Video of Police Brutality Released
November 25, 2010 | 3 Comments
Video of the Stacy Bonds arrest has been released. This is what police brutality looks like. Remeber, the cops had no reason to arrest her. (Via The Ottawa Citizen.) Update: The last ten seconds are disturbing.
Happy Thanksgiving
November 25, 2010 | No Comments
A few of our contributors – Richard, Jeremie and Kate (am I missing anyone?) – currently reside in the U.S., as well, I know that we have some U.S.-based readers; so, to all of you, a very happy (American) Thanksgiving, from all of us here at the Commons. Enjoy your Lions and Cowboys!
Putting Senate Reform In Perspective
November 24, 2010 | 8 Comments
by Mark Crowley I’d like to take a moment, if I may, to step back from the C311 Senate debacle from last week and try to see the bigger picture. I need to do this as much as anyone as my initial reaction to this was not the most constructive I’ve ever been. As the [...]
What Would You Say If I Took Those Words Away?
November 24, 2010 | No Comments
Credit where credit is due, Ottawa Police Chief Vern White is saying all the right things: Police Chief Vern White wants more authority to get rid of bad-apple officers. The provincial Police Services Act needs to be changed so that he and other police chiefs can more easily discipline officers who act unprofessionally, White said [...]
Favoured Special Interest Group Not Favoured Enough!
November 24, 2010 | No Comments
Cabbies in Ottawa aren’t happy. Their union president, Amrik Singh, is upset that Ottawa taxi drivers can be disciplined by city councillors, a situation faced by people in few other occupations. All this coming on the heels of a finding against a cabbie who insulted a women and stole money from passengers: City council’s licence [...]
The Future of the Canadian Right – Mark Peters
November 24, 2010 | 8 Comments
Recently, Scott started a series of posts on the future of the Canadian left (see here, here and here). Preferring to steal ideas rather than think them up – and because I still have a bit of a soft spot for conservatism – I thought I’d reach out to some conservative bloggers for their thoughts [...]
Knoxville! Knoxville! Knoxville!
November 23, 2010 | No Comments
In an effort to capture the glories of the 1982 Sunsphere, the city of Edmonton is a little ticked at the feds for not coming up with sufficient dough to land them the World Fair. Funnily enough, the feds aren’t balking at the cost of a DeLorean to allow them to go back in time [...]
Dissent and Disloyalty in the Political Process
November 23, 2010 | No Comments
One of the great twentieth century journalists, Edward R. Murrow, once said, “[w]e must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.” Those are, in some sense, idealistic words when we consider the bloodsport that is modern day politics. Daily political life has rapidly hurtled itself towards a space that is not unlike Thomas Hobbes’ state of nature: [...]
The Bloc Isn’t Going Anywhere…
November 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
Because of moves like this: The Bloc Québécois will use its opposition day on Thursday to call for a vote on the post-2011 phase of Canada’s mission in Afghanistan, which is to focus on training of Afghan soldiers, rather than combat, and continue until 2014. I know all of the reasons that people don’t like [...]
New Political News Site iPolitics.ca Launches Today
November 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
For those of you haven’t seen this news plastered what seems like all over Twitter, a new Canadian political news site call iPolitics.ca launched today to a goodly deal of fanfare. It’s a pretty sharp looking site, so if you haven’t wandered over to check it out yet, you should do so. A message from [...]