Assorted content to end your day. – Carol Goar discusses how the Cons’ latest attacks on Employment Insurance add just one burden to the backs of workers who have already borne the brunt of decades of corporatist policy: (L)ast Sunday, employment insurance benefits in two-thirds of the country were quietly
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: Party Positions on BC’s Carbon Tax
With the release today of the NDP’s fiscal plan in advance of the May 14 election here in British Columbia, we are now finally able to assess where the major parties — Liberals, New Democrats, Greens, and Conservatives — stand on the province’s carbon tax. In my opinion, there are
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: How Telus lost its credibility.
Co-authored by Catherine Hart Canadians and even the CRTC[1] know our cell phone market is broken. Canadians pay some of the highest prices for some of the worst service in the industrialized world, and, as we showed in our recent report,[2] we’ve been subjected to systemic mistreatment by the Big
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: INFOGRAPHIC: 13 Oil Spills in 30 Days: The Dirty Business of Moving Oil
by Heather Libby. Originally posted at tkctcktck.org Moving oil is a dirty business, and never has that been more clear than this past month. In the past 30 days the global oil industry has had 13 spills on three continents. And it’s not just pipeline leaks – oil has spilled
Continue readingwmtc: conversation with a cab driver
“Oh man, you live in Toronto? I love Toronto! I go there a lot. I have a friend who races horses at Woodbine.” “Woodbine, is that the one near the airport? I live right near there.” “Toronto’s a great town. I love hockey, so you know I love going up
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Johnny Rotten: “Flat out sexist, misogynist pig,” says tv interviewer
About 20 some-odd years ago now, I lived in Los Angeles. I knew many interesting people, including one of Lydon’s bandmates, Steve Jones. The Sex Pistols are a wicked band but Lydon is a real piece of work (which is something of an understatement). During an interview yesterday he goes
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: #mtlqc13 Priority Resolution – Human Rights
The final panel on policy resolutions at the NDP’s Montreal convention will deal with human rights issues. And the Young New Democrats of Quebec have proposed a resolution which covers a number of issues worth including in that discussion: 6-26-13Resolution on Rights in the Digital AgeSubmitted by the Young New
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: A great person
I’ve been offline this week from the normal political/social stuff due to the passing of my last grandparent this past Monday. His funeral was today – someone I’m going to miss a lot, but who made something out of a difficult childhood to live a very good life Stanley Richard
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Goverment Talking Corruption Free Turcot
To say I am behind the times on Turcot would be an understatement. Seems I have drifted into focusing a lot of my online attention into relaying the ongoing tragedy that is our federal government under Stephen Harper via Facebook and occasionally Twitter in recent years. Of course it is
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: Pantashue campaign won’t identify Nfld project held up
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-politics-blog/2013/04/penashue-says-he-withheld-approval-for-nfld-project-to-secure-labrador-highway-funds.html
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Not told by Canada’s corporate media
Fiscal record of Canadian political parties, Toby Sanger, The Progressive Economics Forum: “With all the recent news stories — as well as alarm raised by other leaders — about the fiscal and economic impact and record of NDP governments, I decided to take a look at and review the fiscal
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Whose Winnipeg is it, anyway?
March 14, 2013: The Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, in partnership with OURS Winnipeg, For the Love of Winnipeg and Planners’ Network Manitoba, held a well attended public forum at the Millennium Library to discuss how decisions about land use are made in Winnipeg. In a wide ranging discussion, Winnipeg’s
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: NDP Divided Over WWI!
The Frenchy thinks it was bad; the Anglo thinks it was good. Sun News digs up a few geezers old enough to give a shit. Federal Liberals stand to reap benefits. LPoC leader-in-waiting Justin Trudeau rumoured ready to declare ancient conflict a “harshing of the national mellow but, like, I refuse to
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 5847…Ontario Leads The Way
CFRA reports that Ontario is number one! A new report from the Fraser Institute finds that Ontario’s electricity is the most expensive in North America because of the Green Energy Act. Lead author Dr. Ross McKitrick tells CFRA the conservative think-tank studied the costs of expanding to renewable energy. “The
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Outsource Canada
I’m not sure who is actually responsible for breaking down these outsourcing statistics according to province and company, but we certainly owe him or her a real debt of gratitude. Recommend this Post
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Kingston to cast vote on public hospital Saturday
This Saturday residents in the Kingston area will get a chance to have their say on whether the planned new psychiatric/rehab hospital will be entirely public. While the vote is non-binding, a large turnout by those wishing to keep their … Continue reading →
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Understanding Onkwehón:we Rising: Basic Points of Unity
http://onkwehonwerising.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/understanding-onkwehonwe-rising-basic-points-of-unity/ on the main Kersplebedeb website: http://kersplebedeb.com/posts/understanding-onkwehonwe-rising-basic-points-of-unity/
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 5846…John Baird Gives It Up
To John Kerry. A 24 of Molson Canadian cans. The raison for the presentation to John Kerry was the loss of the Canadian women’s hockey team to the Yanks in the women’s hockey championship in Ottawa Tuesday. WFDS
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Mythbusting Big Telecom Talking Points
Check it out as wireless industry expert Peter Nowak takes another run at “debunking, yet again, another set of wireless myths” from Big Telecom about the Canadian cell phone market. Let’s show Big Telecom we won’t put up with their head-in-the-sand attitude. Article by Peter Nowak: A little while ago,
Continue readingRecreating Eden: New Shoes Songs: The Horrors of Shopping
I absolutely must get a new pair of walking shoes now that winter is nearly over. So I spent far too much time today looking for what I need, and which, of course, I couldn’t find. When I came home I went looking for shoe songs to lift my spirits
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