Angela Horwath the leader of the Ontario NDP, wait, no that is wrong, Andrea Horwath is the woman’s name, has decided, coz she doesn’t have a political death wish, to support Premier Kathleen Wynne and the Liberal Party of Ontario on the budget. This, of course, has Tim Hudak, the man who
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Canada’s Senators, choose one
To help us decide which image best represents the Senate, Toronto Star provides a helpful resource HERE.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Who Is That Winging His Way to Cavendish, PEI?
Harper’s Consigliere? Word has it that Harper minister and loyalist, James Moore, has been dispatched to P.E.I. to demand that the Cavendish Cottager resign his senate seat. Will Duffy call the cops on another intruder? Does Harper’s envoy come bearing parting gifts? Oh to be a fly on the
Continue readingwmtc: in which i officially become a librarian
We interrupt this travelogue to bring you an important announcement. I got my first librarian job!! This is a part-time, temporary position in the children’s department of the Central Library, where I was a page for 14 months. I am thrilled. But wait, there’s more! I also interviewed in a
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Harper’s ‘Accountability’
This raw video from this morning’s efforts at damage control says all there needs to be said about Harper and accountability: Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: SHAME: Harper snubs journalists after speech to Conservative caucus [VIDEO]
Via CBC News: Journalists aren’t allowed to ask Prime Minister Stephen Harper about the Senate expenses scandal, following his speech to caucus Tuesday. Then they’re kicked out. WATCH: The Canadian Progressive recommends: #PMHarperMustResign: A Twitter storm demanding Harper’s resignation is proposed We recommend:Beleaguered Harper-appointed Sen. Mike Duffy Quits Conservative Caucus#PMHarperMustResign: A
Continue readingIn This Corner: Thanks, Mayor Mandel. Now, on to business…
First, a thank you to Stephen Mandel for his years of service to our city. Politics — particularly civic politics — is a tough way to make a living, and in my view Mandel has acquitted himself very well in his nine years as mayor. If you can be in
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: DuffyGate Continues #cdnpoli
This whole Mike Duffy scandal isn’t new, but it is big news now, because further details came to light last week. We learned that Duffy was basically bribed by the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister’s Office, so an audit wouldn’t continue or look so bad for
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Kathleen Wynne’s day off
…she’s certainly entitled to one. Here’s what has happened to her today: 1. She had her 60th birthday. 2. She had her first 100 days in power. 3. The NDP folded, and said it would vote for her budget. 4. The issue she hated (a Toronto casino) and the opponent
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Province, Public Opposition Halt Raven Coal Mine Proposal
Having gone through the early stages of environmental assessment, the Raven Coal Mine – proposed amid a thriving shellfish industry in Vancouver Island’s Fanny Bay – was stopped in its tracks last week. A jubilant Jonn Snyder of CoalWatch Comox Valley – a group formed to deal with the threat
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadian organizations join new coalition concerned with Internet censorship in controversial international agreement
stand against TPP.png As officials meet in Peru for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Canadian groups are helping launch an international “Fair Deal” coalition May 21, 2013 – Today, OpenMedia.ca and a coalition of organisations representing a diversity of interests have come together from around the world to ask for a fair
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Validity of information
R. v. Ladouceur, 2013 ONCA 328 holds non-compliance with s. 508 of the Criminal Code has no effect on the validity of an information: [19] So, if an information survives a defect in the time limit imposed by s. 505, the crucial issue raised in this appeal is whether there is any reason, based in logic or
Continue readingArt Threat: Hungry Planet pictures what we eat around the world
Whenever I shop for groceries, I’m reminded of our collective obsession with processed and packaged foods. As someone who makes an reasonable effort to make decisions that are good for both my health and that of the planet, my shopping cart is largely filled with whole foods. I’m certainly no
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Frackalypse Now: Mark Fiore Spoofs Oil Industry’s PSYOPS Campaign To Derail Fracking "Insurgency"
DeSmogBlog partnered with Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mark Fiore to produce this spoof video in the vein of Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now.” Making its debut today in honor of Gasland 2, which features the details of the gas industry’s psychological warfare scandal, here is “Frackalypse Now“: Read below the fold
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: "Gasland 2" Grassroots Premiere in Illinois Highlights Industry PSYOPS and Ongoing Fracking Fights
“Gasland 2” screened yesterday in Normal, IL and DeSmogBlog was there to gain a sneak peak of the documentary set for a July 8 HBO national premiere. Josh Fox’s documentary played at the Normal Theater, the second-ever screening since the film officially premiered on April 21 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Ethical Oil: Its Purpose Served?
The site has been inactive (other than intermittent messages to twitter) since October of last year. Now the its gone down entirely. For good?
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Lou Rinaldi must be stewing over Biron’s appointment as TSH CEO
Nobody can say Robert Biron didn’t know what he was getting into. The former CEO of Cobourg’s Northumberland Hills Hospital has come to the big city, the next in line to take on the seemingly impossible task of fixing The … Continue reading →
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadian organizations join new coalition concerned with Internet censorship in controversial International agreement
As officials meet in Peru for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Canadian groups are helping launch an International “Fair Deal” coalition May 21, 2013 – Today, OpenMedia.ca and a coalition of organisations representing a diversity of interests have come together from around the world to ask for A Fair Deal on intellectual
Continue readingBuckdog: –Harper Completely Sidesteps PMO / Senate Scandal – Today marks the beginning of the end of his government …
Stephen Harper’s speech to his Caucus isn’t going to work out very well for the Conservatives in the long run.Here’s how the emergency Conservative Caucus meeting went this morning:1) Harper invited the Parliamentary Press Gallery into the Caucus room for the first part of the meeting. 2) He started the
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