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Dimming the lights 17 Aug 2013 | 10:37 pm
Dear readers, I’m closing the shutters and turning off the lights for an indefinite period here at Russ Campbell’s Blog. My passion for politics has cooled in light of events both at Ottawa and at Que...
A blow for free expression 28 Jun 2013 | 08:38 pm
On Thursday, the Senate gave third and final reading to Conservative MP Brian Storseth’s private member’s Bill C-304 to repeal Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, striking a much appreciated ...
Senate on the job 27 Jun 2013 | 11:08 pm
| Image CBC.ca The Senate is showing Canadians that it’s on the job and doing that which they are constitutionally mandated to do: providing sober second thought to legislation it considers flawed...
Supreme Court denies appeal of Rob Ford’s conflict case 20 Jun 2013 | 11:04 pm
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the appeal of Toronto’s mayor, Rob Ford’s much-publicized conflict of interest case—and rightly so in my opinion. No reasons for dismissing the appeal were pr...
About Edmonton MP Brent Rathgeber’s resignation from the Conservative caucus 8 Jun 2013 | 12:31 am
The recent resignation of Edmonton MP Brent Rathgeber from the Conservative caucus highlights once again the opening of small fissures in the once rock-solid public face of the federal Tory party. Fro...
Trudeau: another in a line of gaffe-prone Liberal leaders 24 Apr 2013 | 11:43 pm
The new Liberal party leader Justin Trudeau has demonstrated he’s as ineffective and maladroit as were Stéphane Dion and Michael Ignatieff when it comes to making public comments at the wrong time and...
Burlington’s budget increase for 2013 an outrage 21 Mar 2013 | 01:59 am
The approval of a 4.5 per cent increase in the City of Burlington’s 2013 budget is an outrage and an insult to taxpayers, especially those on fixed incomes, of which there are many residing in the cit...
Federal Grits learning the difference between being involved and being committed 20 Mar 2013 | 10:02 pm
I think we are all familiar with the breakfast dish: bacon and eggs, and with the chicken’s involvement and the pig’s commitment to the popular dish. So too must the federal Liberals be agonizing over...
Tom Flanagan explains 5 Mar 2013 | 12:34 am
The National Post newspaper has published a piece in which Dr. Tom Flanagan explains his comments regarding the penalty for “people who are pornography voyeurs, but not child molesters.” (h/t Blue Lik...
Tom Flanagan and piling on 2 Mar 2013 | 11:08 pm
Tom Flanagan—conservative activist and pundit, newspaper columnist and university professor—has questioned the validity of jailing viewers of child pornography and been roundly rebuked by all and sund...
