http://j-rad.ca j-rad.ca Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:37:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="The Liberal Party's new logo, courtesy of the Liberal Party of Canada."][/caption] The Liberal Party of Canada's national convention in Vancouver this past weekend produced few surprises, with delegates officially crowning Toronto Member of Parliament Michael Ignatieff as leader of the once-mighty red machine. One development that ... http://j-rad.ca/?p=2558 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Photo by Clinton Bentley from the Torontoist Flickr Pool."][/caption] Toronto residents, take heart: crime in your city is less severe than you have been led to believe. That's the word from Statistics Canada, which last week released the first edition of the Police-Reported Crime Severity Index, a ... http://j-rad.ca/?p=2554 Several bloggers are reporting that Jack Layton and the NDP may support the Conservative government in exchange for the Tories' backing for a referendum on proportional representation. For a party so unwaveringly critical of the Conservative government, this may seem like an incredibly self-serving move—and it is. But it is also ... http://j-rad.ca/?p=2552 Originally posted on Torontoist, April 10, 2009. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Photo of sign above i deal coffee's Kensington Market location by Michael D'Amico."][/caption] Local latte mainstay i deal coffee is about to be sold. At least that's the plan, according to founder and resident bean-master James Fortier. But while you would ... http://j-rad.ca/?p=2550 Following on the heels of Conservative suggestions that they are preparing for an election later in 2009,  anonymous Liberal sources have told Québec newspaper Le Devoir that they expect to introduce a motion of non-confidence in Parliament early this autumn. If the motion is successful and the government is defeated, ... http://j-rad.ca/?p=2544 [caption id="attachment_1190" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Prime Minister Stephen Harper"][/caption] There are reports today (link in French) that the Conservative Party is gearing up for a possible fall election. I hear your groans now: "What? Another election already? We've been through three in the last half decade! What gives?" Simply put, the federal political ... http://j-rad.ca/?p=2531 Originally posted on Torontoist, April 7, 2008. The folks from Improv In Toronto were up to their old tricks recently, bringing some more whimsy to unsuspecting underground commuters. Those familiar with the merry band of urban pranksters know the drill: participants meet up, head to a public place, and do something ... http://j-rad.ca/?p=2527 Originally posted on Torontoist, April 6, 2009. Several questions come to mind upon reading the above poem found taped to the window of an east-end home. First, what happened between the author and his wife to solicit this rage-filled verse? Second, are "water skin" and "green head" meant to be insults? ... http://j-rad.ca/?p=2525 In the wake of the 2008 federal election and the coalition debacle that followed, public confidence in Canada's political leaders is at an all-time low. Turnout for the October vote was the weakest in the country's history, with less than 60 percent of the electorate casting a ballot. In the ... http://j-rad.ca/?p=2518 It must have seemed like a good idea at the time. During the 2006 election, Stephen Harper made fiscal accountability one of the defining tenets of the Conservative Party's drive to unseat then–Prime Minister Paul Martin. It was a deft move. The sponsorship scandal was still fresh in Canadians' minds, and ... http://j-rad.ca/?p=2508