Posted By:  CWBloggers Posted On:  Oct 4, 2008	But What About the Next (Possible) American War, Mr Harper?
Oddly enough, the Canadian election debates weren’t on TV here in China, so I’ve had to rely on secondhand reports. I was particularly intrigued to read about a moment in the English-language debate when Stephen Harper apparently came within literally one letter of saying...... [view]

Posted By:  CWBloggers Posted On:  Sep 17, 2008	A Green Shift and an Incontinent Puffin are no Substitute for a Clash of Geopolitical Visions
Our election campaign is well underway. We’ve had Harper in a fluffy sweater , Dion in ski goggles , May in a snit until she was allowed into the debate , and a flying cyberpuffin whose digital defecation damaged Dion’s dignity. We’ve also had some individual policy...... [view]

Posted By:  CWBloggers Posted On:  Sep 11, 2008	Playing with Fire on the Pakistani Border
Following Lisa’s post on Harper’s promise to withdraw our troops from Afghanistan in 2011, I thought I would mention some recent events in neighbouring Pakistan that might change the strategic picture for better or worse. American forces operating in eastern Afghanistan...... [view]

Posted By:  CWBloggers Posted On:  Aug 29, 2008	Harper Stands on Guard in the Arctic
Stephen Harper has just concluded a trip to the Canadian north, during which he announced several new measures dealing with northern affairs in general and the problem of maintaining Arctic sovereignty in particular. Ships passing through the northwest passage will now be obliged to...... [view]

Posted By:  CWBloggers Posted On:  Jul 29, 2008	China’s Sporting Spirit
Beijing, the city where I live and work, is now in a period of frantic preparation for the opening of the Olympic Games on August 8. Perhaps because almost all sports bore me to tears, I look at the Olympics as a period of temporary madness that humans go through at precise four-year...... [view]

Posted By:  laurakenyon Posted On:  Apr 10, 2008	Why is our government so dumb?
Right now any Canadian Film production or Television production can apply for tax breaks from the Canadian government (so can foreign productions who will be filming in Canada) and this helps to fund most Canadian productions.Which is good. But the Harper government represented by Heritage...... [view]