Do you ever notice how the people who will complain about unionized workers making a little (or a lot it doesn’t seem to matter) more than non-unionized workers always argue that the solution is for unionized workers to earn less?
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Steady on, Montreal Simon
Montreal Simon draws his bead away from Captain Anti-Canada for a post defending the honour of the world’s greatest poet from a senseless and uncalled for slight.. He does a great job and the fact that the passion for his homeland matches that of his home shines through. I usually
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Andrew Jackson notes that the IMF is telling countries in Canada’s position to hold off on gratuitous austerity. And Trish Hennessy wonders why so many Canadians seem to have forgotten what happened last time budget-slashing was in vogue. – Meanwhile, Erin documents
Continue readingwmtc: fightback works: peel parents win, for now
Community meetings, rallies, emergency mobilizations, and a five-hour Council meeting ended with the Peel Regional Council voting not to close 12 publicly-funded daycare centres – yet. The Council voted unanimously to stop the rush to closure and instead set up a task force to explore the options. According to this
Continue readingCanada II: Parsing the Crown-First Nations Gathering Speech
From the Canadian Government’s Stephen Harper blog: “Welcome, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is indeed a pleasure to welcome you on the traditional territory of the Algonquin, to this historic Crown-First Nations Gathering. And it is especially appropriate to do so in this building, a building whose name honours the memory
Continue readingCanada II: Parsing the Crown-First Nations Gathering Speech
From the Canadian Government’s Stephen Harper blog:
"Welcome, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is indeed a pleasure to welcome you on the traditional territory of the Algonquin, to this historic Crown-First Nations Gathering. And it is especially appropriate to do so in this building, a building whose name honours the memory of a prime minister who cared deeply about the things we are gathered here to
Continue readingCanada II: Parsing the Crown-First Nations Gathering Speech
From the Canadian Government’s Stephen Harper blog: “Welcome, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is indeed a pleasure to welcome you on the traditional territory of the Algonquin, to this historic Crown-First Nations Gathering. And it is especially appropriate to do so in this building, a building whose name honours the memory
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CANADIAN LABOUR QUÉBEC: RIO TINTO LOCKOUT SOON TO ENTER SECOND MONTH: In the town of Alma Québec the lockout of employees of Alcan will soon be into its second month. 780 members of the United Steel Workers have been locked out since January 1. Management`s demand…simple “destroy the union”; all
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Proud to be Grandiose
Neat little mock ad from the folks at BuzzFeed pivoting off the accusation that Newt Gringrich is “grandiose”… It’s actually not surprising in the least that Newt would so readily embrace the term given his attachment to the notion of “American exceptionalism” – a view that holds the United States
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: A moral imperative
Last March the Harper government characterized Canada’s participation in hostilities in Libya as a moral imperative. Hopefully they’ll look upon today’s request by Amnesty International in the same way. The Canadian leader of Amnesty International is calling on the Harper government to use its influence with Libya’s new leadership to
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: The sum of some
Earlier today, federal, provincial and territorial justice and public safety ministers finished their annual meeting in Charlottetown. Among the items under discussion, was Quebec’s request that the Harper Tory government transfer data from the life saving long gun registry to provinces wishing to establish their own. According to the agreed
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Copyright Radical
I’m a copyright radical, like most younger people. I wasn’t born that way, but Napster, and the war on Napster and filesharing helped shape my vision of what people need to do to remain free. As most TED talks are, this is an amazing video on how to understand culture
Continue readingSee How Austerity Will Really Pay Off Canadians in the Long Run
Step right up, boys ‘n’ girls, see what you’re forced to sacrifice for! Tell me again how these mega-low corporate tax cuts and austerity for the rest of us is supposed to benefit Canadians in the long run? H/T deBeauxOs who also wrote some lyrics. I don’t think they’re white
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Economic development whatever the cost!
Whatever is good or bad in Stephen Harper’s speech is degraded for me by his choice of location for delivering it. The Prime Minister of Canada flew to Switzerland to join the world’s rich and powerful to articulate his vision for our country, a vision that, instead of being an
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Northern Gateway Rising: A Slightly More Interesting Bullshit Poll
Decima’s latest, which gives the following national numbers: …the Conservatives at 32 per cent support, followed by the NDP at 29 per cent. The Liberal Party, which held its 2012 convention in Ottawa two weeks ago in an attempt to rescue itself from permanent third-party status, is sitting at 25 per
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: No One Is Illegal Vancouver Statement: Blood & Honour Assaults
We were asked if we would be interested in posting the article below by No One Is Illegal. We are and here it is. 🙂 No One Is Illegal on White Supremacist Hate Crimes Posted by admin on Jan 26th, 2012 This Friday January 27th Alastair MacDonald appears in Court
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: NL AG: Dunderdale unprecedented doc block “not a good thing“ #nlpoli #cdnpoli
From Canadian Press: The veteran auditor, in an interview Thursday, said the government’s sweeping denial of documents on the basis of cabinet confidentiality has left him no way to trace how and why spending decisions were made. "I can certainly say it’s not a good thing," he said. "The auditor
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Horrible Day at Davos
It was without a doubt the most grotesque spectacle the Davos Cozy Capitalist Club had ever seen. As they sat there in their silk leather pajamas watching Stephen Harper pose as an economist. Bragging about the stability of our banking system, while forgetting to tell them that if it had
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
Lord Acton
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Postmedia: Rogers uses "freedom of speech" as excuse for misleading ads
By Sarah Schmidt for Postmedia News Rogers Communications Inc. is asking an Ontario court to strike down part of a federal law requiring a company to have “adequate and proper” tests of a product’s performance before advertising claims about the product — on the grounds that it violates its freedom
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