Posted by: wordbeeps on: April 5, 2010
A cartoon featured a dutiful secretary advising her boss, “Rahim Jaffer on line one.” She continued: “And on line two.” I believe it was a National Post Cartoon, back when Rahim Jaffer was an Member of Parliament representing an Alberta riding. He’s out now. His wife will be soon. No idea why the Prime Minister [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: April 5, 2010
Some news items become household conversation, then at work, fodder for water cooler grazing. These issues are bigger than themselves. They are elephants released from envelopes and cannot be stuffed back in. Helena (not just Helen) Geurgis, the former beauty pageant contestant and mall soap peddler sued her pageant way back when. Now she’s a [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: December 8, 2008
A National Post writer has presented a historical fact I had not been aware of previously. In 1873, Sir John A. MacDonald, also facing a vote of non-confidence, asked the then Governor-General, Lord Dufferin, to prorogue parliament. He did so. Here is that interesting story from a writer with the unlikely name of Barbara J. [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: September 30, 2008
I have no idea what channel I’ll be watching Thursday when the debates come on. The English-language debate between Canada’s political leaders? Or Sarah Palin and Joe Biden south of the border? I’m more enticed by the prospect of a Palin-Biden debate. I want to see if Palin gets destroyed or merely looks silly. If [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: September 30, 2008
Prime Minister Steven Harper’s announcement that a re-elected Conservative government would ban export of oil sands bitumen to countries with lower emission standards is getting reaction not only from Alberta, but from a rural municipality where a number of proposed upgrader projects would be located. Here is the September 26 Conservative Party news release. Note [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: September 14, 2008
I’ve seen a lot of Conservative ads on television, beginning two weeks before Prime Minister Steven Harper asked Governor-General Michaëlle Jean to dissolve parliament. However, I can’t remember one single Liberal ad since the campaign began on September 7. I had to turn to You Tube to find one. I hope the ad was not [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: September 5, 2008
Election in Canada Governor-General Michaëlle Jean will meet with Prime Minister Steven Harper at 8:15 a.m. Sunday when Harper will tell her that he does not have confidence in parliament. The Canadian federal election is expected to take place October 14. Three Harper cabinet ministers will not run again, David Emerson (Foreign Affairs), Monte Solberg [...]
