The BC Court of Appeal came down today in favour of Norwegian-owned aquaculture giant Mainstream-Cermaq in the matter of a controversial campaign targeting the industry. British activist Don Staniford, who devised the “Salmon Farming Kills” slogan and series of graphics and web postings – modeled on cigarette packages and containing
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Report finds that the best way to manage strong networks is to relax Big Telecom’s grip
Independent research company BuddleComm has released a new report (sadly it’s expensive; if I were you I’d just read Phillip Dampier’s summary here) that looks at the best ways to connect everyone to the Internet. It’s key finding: there’s just no substitute for robust networks managed by independent players. But
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Tim Hortons blocks customers’ WiFi access to gay and lesbian website
Last week, Canadian coffee titan Tim Hortons blocked the website of popular gay and lesbian newspaper Xtra from its public WiFi network. The post Tim Hortons blocks customers’ WiFi access to gay and lesbian website appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Liberals set BC Hydro on path to privatization
It’s rather like a pregnancy – you can only keep it a secret for so long. Thus it is with BC Hydro’s bankruptcy. We recently learned that BC Hydro spends 50% of its power purchases on power bought, on a take-or-pay basis, from Independent Power Producers (IPPs) yet only gets
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Canada’s Boiling Frog Government
I’ve said it before but Gwynne Dyer seems to say it better so, here goes: If you drop a frog in a pot of boiling water, so they say, it will hop right out again. Frogs aren’t stupid. Well, okay, but they’re not that stupid. However, if you put a
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: We should talk about CETA. But we won’t.
What a capital idea! (Pun fully intended.) Critics of the free trade talks with Europe are urging provinces to ensure any negotiated deal gets a full public airing before it is formally signed. Critics are appealing to the provinces because with every trade deal that has been considered at the
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Hydro-Quebec to seek clarity on contract rights #nlpoli
From Hydro-Quebec: MONTREAL, July 22, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ – Hydro-Québec is filing a motion today with the Québec Superior Court to obtain a declaratory judgment. The company is asking the Court to confirm that two recent positions taken by CF(L)Co with respect to the Churchill Falls Contract (the Contract) are
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Anti-Harper Ad The CBC Doesn’t Dare Run
It may seem hard to believe, but in a country where the government keeps an Enemy List, and rules by fear, the CBC has decided to muzzle itself. Read more »
Continue readingROAR!: PEI Liberal MLA blocks contituents on Twitter
Are you a reproductive rights advocate/activist/concerned citizen on PEI? Heck, are you simply a vocal concerned citizen in Canada? Have you checked lately to see if your MLA has blocked you from communicating with them on Twitter or other social media? You should check. That’s exactly what I discovered this morning
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Of Royal Births, Past and Present.
I can imagine the lockdown in place for the birth of the next future heir to the British throne. It must be miserable for journalists trying to be the first with the story. When I was a pup, I went through something similar. Only the hospital was the Ottawa Civic,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: She Didn’t Deserve a Pardon. Dubai Owed Her an Apology.
Norwegian Marte Deborah Dalelv won’t be going to jail in Dubai for the crime of being raped. Of course to those twisted bastards in Dubai the actual crime was having extra-marital sex. You see, unless you’re married to your rapist, it’s a crime for you to be overpowered and raped.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Tyee Poll: Is the price you pay for cellphone service fair and reasonable?
The debate about the state of Canada’s wireless market is heating up, as recent independent reports confirm that Canadians pay some of the highest prices in the world for cellphone service. There’s also rising concern about whether big telecom companies are using new rules about 2-year contracts as an excuse
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: When Extending Life Becomes Prolonging Death
There was an item recently in the Vancouver Sun about how a lot of the current crop of young people will live 100-years or longer. Wow, one hundred years. If I recall right, as the 19th century came to a close average lifespan was in the 45-50 year range. In
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Oil On The Tracks: The Crude-by-Rail Boom By the Numbers
The tragic oil train explosion earlier this month in Lac-Megantic, Quebec has focused a spotlight on the growing role of rail in the transportation of North American crude. But even after that tragedy, the extent of rail’s expansion in transporting oil is still little understood by the typical driver at the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Check out our volunteers at Simon Fraser University’s OpenMedia.ca’s campus club
How awesome are our volunteers at BC’s Simon Fraser University OpenMedia.ca campus club? We also have a campus club at McGill University in Montreal. If you’d like to be a part of one, we’d love to hear from you! Check out volunteer and job opportunities on openmedia.ca/work or get in
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Whistleblower Sylvie Therrien suspended after leaking Canada’s EI rejection ‘quotas’(VIDEO)
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Sylvie Therrien did not feel right about kicking people off Employment Insurance to meet an Conservative Government mandated quota. Another insider blows the whistle on government behaviour. Now she has not had to flee the country but she has been suspended and may lose her job
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Privacy Concerns Or Just Plain Secrecy?
I started working on a post the other day about government and institutions’ penchant for claiming ‘privacy concerns’ as an excuse for withholding the kind of information that true democracies are entitled to. However, I haven’t had a lot of energy the past few days, so I think I will
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Obama’s Climate Change Policy a Plot Against Red States
You know, Red States – high unemployment, low education, high crime, shorter lifespans, constantly at the trough for federal handouts – those Red States. Well, according to a “scholar” at the prestigious American Enterprise Institute, president Obama’s climate change policy is a plot to redistribute wealth from dirt poor Red
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6266…Canadian Icon Turns 73 Today
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