Liveblogging the opening panel of the Manning Centre Alberta Future conference. Panelists: Danielle Smith, leader of the Wildrose Alliance Party Kyle Fawcett, PC Party of Alberta MLA Calgary North-Hill Q: technological factors in Alberta’s future…
I’ll be heading to Edmonton tomorrow for the Manning Centre’s Conference on Alberta’s Future where registrants will discuss and evaluate Alberta’s performance in the Canadian and global contexts. The conference comes on the heels of the Stelmach…
The Prime Minister at the World Economic Forum last week announced an initiative to put the health of mothers and children on the agenda at the G8 conference this summer. Instead of cheering or at least giving an approving nod to a laudable policy…
Nathan Cullen, in this interview with “Batman”, is asked a few questions, (1:40) Batman: “If you take an oriental person, spin ’em around a few times, does he become disoriented?” Cullen: “I should think… only if you stood them on their heads”…
One of the talking points from the Liberal Party concerning prorogation is that the Prime Minister has given MPs a “vacation” as the Members are left in the riding without work to do in Ottawa. Despite the fact that Ignatieff himself was literally…
Page 1 (Drummondville Spokesman – May 27, 1930) has a bit of a parallel to today’s prorogation. The PM wanted to set a new direction with a new budget and new multinational economic unit. The Economic Action Plan of the 1930s? Page 2 (Glasgow Herald…
On Monday, the federal court decided in favour of the Conservatives against Elections Canada when the regulator’s chief electoral officer (CEO) Marc Mayrand decided to withhold reimbursements to two candidates because they similar ads used by other…
I sent in an inquiry to the Red Cross earlier this week about donations to the organization via shortcode. The American Red Cross has one set up for cellular users on American mobile networks, however, as I learned, Canada did not have a similar…
