Many people complain that structural unemployment is on the rise because jobs have been offshored due to the endless capitalist quest to lower the wages they pay. The obvious change that would help would be to return to some degree of protectionism and pursue industrial policy along import-substitution lines. Free
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: New Footage Of Sammy Yatim’s Killing
The first shots are fired at about the 55 second mark on the video. They continue after he has fallen, his body jerking with each bullet. Sure looks like an execution to me, given that he clearly posed no threat to anyone, something the video also makes clear: Recommend this
Continue readingLeDaro: Incredible: Diplomates on strike
This got to be astonishing. Even diplomats cannot deal with Harper. They’re diplomats and they’re extensively trained how to deal with people of all kinds and cultures. If Harper cannot get along with diplomats then what is left. Striking foreign service officers demonstrated outside Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office in
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: The Speaker speaks
Full text of Dave Levac’s statement is below (emphasis mine). I think some Tory MPPs – Michael Harris in particular – need to apologize. But they won’t. Legislative Assembly of Ontario – July 30, 2013 Emails have recently been released relating to the ruling I delivered to the House on
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: In Canada, doctors cashing in despite cash-strapped health care system: Report
A new report by the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy says today’s Canadian physician earns nearly four-and-half-times more than the average Canadian, even as the price of health care continues to rise. The post In Canada, doctors cashing in despite cash-strapped health care system: Report appeared first on
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Is Harper’s Canada a “Genocide”-Free Zone?
The CMHR: a “genocide”-free zone. Genocide is a pretty serious word. It invokes the Holocaust, Pol Pot, Rwanda and some other high profile human eradication attempts. But Canada, being Canada these days, is loathe to admit that it had any part in any kind of genocide. No. Not us. We’re
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6295…The Ottawa The Tourists Don’t See
It is ten minutes from the Hill but a thousand miles away. Look for me in my red sombrero. WFDS
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6294…Tim Hudak’s Job On The Line
If he doesn’t sweep this Thursday, oh boy. Or at least four out of five. For true, for true, for true. WFDS
Continue readingLeDaro: Erratic weather: Thunder, lightning and heavy rain
We have been having a lot of lightening and rain. It is unusual. Looks like another indication of climate change.
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Lack of footnotes costs fish farm activist $75,000
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 On Monday, July 22nd the BC Court of Appeal ordered well-known anti- fish farm activist Don Staniford to pay $75,000 in damages because the mock cigarette packages he had made criticizing Norwegian fish farm companies lacked footnotes. What does this mean for fish farm activists? For
Continue readingcartoon life: Eiffel’s Tower
Filed under: art Tagged: Eiffel Tower, fisheye, La Tour Eiffel, olloclip
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: European Parliamentarians Ask President Obama To Free Bradley Manning
In this open letter to President Barack Obama and US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, European parliamentarians demand the immediate release of Bradley Manning. The post European Parliamentarians Ask President Obama To Free Bradley Manning appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Cabana Cases #nlpoli
For those who want to read them, here are two decisions related to Brad Cabana’s recent Muskrat Falls case. The first is the decision on his application to have the judge remove herself from the case: Cabana v. Newfoundland and Labrador, 2013 NLTD(G)36 [61] Accommodating the shortcomings of a self-represented
Continue readingLeDaro: Pouring rain
I went out for a short time and it was raining like this. It feels like monsoon has arrived in the Maritimes.
Continue readingB.C. Policy Perspectives: Let’s link future electoral reform and Citizens Assembly proposals to the Initiative Process
I can see another role for the initiative process–as a next stop for decisions made about electoral reform or other subjects bruited in a Citizens’ Assembly. Going directly from an isolated island of deliberation into a referendum campaign didn’t work in BC or Ontario, simply because reflective citizens chosen by
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: First Report of Voter Turnout in Ontario By-Elections – Dismal #onpoli
Via Elections Ontario: As of July 29, preliminary figures indicated that the following numbers of electors have cast their ballots for the upcoming provincial by-elections: 6430 electors in the Electoral District of Etobicoke—Lakeshore (out of 89,550) – 7.2% 7567 electors in the Electoral District of London West (out of 95,265) –
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Oil Pipeline Erupts Into Fish Bearing Stream, But No Fish Harmed-Satire
Just another spill
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Kalamazoo Spill Anniversary Raises Concerns About Line 9 Pipeline Integrity
Last week marked the third anniversary of the largest inland oil spill in US history. On July 25th, 2010 a 41-year old Enbridge pipeline in Michigan tore open spewing over three million litres of diluted tar sands bitumen or dilbit from Alberta into the Kalamazoo River and the surrounding area.
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: The Murder of Billy Sell
The above image is a self-portrait of Billy “Guero” Sell, hunger striker who died at Corcoran state prison on July 22, 2013. CDCR attempted to cover this up, not even informing prisoner advocates it met with in the following days that a death had occurred. When outside supporters were informed
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