During the last federal election campaign, it was reported in the Toronto Star that the Conservative association in my riding, Scarborough-Guildwood, was offering a special offer: Donate $100 to the Conservative candidate, Pauline Browes, and you'd get a $25 gift card in return. Curious, I wrote to Browes and asked if I would get a $100 or a $75 tax receipt. She answered back that I would get a receipt for $75.

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By all accounts, Earth Hour 2008 was a big success. Toronto met its target for power usage reduction, as did a lot of other cities. Along with the downtown skyscrapers, the CN Tower went dark, even though it already uses highly efficient LED lights for its exterior lighting. And in Ottawa, a number of buildings, including the Peace Tower and Stornaway, took part. But one building in Ottawa was conspicuous by its undimmed lights - 24 Sussex Drive, the home of Canada's prime minister.

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In the past few weeks, federal Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty, has been offering his opinions on economic issues involving the province of Ontario. Have his comments been helpful? No, of course not! Ontario is governed by a Liberal government. Would we expect a federal Conservative to say good things about Ontario?

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The time has come to take a stand. Countries that care about human rights in China must finally come around and boycott the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

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Three of four by-elections yesterday were won by Liberals. The conservatives now have to face Bob Rae and Martha Hall-Findlay on the opposition front line. But this will not squelch speculation on when the next election will be called.

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One interesting item in the Conservative federal budget presented in the House of Commons yesterday was money to improve the rail line between Peterborough and Toronto to allow the resumption of VIA passenger trains. For public transit advocates this came as a big surprise since there are so many other transit priorities in the Greater Toronto Area.

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