Marjory Lebreton makes clear that as far as she’s concerned, accountability begins where partisan Con affiliation ends: Senator Wallin is no longer a member of the Caucus and must be held accountable for her actions. And needless to say the converse is also true as far as Lebreton and the
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6320…RG3 On Being Gay In The NFL
He’s all for it. For those of you too hip to follow professional sports RG3 is Robert Griffin III. The hottest star in the hottest sports league in the world. The National Football League. Check this out from cbssports.com: On the possibility of a gay player coming out: “I think there
Continue readingDefending Public Healthcare: With 34,000 jobs destroyed, Ontario focuses on Jobs and Growth
With the release of the 2013-14 first quarter finances report, Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa has announced the start of his own consultations on the economy. The focus (allegedly) is on “jobs and growth” . The formal pre-budget consultations with a committee of the legislature usually start in the late
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: It Doesn’t Help to Call Oprah a "Cannibal"
The Swiss shopgirl at the centre of controversy for allegedly refusing to show Oprah Winfrey a purse, claiming she couldn’t afford it, is defending herself – clumsily. The woman denies Winfrey’s claim, says that never happened and there was definitely no racism involved in their encounter. The clerk, who spoke
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: It’s Santorum Again. He’s Back.
Rick Santorum is not a classy guy. In fact, he denounces the term “middle class” as Marxist. Here’s what he told an audience in Iowa: “Don’t use the term the other side uses. Who does Barack Obama talk about all the time? The middle class. Since when in America do
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Pamela Wallin and the Corruption Cons
Well in the beginning of the end it was almost an anti-climax eh? Another damning report, another Con Senator being investigated by the RCMP.The independent audit of Senator Pamela Wallin's expenses has been referred to the RCMP by a Senate committee that is also imposing restrictions on her travel and
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Guest Post: In Defense of At-Home Care
Guest Post: In Defense of At-Home Care Linda Bright is a staff writer and a public relations coordinator for MyNursingDegree.com.Given her experience as a former hospital administrator, she writes primarily about healthcare reform, patient rights and other issues related to the healthcare industry. In her free time, she enjoys Sudoku, spending
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Remember the Line About Horses and Barn Doors?
The Harper government has pulled the operating licence from the now bankrupt Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railroad. Apparently the Canadian Transportation Agency concluded that MM&A doesn’t have adequate third-party liability insurance. “It would not be prudent, given the risks associated with rail operations, to permit MMA and MMAC to continue
Continue readingCanadian Dimension | Articles: The Lac Megantic Rail Disaster
In recent years, some residents of Lac Megantic have repeatedly put forward the view that the operation of the former CPR mainline linking Montreal with St. John New Brunswick through the center of the town is unsafe. Until July 6th of this year, it would appear that this view was
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: What? Wireless companies can’t take the heat?
Over the last few weeks, the three big players in Canada’s wireless business — Bell, Telus and Rogers — have been running two separate but related series of ads which are related to the almost certain reality that America’s largest phone, cell and IPTV company, Verizon, will made bids to
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Arms Race Update – Japan Launches First Aircraft Carrier Since WWII
The Japanese navy has a new warship, the largest warship and first aircraft carrier it has built since WWII. The Japanese, sensitive to their past and current tensions in Asia-Pacific, are calling it a destroyer or helicopter carrier. Observers expect it’s only a matter of time before it sails with
Continue readingTerahertz: A note on “Skepticism and Gypsy Stereotypes”
Hopefully you took the time to read the article I just posted entitled “Skepticism and Gypsy Stereotypes.” I want to give some backstory to this piece, separate from the article itself. After attending Imagine No Religion 3 this past spring, I had wanted to challenge the trope of Gypsy Fortune-Tellers
Continue readingTerahertz: Skepticism and Gypsy Stereotypes
By Ian Bushfield and Edwin Hodge At a recent skeptics conference and during a discussion of the sorts of charlatans and frauds that are best known for peddling woo, a couple of speakers drew upon the image of the ‘conniving Gypsy fortune-teller,’ a stereotype that has frequently been used to
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Austerity chokes Canada’s down-and-out as Harper, Flaherty look the other way
The exceedingly aggressive austerity cuts carried out by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty over the past seven years have come home to roost as millions of Canadians, depressed and without hope, are succumbing to its worst consequences. Program cuts and tax reductions for corporations and the
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Confused and inconsistent PC position on health generates a big “huh?”
The Ontario Tories may want to look further than Tim Hudak for reasons behind their by-election losses over the summer. True, the PC leader consistently ranks behind the other two major party leaders in leadership polls, but give the voters credit … Continue reading →
Continue readingLeDaro: Sink-hole swallows vacation villas near Orlando, Florida
What is happening with nature? Thunderstorms, pouring rain, fires and now sinkholes in Florida. All these are causing a lot of destruction and in some cases death. In case of Florida scientists say it is the limestone below the earth which melts away with too much water as rains have
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Final version of my policy to be presented at Summer Fling: Encouraging Youth Democratic Participation and Improving Civic Education
My original policy had some friendly amendments for clarity and language, so here is what I’ll be presenting at Summer Fling this weekend: Encouraging Youth Democratic Participation and Improving Civic Education (Provincial) By: William Norman, Mississauga South WHEREAS – The lowest voter registration rates are for young voters 18-24
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: August 13: bring a mop….
This is late because I’m still using a borrowed computer. I may miss a couple of days to the 18th to splash between the sandbars. Not sure. Why the mop? You’ll need it for the front page story from Brent Mazerolle. He really wets his pants over how UdeM professor
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Taking Back a Stolen Homeland – Scotland
Few things show inequality more than Land Registry records and, when it comes to that, Britain surely stands alone. In the thousand years since the Norman conquest, most of the land in England has been held and remains held by a very small and select segment of the population. According
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