For the past 2 days, I have received various robocalls and emails from various candidates. This has been annoying to say the least, I would prefer personal emails or phone calls, but then I come back to earth and realize that I am just a regular delegate, and semi-annual blogger.
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Harper Government Chose to "Unilaterally" Move to Reshape Canadian Healthcare
If there is one thing terribly wrong with the Harper government, it is it’s tendency to move on policy and legislation without consulting or asking anyone else what they think – it’s got to be done the way they want it to be done. The rest of those guys are
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Wind Through The Ears
The Windmill NIMBYs are in Saskatoon now. While other countries are getting rich off green jobs and renewable energy sources, we have old farts who are looking gift horses in the mouth. The wind is blowing everywhere in Saskatchewan, but especially through the space between the ears of people working
Continue readingConfessions of a Liberal Mind: More Biennial talk
For the past 2 days, I have received various robocalls and emails from various candidates. This has been annoying to say the least, I would prefer personal emails or phone calls, but then I come back to earth and realize that I am just a regular delegate, and semi-annual blogger.
Continue readingcmkl: Flaherty tells the provinces ‘take it or leave it’ on health care funding
Well I feel better now, knowing that provincial governments have now joined the ranks of the scorned and disenfranchised. Unions now have some company. That whole no negotiation this is what you’re getting thing has been the hallmark of Tory policy dealing with those-who-are-not-us since the beginning.
Continue readingChronicles of a Pure Laine: Sacre bleu: New Habs coach unilingual
The year is ending with a bit of linguistic controversy in Montréal. The nomination of a unilingual coach at the helm of the Canadiens two weeks ago didn’t go unnoticed and this grunge is being carried over in the new year. A demonstration [Google translation] is under preparation for January
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Is Paul Dewar “The One”?
In this latest video, Federal NDP leadership candidate and Ottawa Center MP, Paul Dewar, proposes for Canadians “a future to believe in”. This is vote of no confidence in the Canada PM Stephen Harper and …Read More
Continue readingIs A Vote For Christy Now, Officially….
AllThePollsThatFit BigBoldPABsterBacklashVille ….A Vote For The NDP? The VSun’s Doug Ward is first out of the gate with the latest poll numbers. Here’s his lede: VANCOUVER — B.C. Premier Christy Clark has failed to stem the growing appeal of the provincial Conservatives, a new poll suggests. The survey by Forum
Continue readingBradley Manning, the movie
Prevention of Injury (POI) from kyle broom on Vimeo. An indie film takes a fictional look at real, currently unfolding events. Must see!
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Ontario Ombudsman Gets Shafted by Rogers Technical Support
I just happened to catch a tweet Tuesday night from our Ontario Ombudsman André Marin basically complaining that slow speeds he is experiencing ended up being not Rogers fault, and his support ticket has been closed. read more
Continue readingMorton's Musings: In this century, bloggers are media!
There is an issue emerging about media access to the Liberal Biennial Convention in Ottawa. Specifically, bloggers have been told that media accreditation is open to recognized news organizations. Freelance and social media representatives must be sponsored by a recognized news organization. Bloggers without association with major news organizations must
Continue readingCanada’s new Liberals (*snicker*)
As some readers may remember, I covered the Conservative Convention in 2008 and the Liberal Convention in 2009. The upcoming Liberal Convention plans to charge bloggers $1,100 to attend. We will not be given accreditation, you see, unless we are sponsored by some member of the corporate media. Otherwise we
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Acclimatized cats.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Not just for Arizona anymore
Look out! Santa has a gun! Reports say that neighbourhood Santas were not amused.
Continue readingSudbury Steve May: Eat a Banana, Save the Planet!
Look, I’ve never been the biggest fan of Chiquita Bananas, after having long ago learned about human-rights repressing, anti-democratic business practices which their predecessor, the United Fruit Company, engaged in throughout Central America in the past century. So I find having to write about what’s been happening in the media
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: On getting the news
Bill Bailey is an English comedian, musician, actor and TV presenter who often appears on Stephen Fry’s long running panel game show QI, an award winning celebration of the obscure. Bailey’s comedy is always intelligent and topical, and sometimes strange. He claims to have attended Bovington Gurney School of Performing
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Just Read Jeff
…re the LPoC’s decision to charge non-MSM affiliated bloggers $1,100 to attend their lame, non-newsworthy convention in January. Its all well-argued, but here’s his take on the only argument in favour of the LPoC decision that I have occasionally considered defensible: Why are they ending blogger accreditation? I can only speculate. I
Continue readingCanada Still Coming Up Triple Zeros
IfTommyDWereAliveToday WouldTheHarpoonsDestroyHimTooVille? In a good way….. As was explained by citizen Terry Champion in a fantastic letter to the Edmonton Journal a couple of days ago: “Statistics for 2009 compiled by Harvard Medical School and the U.S. Census Bureau show that, in the insurance-dominated U.S. healthcare system, 45,000 Americans died
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Kady highlights the Cons’ combination of complete incompetence in rejecting positive amendments to their dumb-on-crime bill, and dishonesty in pretending not to introduce exactly the same changes later. And if the Cons were the least bit concerned with *good* government rather than
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