Warren Kinsella: Trudeau 1, Harper 0
Nice ending to an affair that I always found rather suspicious. Will assorted Conservative (and conservative) critics now apologize to Trudeau for their attacks on him? Of course not.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Why is the Ontario Human Rights Commission tweeting about sex and politics?
Screen cap, before the two tweets were deleted: Not the kind of thing you’d expect from a provincial quasi-judicial body, but perhaps Ann Cavoukian’s malady is spreading through the public service.
Continue readingLeDaro: Harper shows more dance moves on a tight rope :)
Can you beat that.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Speaking of Boiled Frogs, Here’s Paul Beckwith
Just in case you’re not familiar with the blog, PostArctica, there you’ll find a piece written by Paul Beckwith, a climate scientist at the University of Ottawa. Paul has just put up a post, “The Great Arctic Flush” which, if you haven’t read it, you really should. Beckwith introduces us
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Ad the CBC Refuses To Air
Are they right or wrong? You decide. You can read the full story here. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: It’s 12 O’Clock, Have You Boycotted IKEA Yet Today?
$3.85 billion in profit is just not enough. Union busting and global greed now! Gratitude, then and now. It used to include a t-shirt and more, for all employees around the world. Now, union busting. The best part of the Teamster Local 213 rally in Richmond on Saturday was the
Continue readingPostArctica: FAMADIHANA
Conceived and created by Devin McDermott and Ethan Folk. Movement created and performed by Devin McDermott. Filmed and edited by Ethan Folk. Score: Rolled Together – The Antlers Many, many thanks to Ryan Law, Jessica Robinson, Sarah Jo Ward, Alice Gosti, and Darcey Zoller. Famadihana is a funerary tradition of
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: ‘Salmon Farming Kills’ campaign ruled defamation on appeal
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.
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