While I was at home, preparing for Burns Night, I received an interesting couple of phone calls last week that I would like to relate. Call number 1 was from a woman claiming to be calling on behalf of the Calgary Centre Conservative Association. I told her there was no
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Akamai State of the Internet report shows Canada’s digital deficit
In their latest State of the Internet report, Akamai compares key metrics from countries around the world make it clear that Canada has a digital deficit. We’re falling behind other countries on all things digital; our Internet is slower and more restricted, and both mobile and wired access to the
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Give murderers rope in their jail cells: Senator
This is an odd story. Perhaps it was a foolish offhand remark of Senator Boisvenu. If so, well, we all say dumb things. On the other hand if the remark was serious it shows a remarkable lack of insight into punishment. Suicide is usually a tragic end of a mental
Continue readingThe Left Stuff: Of Feedback Loops and Tipping Points, and Cabbages and Kings
The sea was wet as wet could be,The sands were dry as dry,You could not see a cloud, because,No cloud was in the sky,No birds were flying overhead,There were no birds to fly . . . . . __________________________________________________________ One of the most frightening aspects of global climate change is
Continue readingThe Left Stuff: Of Feedback Loops and Tipping Points, and Cabbages and Kings
The sea was wet as wet could be,The sands were dry as dry,You could not see a cloud, because,No cloud was in the sky,No birds were flying overhead,There were no birds to fly . . . . . __________________________________________________________ One of the most frightening aspects of global climate change is
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4172…Terrible Start To Black History Month
Don Corneilus, Soul Train, put a bullet in his 75 year old head today at his LA home. Reports indicate that the injuries were so extensive that Mr. Cornelius could only be identified because he was found in his beloved velvet leisure suit. Dude’s voice was so deep he made
Continue readingThe real radicals revealed
The word “radical” is being thrown out a lot lately, particularly from the mouths of certain federal ministers. Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver garnered a great deal of attention when he published a rant about opposition to the Northern Gateway pipeline in The Globe and Mail. He has backed
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Save the Fraser Declaration – Alberta and Northwest Territories First Nations join BC First Nations in opposing Enbridge Pipeline and Tankers Proposal
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 On January 30th, media, First Nations groups, activists and one law student intern crowded into a hotel room on the outskirts of Edmonton for a press conference held by the Yinka Dene Alliance. Alberta and Northwest Territories First Nations signed on to the historic “Save the
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Dunderfalls #nlpoli
This is a screen cap of the picture VOCM is using on their front page to illustrate a story on Muskrat Falls. C’mon guys. This isn’t artsy. This isn’t creative. This is just unflattering to the Premier and therefore inappropriate. Next thing you know she’ll be slicing into the evil
Continue readingBoycott the Komen Foundation for the cure
…for cowardice, anti-choice capitulation—and lawfare against other charities. How many donors know that their money—a million smackers a year—is being used to persecute other charities that have dared to use the word “cure” in their names? Since when can you trademark a common English word? In the US, apparently you
Continue readingthe woodshed: Next from the CPC: senior citizens and ice floes, our new money-saving plan for Canada’s elderly
I really don’t think it is a stretch to say that only a conservative could come up with something this brazenly evil and stupid and then try to sell it as a way to save taxpayers’ money. That it is a member of the Canadian senate proposing it just proves
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Alert! Episode 201
Noted health care analyst Pat Armstrong reflects on what lies behind Harper’s new health care policy. It’s not just a matter of numbers. Pensions expert Andrew Jackson shows why Harper’s pension policy is fiscally unnecessary and devastating, especially for low income seniors. Investigative journalist Martin Lukacs talks about Harper’s tar
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Green Party Leader May and NDP Critic Angus to Join Discussions of Online Surveillance Bills
SOS_100xx100.png Event to Inform Criticism of Proposed Bills That Would Allow Warrantless Electronic Spying Ottawa, ON – In response to proposed bills that would allow warrantless electronic surveillance of Canadians, the Ottawa community is invited to join digital affairs experts and political representatives—including the NDP’s Charlie Angus and the Green
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: Most Commentators and Economists Say Threshold Change for OAS is Unnecessary
Surveying recent media coverage including economists referenced or interviewed, one will discover that roughly 9 out of 10 commentators argue that the age threshold for OAS does not require changing to maintain sustainable funding for the program despite swelling seniors’ ranks and a decreasing Canadian population. Neither the argument that
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Hell In A Handbasket
American spy charged with spying, by his own government, when he revealed to reporters that the CIA was acting illegally by torturing people. Obama’s War on Whistle-blowers, rages on. Bradley Manning is rolling over in his pending grave for allegedly feeding Collateral Murder and other information to WikiLeaks. == Our
Continue readingSen. Boisvenu’s modest proposal
And so the first trial balloon on the restoration of capital punishment is sent aloft, to jostle with the anti-abortion blimps. As it turns out, there’s nothing new under the sun. The Harper Senator is in good, aristocratic company: same warped world-view, same stunned politics. (Jonathan Guinness was the scion
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Same Thing Might Work For Senate Reform
A tough-on-crime Conservative senator said murderers should be provided with the tools to kill themselves in jail. Abolition by attrition, as it were.
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: NDPers dreamin’ of victory, ‘trash’ power sharing with Libs
The issue of having the New Democratic Party form an alliance with other parties – if such a move would keep the Conservatives out of power in 2015 – is vitally important for Canadians who fear the possibility of another four years of disastrous cutting and slashing. But some of
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: It’s a nice project, but… #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Manitoba Hydro’s limited review of Muskrat Falls is now available publicly. Manitoba Hydro concluded that the project is indeed the lower cost option of the two they were limited to studying and using all the assumptions they had to use under the question set for them by the people behind
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Bow Down Canadians, Corporations Are King
Two recent stories out of Ottawa underline the ongoing political and economic assault on ordinary Canadians. More Canadians are now working for low wages than at any time in decades, continuing a trend that began in the early 1990s, and Stephen Harper has announced major changes to retirement benefits —
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