Chiefs furious after Ottawa sends dozens of body bags to flu-stricken reserves
WINNIPEG – Aboriginal leaders in Manitoba say they are horrified and want an explanation as to why some of the reserves hardest hit by swine flu in the spring have just received dozens of body bags from Health Canada.
Clown parachutes
So Bob Rae is being parachuted into Toronto Centre (doesn’t he live in the Parkdale area?) and Martha Hall Findlay is being dropped on the good folks in Willowdale. How very nice nice of the ‘naturally governing party” to practice such AWESOME democracy. Make no mistake, Bob Rae WILL win the riding unless the NDP [...]
More on the clowns
So the race is over with Stéphane Dion winning the prized position of Head Clown. With the few months he has had, Dion has done absolutely nothing to increase the profile of the federal Liberals. This is quite fine with me. I want another minority government with either the Tories or Libs and the NDP [...]
Liberal leadership race
How arduous the race? Well, it’s about as interesting as watching Jean Chrétien’s snot dry. Generally speaking, the media are determined to cover the race, simply because it a political party’s leadership race. That’s not the part which bothers me. The botheration oozes from the depth and breath of the coverage. The Tories and the [...]
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