Monthly Archive for January, 2009

Throughout most of 2008 we observed Stephen Harper who badly wanted an election and Stéphane Dion who wouldn’t give him one.
Twenty one days into 2009 the message to both Mr. Harper and Mr. Ignatieff is ‘careful what you ask for, you may get it.’ 
For those who believe economic stimulus is in order, the battle-lines [...]

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CBC gives Labchuk the boot

Here’s what Camille Labchuk didn’t do. She didn’t wake up one day, and for kicks, try and cheat her way into a spot on CBC’s reality TV show Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister.
So why then, when the 24 year old aspiring lawyer was a shoo-in for next month’s political Boot Camp, did CBC instead [...]

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Not five hours after my last post “Don Cherry, are you happy now?” during CBC’s Coach’s Corner Don Cherry explains the problem with the Leafs is their unwillingness to retaliate.
Cherry then offers “not-to-worry” comfort to CBC viewers because in two years “when the Irishman takes over” Leaf players will have been trained to murder [...]

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Don Cherry, are you happy now?

Ask my wife how many times I’ve said “it’s only a matter of time” before somebody dies because of what CBC’s Don Cherry and other hockey figureheads don’t just allow, but actively promote as “part of the game” of hockey.
What will be done about it? Left unchecked, likely not much or not nearly enough. In [...]

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