My friend Richard Ciano is running for the Presidency of the PC Party of Ontario. He’s launching his campaign tonight in a simultaneous telephone townhall/live townhall/live webcast event. His slogan is “Time to win” which really cuts to it for a…
Concordia’s student newspaper on Movember (November 2011): The whole ‘Movember’ thing is cute and all, but can we stop and be real about it for a second? Movember is a movement to celebrate North American guys not practicing basic facial hygiene for…
Treasury Board President Tony Clement recently remarked that Twitter is important in the public policy process. The Parry Sound-Muskoka MP has discovered its utility in his own branding; he is often cited by Hill reporters and other observers alike…
Police Chief Bill Blair has released the following statement: Statement from Chief William Blair Friday, October 28, 2011 – 4:53 PM “While it is not my practice to comment on 9-1-1 calls made to TPS emergency operators, serious allegations have been…
This has been a long time in the making. You may recall that back in 2009, I put together this short video where I gave an overview of mapping/translating/projecting NRCan .shp files in Google Earth. I took the 2008 poll boundaries and the 2008…
I’ve heard from some who know that the Conservative government is planning on tabling legislation this week to put an end to the long-gun registry. It’ll be a government bill introduced by the Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews and it is on track…
Last week, Ontario voted to re-elect Dalton McGuinty to a third term as Premier of Canada’s largest province. Ontario is big on the Canadian stage and is unrivaled in sheer population numbers at 13.2 million, unrivaled in its debt numbers at $237…
Alison Redford is the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta and will be sworn in on Friday as Alberta’s 14th Premier. She pulled off a stunning upset of her chief rival in this year’s leadership race against front-runner Gary…
The Freedom Party is running in the Ontario election, hoping to eke out a seat or two for libertarian hopefuls. I like libertarian principles but unfortunately this “fringe” party really has no shot of getting elected as the government. In fact,…
Here’s our latest from the National Citizens Coalition: OTTAWA – With the federal government struggling to emerge from a $36-billion deficit this year, taxpayers have been demanding an immediate end to wasteful spending. “This government was…
