Once more into the Breach
July 13, 2010 | 5 Comments
My inestimable colleague Scott has raised the banner of the People’s Front of Canadia high and has been joined by my equally esteemed co-blogger Jonathan from the Campaign for a free Canada and both have asked “What has the Queen ever done for us?” (Bonus points if you get the joke). Now I’ve always enjoyed [...]
In which I fill in for God and try saving the Queen
July 7, 2010 | No Comments
Esteemed League contributor, organizer and generally awesome guy Scott has a thunderous vacation breaking post up about the Queen that’s walloping ambitious and to my mind immensely ill conceived. Being a staunch royalist myself and since the Almighty seems to be busy doing other things beyond the great cloud of the unknowing I’m going [...]
Probably not a model for the world, but still admirable.
June 22, 2010 | No Comments
I really enjoyed Tarek Virani’s writing on the Canadian economy and agree with a lot of it. A few thoughts… Yes indeed Canada has a primary industry base just like a third world country. But Canada also has a first world economy perched on top of said primary industry base. Indeed Canada has one of [...]
Harper wins special election challenge against upstart challenger.
June 8, 2010 | 3 Comments
Today Prime Minister Stephen Harper successfully but narrowly retained his seat, Calgary Southwest, against a right wing challenger Skeletor. Harper was certified the winner, with 99% of the districts reporting in, squeaking through with a narrow 52% majority of the votes. Skeletor came in narrowly behind at 49% with outliers Stockwell Day and Count Chocula [...]