Archive for December, 2006

Order of Canada on Sale on eBay!

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

The Order of Canada is a very special, very rare honour bestowed on very few Canadians who have served their country well - or are married to the Governor General. Right now, one of the earliest emblems of this honour is on sale on eBay. The current bid, ...

Back Off Christians, The Christmas Tree Is Not Your Symbol!

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

Okay, so here's the thing... Some nutso people seem to be of the impression that the so-called Christmas Tree has its origins in the Christian faith. The plain fact is that the tradition of a sacred tree is much older than the Christian faith and have been practiced for centuries ...

Canadian Senate Reform : Harper Plans Fake Elections

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

The term that the bill will use for the fake elections is plebiscite, which is actually a referendum. I have long been a proponent of Senate reform, and have written about my ideas for Senate reform and just been a general blow-hard before. I think that it is something that is ...

I Need A Government Job : Auditor General Can’t Find Millions

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

There are literally tens of thousands of taxpayer-paid-for credit cards sitting in Ontario government worker's pockets. Some of them, it seems, spend less time in the pocket than others. Ontario's Auditor General reported today that he cannot account for millions of dollars in expenditures which have been charged to these ...

It’s Time To 86 Zaccardelli!

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Okay, so apparently Canada's so-called Top Cop doesn't understand the concept of a timeline. On Monday he gave a very different telling of the Maher Arar tale than the one he gave in September in front of Parliamentary Committee. This new (fictitious) timeline has Zaccardelli coming in to the Arar ...