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The debate debacle
Blog | Saturday, 02 Apr 2011It is great to be recommended for endorsement by the website Catch 22. But that’s not what this blog is about. This blog is about the media consortium. Catch 22 was a 1961 novel by Joseph Heller....
Campaign Day 6
Blog | Friday, 01 Apr 2011It doesn’t take long for the days to blur together. The non-stop energy of a federal election campaign takes over normal life in the bat of an eye (not that my pre-writ life...
Leaders' Debate
Blog | Wednesday, 30 Mar 2011Yesterday, on Power Play with Don Martin, I began, “déjà vu all over again.” Haven’t we been here before? Didn’t the issue get resolved? Why did the Consortium say I could not be included in 2008...
Campaign – Day 3
Blog | Tuesday, 29 Mar 2011Well, you really know the incumbent is worried when the Prime Minister makes two trips to Saanich Gulf Islands in a month. In February it was a re-announcement of $155...
Make History
Blog | Saturday, 26 Mar 2011There are a number of ways in which this election is historic. It is the fourth election in seven years, but that doesn’t break a record (there were elections in 1962, 1963...
In Memoriam of Dan Yakimchuk
Blog | Friday, 25 Mar 2011I know people may be looking to this space expecting to see something about the election, and I will be writing lots about the election. But another time. A dear friend passed away. He was fearless...
“You win some, you lose some”
Blog | Friday, 11 Mar 2011That is how Prime Minister Stephen Harper responded to two rulings on one day that his government had breached parliamentary privilege -- “You win some, you lose some.” “Breaching Parliamentary...
Jim Travers
Blog | Friday, 04 Mar 2011The news of the death of Toronto star columnist, Jim Travers, is devastating. I couldn't believe it and kept hoping it was one of those false stories that would turn out to be wrong.I met Jim when he...
Remembering Kaila
Blog | Monday, 28 Feb 2011One year ago today, February 28, an extraordinary young woman died. She was one of my daughter’s best friends and was a big part of our lives. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of her, and as...
Egypt
Blog | Sunday, 13 Feb 2011Great things have taken place in the life of a people. Over less than three weeks, an unshakable 30 year regime was toppled. It was toppled peacefully for the most part, although not without tragic...