Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update: Watch Arielle’s video update to hear this week’s news. This week we discuss the 17th round of the TPP’s secretive negotiations in Lima, Peru. Please head to StopTheTrap.net to demand that governments involved in the TPP make the process transparent, accountable, and open to public
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6001…Need A Loan?
Warren Kinsella has thoughtfully resourced the advert that enticed the esteemed Senator Michael Duffy, Kanata-PEI, to act. Thank goodness for advertising, eh?WFDS
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6000…I Think Mike Duffy Jumped The Shark
CFRA, which is both the heritage AM in Ottawa and for the last three or five decades the on air home for those who are Conservative, listeners and talkers, has turned on the esteemed Senator Michael Duffy, Kanata-PEI. Jumped the shark or not, Senator Duffy ain’t gonna leave the Senate
Continue readingBuckdog: "Follow the Piggy – He Might Lead You to Sussex Drive" – Guest Blog Post by The Mound of Sound
Buckdog Politics is going to share a great post with you today. (When the time comes for the 2013 Canadian Blog Awards .. I’m voting for this one!) So, let’s run this scenario, Mound’s favourite passtime. How might the timeline of Mike Duffy’s expense woes play out now that we
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Rhyme Of The Duffster
Let’s hear it for Senator Duff/Whose salary wasn’t enuff/He took 90 grand/And when caught redhanded/Just grabbed 90 more from the trough— Trevor Strong (@Trevstrong) May 15, 2013
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Insane in the Membrane
So, one of the things I love is swimming in lakes. I also love swimming in oceans. I have never tried swimming in a sea, but I’m sure I’d love that too. We’d spent the day kind of at the beach. The boys were all fishing, and the water was
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper’s chief of staff paid off Mike Duffy’s Senate expenses
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright wrote a personal cheque worth more than $90,000 to pay back Senator Mike Duffy‘s living expenses, Harper’s office confirmed Wednesday. “Mr. Duffy agreed to repay the expenses because it was the right thing to do,” Harper’s spokesman Andrew MacDougall said
Continue readingLeft Over: The Uneducated Masses Strike a Blow for…?
Middle Schools Closed In Cowichan Valley, School Bus Fees Implemented CP | By The Canadian PressPosted: 05/16/2013 10:48 am EDT | Updated: 05/16/2013 11:14 am EDT (found in Huffington Post) And this action was signed off on instantaneously, about 2 seconds after the results of the dismal election were announced…viva the People’s Republic of
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Railroad Ramble
It’s been a while since I’ve had one of these. It was beautiful up there in the sun with new leaves all around. I saw so much in that peaceful one hour walk. Here’s a bit of it. (Click any photo to enlarge.) Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: urban nature
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: The North
The North has long been seen as a defining ideal of Canada. We are a “northern” country on the world stage and like to see ourselves in the long European tradition of “hardy” northerners. Yet 90 percent of the Canadian population lives in its southern belt, within a few hundred
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Peter Penashue takes a Mulligan and slices it into the woods.
CBC News on Monday night: Liberals take Labrador, as Jones wins big over Penashue I have to confess to being caught by surprise when Labrador MP Peter Penashue suddenly announced his resignation from the House of Commons and his intention to run in the subsequent by-election. It made a lot
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Of Bitumen and Pirates
The Harper government never ceases playing up the terrorist threat that Canada faces. They’re here, they’re there, they’re everywhere. Supertankers heavily laden with bitumen. How vulnerable are they to terrorism and just how do you protect them? Vancouver’s inner harbour might seem a terrorist’s dream. There are places where you
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Ontario Shores under aggressive timelines to fix safety issues
Ontario Shores now has its orders from the Ministry of Labour. It’s been almost a year since staff at the Whitby mental health centre went public with their concerns about violence at the Centre, expressing concern and frustration about a … Continue reading →
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Duncan Cameron is the latest to weigh in on the Cons’ distorted sense of priorities in directing public research money toward private profits: Publicly available research is important. Since no one knows where discoveries or advances in knowledge will lead, the entire
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Don’t Privatize ISC
My op-ed in today’s Saskatoon StarPhoenix (page A11): Privatizing ISC is a poor deal for Saskatchewan The provincial government estimates that selling 60 per cent of the Information Services Corporation will raise up to $120 million for infrastructure investment. Is that a good deal for the people of Saskatchewan? Last
Continue readingValerie Burns: Send me your letters!
I haven’t settled on a salutation or a title yet. It will be neither “Hey Faggot” like Dan Savage, nor “Dear Miss. Manners,” but I have decided to write a once-a-week sex advice column. It’ll be fun, and it will be an excuse to write more. So write me, ask
Continue readingThings Are Good: The Conflict Kitchen
Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant that serves cuisine only from countries with which the USA is in conflict. It’s located in Pittsburg and founded/operated by artists and chefs to humanize the international conflicts that the USA engages in around the world. It functions as a space to get food
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Ottawa parody of Gangnam Style makes the case for unions
This is one of the more ambitious low-budget videos we have seen that makes the case for unions in Canada. Made by Corinne Dara, it is billed as a parody of Gangnam Style. It certainly brought a smile to our faces. Nothing like enjoying … Continue reading →
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Duffy and the Chief of Staff
To most Canadians, the Senate is an abomination, a mystery, or both. Most Canadians are surprised to learn that the Red Chamber, in effect, is a mirror image of the House of Commons. A significant difference being that one House requires a win at the ballot box to get a
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