Of pipelines and railways

— 11.08.2015 05:57 PM

Very disappointed in Barack Obama, this week.

When Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau agree about something, it’s worth considering carefully – even if you’re a U.S. President.

I personally aspire to live in a world where we do not need to burn fossil fuels – but, for the foreseeable future, I still live in a world that does. And, as such, I would prefer that something like Lac Megantic never happens again.

You?


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Equal means equal (updated)

— 11.06.2015 08:48 AM

I was as shocked as anyone else by that iPolitics story, found here. But I suspect many folks in PMO and PCO were surprised, too, and that they are at work at this very minute, fixing it.

Just so there’s no confusion, however, this tweet was my reaction to the iPolitics revelation, which has the potential to cast a shadow over a historic week. And – if you’re a Liberal, too – I urge you to say likewise in comments. Liberals, in particular, need to say that this is not acceptable.

UPDATE: As predicted, and as Liz (who got the scoop) reports in comments, it’s being fixed. Good.


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Short-form punditry, from long ago

— 11.05.2015 12:33 PM

About the long-form census move that Stephen Harper made, so many years ago – lifted from this web site way back in January 2011:

“A disastrously dumb move: the mishandling of the communications surrounding the ditching of the long form census…Harper’s PMO turned a coma-inducing topic into a burning front-page controversy for weeks.”

Took half a decade, but Navdeep Bains finally cleaned up the Conservatives’ mess.  Well done.


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