Do you want to talk about the Senate? I don't really want to talk about the Senate. But we may end up talking about the Senate soon. I am all for abolishing the thing myself. Any move to give it more power is a move away from popular representative democracy to something like a council of elders …

...and not because it is about PM Harper changing his mind - but because he changed his mind so properly and promptly after learning what had been said by those whose interests he thought he was protecting. So while this may be true:  •  “"I think Prime Minister Harper has got very strong opinions …

“The prime minister does not want to hold press conferences unless his staff choose which journalists ask questions from a list they compile. The Ottawa press gallery has refused to play by those rules.”  •  First the cabinet, then the backbenchers now the press. How long until I have to check …

Nothing like waking to a manual spammer who has left 47 identical comments on 47 separate posts. The decent spammers, the ones you would kick in the shin rather than higher if you had the chance, post a bunch of comments on one post so they are easy to delete. But no, the Romanian spam sweatshop …

I did not like the entire display, especially combined with a governmental decision to do what it wanted anyway before the vote was taken so I am tending to agree with Ibbitson this morning on this point:  •  “Last night's yes vote gives him parliamentary endorsement for this bold move, albeit by …

Don't like society? Interested in social re-engineering? Blame the judges because...Hey! They're not suppose to talk back:  •  “"If a law is not clear, it's ambiguous, judges are required to interpret it, and they're required to make choices but those choices are always made in accordance with …

“Tra la! It's May, the lusty month of May!  •  That lovely month when ev'ryone goes blissfully astray  •  Tra la! It's here, that shocking time of year!  •  When tons of wicked little thoughts merrily appear.  •  It's May! It's May, that gorgeous holiday  •  When ev'ry maiden prays that her lad …

We've discussed it before in relation to the beer and popcorn child tax break but it only took 24 hours to prove once again niche tax breaks simply create niche inflation. People who know you have more money in pocket for only the specific service you sell just raise prices. Example:  •  “Minor …

Well, all in all no one lost an eye and it's nice to see conservative principles go by the wayside so quickly. OK - if not principles then plans. The much lauded beer and popcorn money is now to be taxable income in the hands of the lesser earning person in a household. This benefits the very poor …