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Monthly Archive for April, 2016

Search for future Governor General raises ghosts of Canada’s scandalous past

Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Apr 27th, 2016

This is not a new story – it goes back to 2008. In that year, the quintessential Toronto, true blue lawyer, David Johnston, received a call asking if he would write the terms of reference for a public inquiry. Prime Minister Harper had, with considerable reluctance, committed himself to an investigation into allegations that his […]

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NDP’s Horgan too quick to dismiss Leap Manifesto

Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Apr 26th, 2016

I  have a question or two for NDP leader John Horgan, given recent developments. Let me be clear: I have no animosity towards Mr. Horgan – we only met once and just by accident. At that time, several years ago, Mr. Horgan stated that he favoured LNG because “the NDP couldn’t be against everything”. This illogical […]

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Gutless Horgan caves to union, apologies for opposing LNG project

Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Apr 16th, 2016

Apparently, according to Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and BC NDP leader John Horgan, we have a new doctrine in Canada which essentially says that Jobs Come Ahead Of Crisis When A Powerful Union Leader Says So. Any free society, as part of its basic philosophy, permits citizens to better themselves, legally, and to withhold their […]

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Vin Scully’s upcoming retirement

Posted in General on Apr 15th, 2016

I ask, nay beg all sports announcers to catch one of Scully’s games before he goes and see how it’s done – anecdotes of considerable interest, not mindless statistics; the ability at 88 to carry the ballgame himself, and real knowledge, not notes passed by a kid with a laptop. I, a devoted baseball fan […]

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It’s the end of the newspaper as we know it… and I feel fine

Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Apr 14th, 2016

When I was born, well, quite a while ago, R.B. Bennett was Prime Minister of Canada, Herbert Hoover was President of the US, Ramsay Macdonald was Prime Minister of the UK, Simon Fraser Tolmie was Premier of BC, and Louis Taylor was Mayor of Vancouver, my natal city. From then until March 28, 2016 the […]

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NDP’s LNG reversal is a game-changer for BC election

Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Apr 11th, 2016

Important events don’t always seem to be so. So it is with the changes last month in both the Green party and the NDP. Going back, say a fortnight, the ruling Liberals were unpopular as hell, led by an airhead who likes to have her picture taken and ride in airplanes. Despite that, I would […]

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