Posts Tagged ‘Gardiner Expressway’

Poll roundup: Snubbing Hockey and look out below

By Ryan Mallough - Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 0 Comments

Here’s what you’re thinking, according to polls from the week

British Columbia: The Vancouver Canucks are ready to hit the ice, but they have a way to go to get their fans back. A poll by Insights West found that hockey support in B.C. dropped by nearly half over the course of the NHL lockout, while those who say they are not much of a fan or not a fan at all jumped from 14 per cent to 42 per cent. The poll’s accuracy will soon be put to the test.

Saskatchewan: When it comes to celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, leave the party planning to the people, say people in the prairie province. Nearly 70 per cent of residents from Saskatchewan agreed that ordinary citizens and not government should be planning Canada’s sesquicentennial festivities. Three in five Canadians feel the same way. Continue…

  • Tamils, physicians and foie gras

    By Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 4:11 PM - 6 Comments

    Stockwell Day writes to his constituents.

    Escaping the artificial climate of Ottawa and breathing in the fresh air of home is vital for one’s sanity.

  • This guy clears the Gardiner

    By Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 3:42 PM - 1 Comment

    It was the deputy chief of staff, at his mother’s house, with the phone.

  • Rise of the Conservative-Socialist Coalition (Scene 2)

    By Aaron Wherry - Monday, May 11, 2009 at 5:07 PM - 11 Comments

    From Bev Oda’s scrum after QP. Continue…

  • Rise of the Conservative-Socialist Coalition (Scene 1)

    By Aaron Wherry - Monday, May 11, 2009 at 5:04 PM - 2 Comments

    From Question Period this afternoon. Continue…

  • Ignatieff clears the Gardiner? (II)

    By Aaron Wherry - Monday, May 11, 2009 at 12:44 PM - 53 Comments

    And now the official statement from the Liberal leader’s office.

    Yesterday, in collaboration with police and out of concern for public safety, Liberal Party officials intervened to help end the demonstration by Tamils on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto. The protest had blocked the highway and put the safety of the protesters and innocent bystanders — including women and small children — at risk.

    At no point did Liberal Members of Parliament or staff participate in yesterday’s protest.

    Our Party has raised, and will continue to raise, the plight of the Tamils in Sri Lanka in the House of Commons. We will continue to demand action by the Canadian government to address the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka. But the Liberal Party of Canada stands firmly against terrorism, and I restate our unequivocal condemnation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

    I urge Canadian Tamils to continue raising this issue publicly, and to give it the attention it deserves. But I implore them to do so legally and safely, by working with their elected representatives and through legal means of protest, and not through demonstrations that put public safety at risk.

  • Layton clears the Gardiner?

    By Aaron Wherry - Monday, May 11, 2009 at 12:28 PM - 4 Comments

    The NDP writes to say their guy was working the phones for two-and-a-half hours last night, speaking with police officials and representatives of the protesters. He assured demonstrators, the NDP says, that he would pressure the Prime Minister to meet with them and will continue to pursue the issue himself.

    So there.

From Macleans