There is a bill currently before the Canadian Parliament, regarding Registered Education Savings Plans. Many parents contribute to RESPs for their children’s higher education. Currently, the government subsidizes RESPs by providing small matching grants to encourage saving, and by allowing funds in RESPs to grow tax-free. The new bill would keep all […]
David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail writes:
SAN JOSE — [Toronto Maple Leaf’s embattled head coach] Paul Maurice’s voice cracked and quivered with emotion as he considered the question about whether his players had quit on him.
Personally, I think Maurice’s sobbing histrionics are clearly a calculated, manufactured tactic to win sympathy in advance of voting […]
On Sunday, Cross-Country checkup asked, “Is university tuition too high?” As it happens, I have very strong opinions on this issue, but the country was sadly deprived of hearing them via national call-in show. No reason for the Internet to suffer a similar fate (or escape as unscathed). Forgive me, because this […]
The Liberal leadership convention kicks off today. Like a good little political geek, I’m intensely interested. I’m not a card-carrying Liberal, but they’re the only realistic opposition for Harper (sorry ’bout that, Jack), so it feels like the next election campaign will be largely shaped by what happens in Montreal this weekend.
It says […]
Pssst…I have a secret.
I…don’t care about the US midterm elections. I know I should. The United States is a pretty important country. The Democrats could gain control of the House, which would mean another veto player, blah, blah, blah Tsebelis, blah, blah blah. And, really, I care about the New Brunswick […]
Belinda Stronach, blonde millionaire MP, has been named as the other woman in a divorce petition filed by the wife of Tie Domi, hockey tuff guy. Naturally, it’s all over the papers, which has Belinda crying double standard.
Now, I think there is a double standard. This is only emphasized by the number of […]
Following this evening’s election, New Brunswick has a new premier. Surprising, isn’t it, that I still maintain a peripheral interest in the province’s politics, considering that (a) New Brunswick is almost completely irrelevant, and (b) I will almost certainly never live in New Brunswick ever again.
Oh, but lookee here. Newly-minted premier Shawn Graham […]
In Saturday’s Globe and Mail, Margaret Wente writes about the implausibility of public transport. People are never going to embrace public transport, she argues, because driving your car is so much quicker. It takes her an hour to get to work by public transport, and only 20 minutes if she drives. And […]
The latest tempest in the Canadian teapot concerns Ryerson University awarding Margaret Somerville an honourary degree. Somerville is opposed to gay marriage, and some (many?) people believe she should have been disqualified from the honour on these grounds (E.g., “Stop Ryerson from honouring homophobia“). When complaints were made, Ryerson waffled, and ended […]
Last week (before the plot to have him beheaded), Stephen Harper announced that he would be re-opening the gay marriage debate, and holding a free vote in Parliament in the fall. Doing so fulfills a campaign promise, and will satisfy the grassroots party members. It’s still an unbelievably stupid thing to do.
What the […]