My column in today’s The StarPhoenix In the column, Political moves on Saskatoon council (SP, Jan. 27) John Gormley suggested an NDP takeover of Saskatoon city council. In addition to the "Gang of Five," he saw additional threats in Sean Shaw, Pat Atkinson and Frank Quennell as contenders in an organized attempt by the NDP [...]
Charlie Clark
City of Saskatoon to seek exemption for international trade deal
This still boggles my mind. Saskatoon should request an exemption to a large-scale free-trade agreement being negotiated between Canada and Europe, a city committee agreed. City councillors, sitting as an executive committee, voted 5-4 Monday to seek a permanent exemption to the proposed Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA, a free trade [...]
My political worldview
Economically (apparently I prefer deficits) and on defence spending I agree with the Conservatives but on Senate Reform, Quebec, and Moral Values, I am with the Liberals. It’s kind of a fun survey but I realized that locally I find myself politically at odds with four of the city councillors at the left end of [...]
Making Saskatoon a Winter City
For those of you who missed it, Ice Cycle was two Sundays ago. It’s basically an event where hard core cyclists taunt the weather and risk getting pneumonia while going for a bike ride in extreme cold. Mother Nature doesn’t enjoy getting taunted and met them with –40 degree weather. Now personally I think each [...]
