This photo pretty much sums up why Tim Hudak must never become premier of Ontario.


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Well that was depressing. Back to the drawing board.

ETA: Holy #%&*! Mathieu Ravignat got elected! We have a swordfighting MP! RAH!*

*I can almost forgive him for being an NDPer

It seems puzzling to me that the people who go around saying things like “an armed society is a polite society” and “a firearm is an equalizer that empowers the weak against the strong” are mostly right-wingers, and more specifically angry white male Anglo-Saxon right-wingers.* You would think that an “equalized” society, where antisocial elements ( Read more... )

I went down to the demonstration at Queen’s Park last night. We were calling for an inquiry into the handling of the G20 protests and, according to news reports, there were about 2000 people there. Mostly, I went to make sure I still canI’m happy to report that the old customs for these sorts of things seem to be restored. I didn’t take any ( Read more... )

That's my city and my university campus you're seeing on the international news there. How embarassing. On the other hand, I think I have much more respect for our Toronto police services than I did 48 hours ago. It says a lot about their professionalism when we have a full-scale riot and not one person gets seriously injured.

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Ontario MPP France Gélinas has been getting some publicity lately for her private member's bill, Bill 156, The Healthy Decisions for Healthy Eating Act. This seemingly innocuous bit of legislation passed second reading the other day, and is now on its way to the standing committee on social policy, an unusual success for an opposition bill, which ( Read more... )

I see that Warren Kinsella has become involved in the federal Liberal party once again and has thrown his support behind Michael Ignatieff for the leadership. After all the negativity that Warren hurled at the man last time around, some people will surely see this as crass political opportunism on both of their parts. I'm not so sure. I think it ( Read more... )

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When I hear back-to-back news stories about David Miller calling for a ban on handguns and Stephen Harper promising to toughen the Youth Criminal Justice Act, it occurs to me that even though the two politicians come from opposite ends of the political spectrum, they're really proceding from the same premises. Both of them believe that you can ( Read more... )