Here, on the CCPA’s recent report (PDF) on child poverty in Canada – and the affordable options which could eradicate that poverty based on a few simple choices. For further reading…– Campaign 2000’s report card showed where Canada stood in 2009 when it came to its commitment to ending child
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Is the BC Government Preparing to Approve Contaminated Site Dump in Shawnigan’s Watershed?
< Is the BC Government Preparing to Approve Contaminated Site Dump in Shawnigan’s Watershed? By Richard Hughes, on June 20th, 2013 Shawnigan Alternate CVRD Director Kelly Musselwhite posted this report on Facebook last evening which suggests that 5 million tonnes of contaminated and toxic soils could well receive BC Government
Continue readingThings Are Good: Bike Delivery Business on the Rise
Red Riding Goods is one of a few companies in Toronto that deliver goods via bicycles. In other cities from Mumbai to San Francisco bike-based delivery is nothing new and not all that newsworthy. Here in Toronto, where a crack-smoking mayor who thinks cyclists deserve to die advocates the destruction
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: [Infographic] Debunking the Economic and National Security Myths Around Keystone XL Pipeline
Today, billionaire clean energy philanthropist Tom Steyer held a press conference to debunk the myths that the Keystone XL pipeline will lead to major economic growth and national security. Keystone is an “export pipeline” that would transport toxic tar sands from Alberta down to a tax-free zone in Texas and out to
Continue readingThe HB-Log : We Need High Energy Prices, but Low Energy Costs
The Washington post’s Wonkblog posted something the other day on the issue of energy efficiency. More specifically: what role does it play in economic growth and greenhouse gas reduction, what can the government do to make this happen, and what are the limits? In Canada, we pay too little for
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: June 20: How not to write a news story…
It’s on page 1. The page is well chosen. This is far the biggest story in today’s newspaper. The story is that a majority of New Brunswickers have grave doubts about the development of shale in this province. In fact, that’s a huge story in a province in which the
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, June 20, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, June 20, 2013: Dozens of children seized from Manitoba Mennonite community BMO sees diversity as a competitive advantage Sexual harassment policies apply to large and small employers | Careers & HR | Financial Post How I Will
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Playtime at the PMO.
Who is running things in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)? They are acting like out-of-control children and they need an adult hand on the helm. The communications people are not only acting juvenile, careless and gullible but they do not appear to know very much about the news media. Would
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: It’s All About the Money
Almost every council decision comes with the subtext question, “Can we afford it?” Everything not procedural or administrative is usually about the cost. Who pays, whose budget does it come from, is the money in reserves, can we get funding, … Continue reading →
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A New Transparency For Harper?
Sometimes the truth can be ugly indeed. H/t Canadians Rallying To Unseat Harper Recommend this Post
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: America a Christian Nation? – Not if you value factual evidence.
Serious sounding title eh? 🙂 Let’s look at a slightly more irreverent analysis by one of my favourite ytubers, Betty Bowers. Filed under: Humour Tagged: Betty Bowers, Christianity, Humour, Religion
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Rae The Public Servant
A Trudeau led the Liberal Party when Bob Rae entered the House of Commons. And a Trudeau leads that party as Rae leaves. The Dippers were never sure Rae was one of them. And the Liberals were never sure if he belonged in their camp, either. That is why they
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6167…Ixnay Selling Cats And Dogs In T-Dot
CITYNews reports that “Toronto city council voted Wednesday to ban the sales of dogs and cats in pet stores, becoming the second Canadian city to do so.”Richmond, B.C., was the first.“Council ruled that pet store owners will now be able to take in shelter or rescue dogs and adopt them
Continue readingeaves.ca: Some thoughts on the relaunched data.gc.ca
Yesterday, I talked about what I thought was the real story that got missed in the fanfare surrounding the relaunch of data.gc.ca. Today I’ll talk about the new data.gc.ca itself. Before I begin, there is an important disclaimer to share (to be open!). Earlier this year Treasury Board asked me
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Ottawa-bound
Anyone miss me yet?
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: On The Demise Of Local News
The Midland Free Press closed its doors yesterday. Nothing much has been made of it. Another paper going under is not news these days. However, Kate Harris of AWARE Simcoe has a nice obit for the paper, and a few words of warning: I was happy to be in the fine tradition
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Bad Comic Vs. The Rowdy Lesbian, Part Bazillion
I’ve written about the Earle/Pardy case many a times. Essentially, an amateur comedian named Guy Earle went off on a lesbian couple during an open mike comedy show that he was MCing. One of the couple, Lorna Pardy, took Earle and the restaurant owner to the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, claiming that
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Article 82 Question #nlpoli
Statoil announced on Wednesday that it had found an unspecified quantity of oil in its Harpoon property about 500 kilometres offshore Newfoundland. That would be about 310 miles and therefore is obviously outside the Canadian 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone under the United Nations Convention on the Law of
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