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    National Tour

    Blog | Wednesday, 06 Apr 2011
    I write this from the third leg of our national tour.  I left Saanich Gulf Islands by BC Ferry for the mainland, connecting by bus to Vancouver Airport.  I am now on Air Canada.  No...

    The debate debacle

    Blog | Saturday, 02 Apr 2011
    It is great to be recommended for endorsement by the website Catch 22.  But that’s not what this blog is about. This blog is about the media consortium. Catch 22 was a 1961 novel by Joseph Heller....

    Campaign Day 6

    Blog | Friday, 01 Apr 2011
    It doesn’t take long for the days to blur together.  The non-stop energy of a federal election campaign takes over normal life in the bat of an eye (not that my pre-writ life...

    Leaders' Debate

    Blog | Wednesday, 30 Mar 2011
    Yesterday, on Power Play with Don Martin,  I began, “déjà vu all over again.” Haven’t we been here before?  Didn’t the issue get resolved? Why did the Consortium say I could not be included in 2008...

    Campaign – Day 3

    Blog | Tuesday, 29 Mar 2011
    Well, you really know the incumbent is worried when the Prime Minister makes two trips to Saanich Gulf Islands in a month.  In February it was a re-announcement of $155...

    Make History

    Blog | Saturday, 26 Mar 2011
    There are a number of ways in which this election is historic.  It is the fourth election in seven years, but that doesn’t break a record (there were elections in 1962, 1963...

    In Memoriam of Dan Yakimchuk

    Blog | Friday, 25 Mar 2011
    I know people may be looking to this space expecting to see something about the election, and I will be writing lots about the election.  But another time.  A dear friend passed away. He was fearless...

    “You win some, you lose some”

    Blog | Friday, 11 Mar 2011
    That is how Prime Minister Stephen Harper responded to two rulings on one day that his government had breached parliamentary privilege -- “You win some, you lose some.” “Breaching Parliamentary...

    Jim Travers

    Blog | Friday, 04 Mar 2011
    The news of the death of Toronto star columnist, Jim Travers, is devastating. I couldn't believe it and kept hoping it was one of those false stories that would turn out to be wrong.I met Jim when he...

    Remembering Kaila

    Blog | Monday, 28 Feb 2011
    One year ago today, February 28, an extraordinary young woman died. She was one of my daughter’s best friends and was a big part of our lives.  Not a day goes by that I don’t think of her, and as...