Not so tall, now

Noooooooooooo!

Because We Need More Protection for White Rights

The rights of non-native Canadians would have been threatened had the government not opposed an indigenous rights declaration that the United Nations overwhelmingly approved yesterday, Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl said.

The Universal Declaration of Indigenous Peoples' Rights is inconsistent with Canadian legal tradition, and signing on to it would have given native groups an unfair advantage, the minister said.

— Montreal Gazette (A CanWest Global paper)

Apparently we're one of only four countries to vote no. Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand.

Film Festival film #10: GLASS: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

Wow. Wow.

Wow.

No Liberal Love

So, uh, my Liberal candidate (Kate Holloway) just came to my door minutes ago. She did a quick bio. I said, politely but directly that I support the NDP and have been disappointed by Dalton's lack of support for Toronto.

Her response was to suggest that funding for Toronto is much better than it was (I thought, but did not say, that the Mike Harris benchmark might not be the one you want to measure yourself against) and that Rosario Marchese is just "a third-party back-bencher" who doesn't go to bat for Toronto.

So I say, "That's interesting. Can you say more about that?"

And she says: "No, I don't have your vote, so I don't want to take the time."

Pretty much sealed the deal for me.