The Conservatives are vowing to filibuster attempts by the governing Liberals to reform the way we elect our MPs – be it alternative vote or some kind of proportional representation, unless there is a referendum. Normally, changing the rules for representation only requires a vote of Parliament. But this just
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Blast Furnace Canada Blog: Should there be a referendum on PR?
The Conservatives are vowing to filibuster attempts by the governing Liberals to reform the way we elect our MPs – be it alternative vote or some kind of proportional representation, unless there is a referendum. Normally, changing the rules for repres…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: The GOP’s worst nightmare, a brokered convention
Before we went to a primary-style system of selecting party leaders, we were used to the idea of contested party leader conventions in Canada. Sometimes you just never knew who might win, and there might be the occasional surprise – take Joe Clark and Dalton McGuinty, just to name two.
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: The GOP’s worst nightmare, a brokered convention
Before we went to a primary-style system of selecting party leaders, we were used to the idea of contested party leader conventions in Canada. Sometimes you just never knew who might win, and there might be the occasional surprise – take Joe Clark and …
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Should there be a referendum on PR?
The Conservatives are vowing to filibuster attempts by the governing Liberals to reform the way we elect our MPs – be it alternative vote or some kind of proportional representation, unless there is a referendum. Normally, changing the rules for repres…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: The GOP’s worst nightmare, a brokered convention
Before we went to a primary-style system of selecting party leaders, we were used to the idea of contested party leader conventions in Canada. Sometimes you just never knew who might win, and there might be the occasional surprise – take Joe Clark and …
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: This El Niño could be the worst ever
Remember El Niño 1998? The mild winter where we got more rain than usual in most places, while Montreal got the ice storm? Well, if the weather predictors at NASA are right, this winter could cause even more problems thanks to the warm weather phenomenon. I can’t say global warming
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: This El Niño could be the worst ever
Remember El Niño 1998? The mild winter where we got more rain than usual in most places, while Montreal got the ice storm? Well, if the weather predictors at NASA are right, this winter could cause even more problems thanks to the warm weather phenome…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Weather happens, but customer service …
Hamilton’s airport isn’t exactly a busy place. Although Westjet did run a lot of flights out of there for a while citing Toronto’s massive landing fees, most flights eventually migrated to Pearson although there are still a few WJ planes every day from…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Weather happens, but customer service …
Hamilton’s airport isn’t exactly a busy place. Although Westjet did run a lot of flights out of there for a while citing Toronto’s massive landing fees, most flights eventually migrated to Pearson although there are still a few WJ planes every day from Munro. For the most part, the white
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: This El Niño could be the worst ever
Remember El Niño 1998? The mild winter where we got more rain than usual in most places, while Montreal got the ice storm? Well, if the weather predictors at NASA are right, this winter could cause even more problems thanks to the warm weather phenome…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Weather happens, but customer service …
Hamilton’s airport isn’t exactly a busy place. Although Westjet did run a lot of flights out of there for a while citing Toronto’s massive landing fees, most flights eventually migrated to Pearson although there are still a few WJ planes every day from…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Falwell U allows guns in dorms
Yes … Liberty University, founded by the late Jerry Falwell, has announced that it is ending its ban on guns in dorms. Like this is supposed to make us feel any safer. They claim it’s a stand against terrorists. Apparently students can already keep guns in their cars. The campus
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Falwell U allows guns in dorms
Yes … Liberty University, founded by the late Jerry Falwell, has announced that it is ending its ban on guns in dorms. Like this is supposed to make us feel any safer. They claim it’s a stand against terrorists. Apparently students can already keep g…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Falwell U allows guns in dorms
Yes … Liberty University, founded by the late Jerry Falwell, has announced that it is ending its ban on guns in dorms. Like this is supposed to make us feel any safer. They claim it’s a stand against terrorists. Apparently students can already keep g…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Libs to repeal spanking law
It is decades overdue, but finally in response to a recommendation from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission the Trudeau government will move to repeal §43 of the Criminal Code, which allows for “corrective force” (i.e. spanking). No doubt this will get the socons riled up as yet another example of
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Libs to repeal spanking law
It is decades overdue, but finally in response to a recommendation from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission the Trudeau government will move to repeal §43 of the Criminal Code, which allows for "corrective force" (i.e. spanking).
No doubt this will get the socons riled up as yet another example of social engineering. But there is simply no proof corporal punishment works. If anything, it
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Libs to repeal spanking law
It is decades overdue, but finally in response to a recommendation from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission the Trudeau government will move to repeal §43 of the Criminal Code, which allows for "corrective force" (i.e. spanking).
No doubt this will get the socons riled up as yet another example of social engineering. But there is simply no proof corporal punishment works. If anything, it
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Yeah, like I’d turn over my tax refund to Queen’s Park …
… yet since the Mike Harris days, people in Ontario have actually had the option of donating some or all of their tax refund to help pay down the province’s debt. How much has been raised so far in the last 19 years? $2.8 million. That’s it. What is …
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Yeah, like I’d turn over my tax refund to Queen’s Park …
… yet since the Mike Harris days, people in Ontario have actually had the option of donating some or all of their tax refund to help pay down the province’s debt. How much has been raised so far in the last 19 years? $2.8 million. That’s it. What is Ontario’s
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