… of Katimavik, by my old friend and fellow PSHS alumnus, Michael Johansen.
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Scribbling some perspective on Canada, Ottawa and whatever else crosses my mind…
More of the same from Harperland.
The Prime Minister’s Office is defending a Conservative MP who raised thousands of dollars at a private fundraiser that had deep connections to a company registered to lobby the federal government.
This stand is despite the fact that PMO’s own rules warn against even the “appearance” of conflict of interest and that the MP only decided to return some of the money after it was about to become public.
The Globe and Mail reported Wednesday that Conservative MP Paul Calandra, who is the parliamentary secretary to Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore, attended an event that raised about $22,000 in the basement of a suburban home in his riding on April 10.
So what else is new?
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In a memo obtained by The Globe and Mail, assistant deputy minister of education Gabriel Sékaly directs the boards to reach a deal with the unions before the start of the 2012-2013 school year and requires them to work within a contract framework established by the Ministry of Education and the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association.
The memo suggests that school boards could be facing a provincial takeover if they do not sign teacher contracts within the next six weeks, consequences a government spokesman would neither confirm nor deny.
Tell ya what, Mr. Premier, how about you start moving toward the abolition of separate school funding before you remove local control over local education. OK?
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Beer in Ontario corner stores???? Say it ain’t so!!!!
This will, without doubt, lead to mass orgies in the streets of staid Ontario towns!
Cats will mate with dogs!
Good Samaritans will turn into vindictive layabouts!
THE WHOLE PROVINCE AS WE KNOW IT WILL BECOME ONE BIG FRIGGIN’ SATAN-WORSHIPPING, DRUNKEN, VANDALIZING HOTBED OF NON-PURITAN ORGY-LOVING CAT MATERS!
ARGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ahem.
This ain’t gonna happen. The idea is way too 20th 21st century for Ontar-i-ar-i-ar-i-o.
But at least we’re more civilised than, say, Saudi Arabia. Or maybe Nova Scotia.
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