OpenMedia.ca: C’est un secret que vous devriez connaître
Vous avez probablement entendu parler de l’agence gouvernementale américaine accusée d’espionner secrètement les communications privées de millions de personnes comme vous, à partir de leurs téléphones cellulaires1 et de services en ligne populaires tels que Google, Facebook et Skype.2 Maintenant, le Globe and Mail signale que le Canada possède sa
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Cry Me A River?
Can’t help but wonder if this is a salvo in the Conservative battle to undermine the credibility and legitimacy of Elections Canada, given the recent and past party ‘indiscretions’ that have come to the attention of that body. Recommend this Post
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Secretive Spying on Canadians | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
Here is Arielle with your Weekly News Update, filling you in on the latest privacy threats for Canadians. Last week we heard about the NSA’s PRISM tool in the United States. We have received word that a secretive Canadian spy agency is currently collecting and storing our private information without
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Rob Ford knew some guys – big deal!
Ok, a massive police raid with 42 teams across the Province. Neighbourhoods shut down at dawn by battering ram entry and flash bang stun grenades. Dozens of arrests, 40 firearms seized, millions of dollars of cash and drugs uncovered. And what’s the lead to the story? “Rob Ford knew men in
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Are you a Multi-Issue Extremist?
Here is another eye opener from Cowichan Conversations Contributor Kevin Logan. Who would have thought such behaviour was possible in Canada? Kevin Logan – Cowichan Conversations Contributor by Kevin Logan If you read this site regularly, and prescribe to the claims and advice of Rafe Mair, you probably are. Because the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: U.S. Senator calls for more transparency around the Trans-Pacific Partnership
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts has called on the current U.S. government to release documents being used to negotiate the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. In her letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, Warren says: “If transparency would lead to widespread public opposition to a trade agreement, then that
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Deep thought
“The Conservatives are being asinine, let’s shut down Parliament!” isn’t a recipe for more functional politics, it’s a means of encouraging more asinine behaviour from the Conservatives.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: International report condemns Harper government’s attacks on workers, trade unions
By: Obert Madondo Twitter: @Obiemad A new report by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) condemns the Harper Conservatives for repeated violations of union and worker rights. The annual report, titled Countries at Risk: 2013 Report on Violations of Trade Union Rights, was released in Geneva earlier this week. It suggests that labour conditions have deteriorated under Prime Minister
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: GUEST POST – Diagnosed With Dementia: What to Expect as a Caregiver
In an unexpected, swift life change, you’re suddenly the caregiver for your loved one who’s been diagnosed with dementia. Your life and priorities have changed forever. As your loved one begins to lose physical abilities and mental capabilities, your life will revolve around caring for them. Knowing what to expect
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: That didn’t take long
June 10, 2013: Defence Minister Peter MacKay says Canada’s own secretive online and phone metadata surveillance program is “prohibited” from looking at the information of Canadians and is directed at monitoring foreign threats. June 13, 2013: Declassified records show the defence minister quietly issued new instructions to Canada’s electronic eavesdropping
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Is It Insane If We All Do It?
We are seriously mentally ill, as individuals and as a society. If you don’t believe it, just look at all the self-destructive things we do often with a sense of achievement and invariably without thinking them through. A fellow by the name of Jim Harris writes that modern economics is
Continue readingBuckdog: NEWS FLASHBACK!!! Conservative MP blows by Hill security check
A little retro story for our Conservative friends … especially those with conveniently short term memory …. Conservative MP blows by Hill security check Tory MP Pierre Poilievre is in hot water again, this time for bypassing a security check at Parliament Hill because he didn’t want to wait in
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Rafe: Site C Dam, LNG a Bad Deal for British Columbians
Premier Clark has already designated the power from proposed Site C Dam for energy intensive Liquefied Natural Gas – and it is here we descend into the world of madness. Clark says that LNG will eliminate our debt and give us a $100 Billion “Prosperity Fund”. The Premier would have
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: But MacKay Is A Man of His Word, Isn’t He?*
So I am sure there is nothing to get alarmed about with this revelation. * Well, I suppose some would disagree. Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Keystone XL Pipeline Lobbyists Have Deep Ties to White House
By: Pratap Chatterjee Keystone Pipeline Handout TransCanada and the provincial government of Alberta are paying former advisors to the Obama administration – as well as former staff of the Hillary Clinton and John Kerry presidential campaigns – to help them lobby for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to transport tar
Continue readingBuckdog: Thomas Mulcair Feels Wrath Of Rookie Gate Attendant On Parliament Hill ….
It’s sort of comical watching the Conservatives go through contortions trying to equate difficulties the Leader of the Official Opposition experienced this morning with a new employee (working the gate on Parliament Hill) with their numerous ethical, legal and moral sins. To hear the Conservatives tell it, Mulcair’s traffic difficulty
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Do the Cons support free enterprise, or not?
As Canada gets ever closer to signing a free trade and labour agreement with the European Union, where free enterprise is alive and well despite a much more comprehensive social net than we have here, I’m piqued by something. It seems incredible to me that the Conservative Party, the party
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