It's nice to see compromise and a move from election platforms two days into the new Parliament. Why, soon it will be as if what is actualy policy was what was promised all along. Most pleasing is reading that the child care plan wasn't really te child care plan and that the new plan is actually …

What kind of week was it? It was hopefully the last glimpse of a skim of  •  snow. It has been a fairly optimistic week otherwise with lots of contact with  •  old friends over the internet, planning a summer reunion in Halifax at the end  •  of July. But what else has the internet done for me …

I really hope this is the way this pans out:  •  “The Conservatives may keep some of the personal income tax breaks promised by the previous Liberal government, even though they said during the election campaign they wouldn't do so. With a budget expected in about a month, sources close to the …

I am actually apolitical. Sort of. I think for the most part most politicians are good people working hard, the whole thing about Tory financial planning capacity aside. I also pretty much think that it is a difficult thing to translate the experience of people in another country and try to align …

This has the feel of an April Fool's joke on me. Me personally:  •  “Marisa Etmanski, Klein’s official spokeswoman, struggled to hold back tears. "He was disappointed," she said. "He was shocked and, I daresay, a little hurt." Klein issued a brief statement saying that while the party had given …

That is the magic formula, the secret to all idle thought and a crushing blow to economic production. Even though this is the shortest weekend of the year, it is still worth anticipation and therefore chattery:  •  British Columbia is passing an Apology Act. Here is the text in first reading. It …

Thank you for giving me a tax increase and clawblack to look forward to for the second half of 2006:  •  “The tax hike in July could be even bigger if the Tories go ahead with plans to scrap the income tax break for the entire 2006 calendar year, as they said during the election. Current payroll …

This article in today's Globe and Mail quotes an interesting argument about the weakness in Stephen Harper's plan to cut the GST:  •  “Mr. Robertson said he doesn't believe all of the $26.8-billion in GST savings allotted to individuals will make it to them either because he doubts merchants and …

Once again it is the day before Saturday. It has been a good week around  •  here. No rocking out or anything but spring sprang and, really, that is half the  •  battle of the entire calendar:  •  Update: It must be a requirement that you can prove that you have  •  been hit on the temple with a …