Thank you to Omar-Ha-Redeye, for hosting the Progressive Bloggers meetup at his law firm. Thanks to his law firm partner Qadira for supplying the finger foods and such unasked. Thank you to everyone for coming – there was a good turnout.. and it would have been an even bigger throng
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I am increasingly coming to the conclusion that my efforts in these pages to shed some light upon the various attacks upon our democracy, the ever increasing centralization of power in the hands of a few, our right to details of government spending and decisions, and our right to express
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Mini Solar Tour in the Fog of Wood Mountain and Glentworth
I went on a road trip Saturday with my friend Adam K., down to my parents’ place, and his grandparents’ farm. On the way around southern Saskatchewan, we saw close to 150 deer and antelope, a snowy owl, a dozen hawks, a handful of Canada Geese, smaller birds, two dead
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Royal Bank’s Abasement of Its Employees
It may be helpful to remember the following video the next time you see an RBC ad portraying the bank as the solution to everyone’s problems. Forty-five soon-to-be-former employees (after they have trained their replacements) would beg to differ with the characterization. I suspect if I had an account with
Continue readingTrashy's World: Liberal leadership race – Joyce Murray for PM
As much as I’d like to believe that Joyce Murray can pull off an upset and win the LPC leadership, I cannot realistically expect this to happen. Trudeau has the momentum, the money and the supporters. And the hair. But… Joyce has the policy knowledge. She knows the files. We
Continue readingwmtc: hundreds of nyc fast-food workers walk off the job, demand a living wage (plus: don’t fly porter)
Hundreds of fast-food workers in New York City walked off the job this week, demanding a living wage. This is their second walkout in six months, as this exciting labour movement continues to grow. The workers, who have organized themselves as Fast Food Forward, are a model for people throughout
Continue readingJohn Laforet: Spring is Springing in Toronto
I am amazed we are already in to April! It’s nice that the days are beginning to get longer, the sun is glowing stronger and signs of life are coming back. This morning I woke up just before 6am and for the first time this year I heard the songbirds
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Murray, Trudeau, And Showcase Wrap-Up
My computer’s battery died before I could finish this yesterday. But onward! Joyce Murray gave a strong, substantive speech. You can watch it here. And it went over fairly well, generally speaking, though the showcase crowd gave fairly muted responses to all of the speakers other than Justin. However, when
Continue readingImpolitical: The choice #lpcldr
Joyce Murray’s leadership video, released yesterday, which was very well received at the Showcase yesterday.
Continue readingImpolitical: The choice #lpcldr
Joyce Murray’s leadership video, released yesterday, which was very well received at the Showcase yesterday.
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: CNN’s Very High Functioning Autism Awareness Efforts Misrepresent Autism Disorders
CNN’s Portrayal of Autism In the Days Surrounding WAAD 2013 Middle – Jack and John Elder Robison – High Functioning Aspergers Bottom -Trevor Pacelli High Functioning PDD-NOS (Holli Dunn Photography) To no big surprise successful, very high functioning Asperger’s businsessman, author and family man John Elder Robison’s new book Bringing
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Cats and dogs
From a commenter on Daily Kos
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why We Should Fear What’s Happening in Montreal
It's a scene that keeps repeating itself in the streets of Montreal.A few hundred demonstrators set out on a peaceful march to protest against a totalitarian by-law limiting freedom of assembly.Only to be kettled by the riot squad, and then arrested. Like they were again this weekend.Read more »
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Boycott of RBC – make this a movement
RBC replaces Canadian staff with foreign workers, CBC, April 6, 2013 “Dozens of employees at Canada’s largest bank are losing their jobs to temporary foreign workers, who are in Canada to take over the work of their department. ” ‘They are being brought in from India, and I am wondering
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: Voting is open!
Teddy here with a quick message to let you all know that voting is open for the 2013 Liberal Party of Canada leadership. The information mailer which contained the information for you to vote was incorrect on it’s list of candidates, and there are only 6, not 7. We can
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Rick Warren’s son Matthew – suicide death
Rick Warren, Saddleback Church: To my dear staff, Over the past 33 years we’ve been together through every kind of crisis. Kay and I’ve been privileged to hold your hands as you faced a crisis or loss, stand with you at gravesides, and prayed for you when ill. Today, we
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive | News & Analysis: Harper government misled Canadians on environmental assessment “delays”: Study
New study confirms government misled public on Environmental Assessment ‘delays’ By: Sierra Club Canada | Press Release: OTTAWA – A study published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences found environmental assessments triggered by the Fisheries Act prior to the 2012 omnibus bill were NOT taking too long to
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On topics of discussion
In advance of next weekend’s Montreal convention, the NDP has released the resolutions (PDF) to be voted on by delegates. And for all the distraction created by a non-binding constitutional preamble, the more interesting point to watch will be the treatment of substantive policy resolutions which look to confirm the
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