…
Today, Stephen Harper pick for Supreme Court Justice faces a Parliamentary ad-hoc committee and this reflects our Prime Minister’s election promise to bring more transparency and accountiblility to government. Justice…
Today Stephen Harper announced that his nominee for the Supreme Court of Canada will be Marshall Rothstein. Rothstein was previously on the Federal Court of Appeal. I really like what Harper is doing with this new…
I really think that Stephen Harper is reaching out past the 36% of voters that gave him a minority mandate on January 23rd. Those who know him say that he’s all about the long game and that while he’s a “policy wonk”…