Tag: Canada

November 18, 2009

One Week: Ode To Canada

What would you do if you only had one week to live? This is the question hurled at the main character (Ben Tyler played by Joshua Jackson) in the movie “One Week” and the plot proceeds from there. It may seem like a depressing theme, but it’s a magical (yes, magical) piece of Canadiana. In fact, there are two lead roles being played out with […]

November 13, 2009

Jason Kenney’s View of the World (But Not Canada’s)

Myblahg.com has a great spoof of Jason Kenney’s view of the world. The fact that these people run our country is disgusting enough, but the fact that they’re rewriting our description of what it means to be a Conservative Canadian is reprehensible.  Why did this document have to be rewritten?  Only so that people like Jason Kenney could pick a fight with non-white, non-Christian people […]

March 24, 2009

Canada: A Tale of Two Georges

anada is again being mentioned in international headlines as a superstitious backwater. Here . Here . And even the Globe had something to say about this. The RCMP response can be found here (PDF). The good news is that no one knew about George Galloway a few weeks ago and now he’s top of the list for most Canadians that care about why we would […]

January 18, 2009

Rex Murphy: Where to Spend?

Rex Murphy, host of the national CBC show called "Cross Country Checkup", is asking Canadians tonight where they should spend their money. You can all hang up.  I have the top 10 answers. Stop spending any more money on fossil fuels or things that burn fossil fuels.  It’s stupid. Understand that we have an opportunity to institute structural change:  invest in green and invest lots.  […]