Justice Minister Rob Nicholson has signalled the government’s intentions to support a private member’s bill from backbench Alberta MP Brian Storseth that will repeal Sn. 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. That section presently reads: Hate messages (1) It is a discriminatory practice for a person or a group
Continue readingwmtc: freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, as long as you don’t mind being beaten and abused
Further to an older post “the definition of a police state depends on where you live – what country, and what postal code “, I present these without comment, because what is there to say? Police drag OWS protester by her hair Police officer calmly and methodically uses chemical agent
Continue readingUS: fascism goes to college
Meet Lieutenant John Pike, above. His telephone number is 530-752-3989. His email is japikeiii@ucdavis.edu. Don’t hold back—Pat Martin this pig. When University of California at Davis students protest nonviolently on their own campus, this is what happens in Amerika. Some accounts here and here and here. A professor calling for
Continue readingOpen Letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi | UCDavis Bicycle Barricade
Open Letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi | UCDavis Bicycle Barricadesee also my post last night: Police use pepper-spray against sitting Students
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Pension Shell Game
Tom Walkom writes that the only real pension is a defined benefit pension — the kind of pension which allows you to know how much you will receive in retirement — like the Canada Pension Plan. For the past thirty years, private pensions have been disappearing, through company bankruptcies. Or
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Let Quebec Pay
The federal government is not only going to destroy the long gun registry, but is going to destroy all the data too. However, Quebec wants to keep the registry and maintain it on its own. They are willing to foot the bill as long as it gets the data. Why
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
A very moving video showing the deep emotional bond between a gorilla and the man who raised him:
Continue readingImpolitical: Speech of the week
A must see speech from the European parliament, November 16th. It’s Nigel Farage a member of the UK Independence Party who holds nothing back. It’s entertaining, sure, but they’re not laughing much in the EU these days. It is a good point that he raises, about the democratic legitimacy of
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: New Government Hate Crime Initiatives Will Outlaw Linking To Hate Speech
Joe Brean is usually careful about these stories, so though I don’t see where anyone in the gov. has said this explicitly, I will assume he’s got it right re the criminal code enhancements that will offset the repeal of Section 13 of the CHRA: One of the Criminal Code enhancements
Continue readingImpolitical: Optimistic enthusiasm
Optimistic enthusiasm as a form of realism: How does your organization respond to new opportunities? Most companies launch new things, try out new initiatives, brainstorm new approaches. The internal response (or reaction) to these ventures is a cultural choice, one that often turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy. If your organization
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Traffic for the New Dawn #nlpoli
Nalcor’s own studies back NG as Muskrat alternative Quebec adds 300 MW of wind Free advice Court docket now online One statement, three stories The Truth Deficit Typical Economy to slow down? Unseen wounds are no less real Vote SRBP as best political blog in Canada – srbp –
Continue readingThe Mike Harris Liberals
While debate on the seat redistribution bill gets underway, the Liberals have decided to throw caution to the wind, and outline their radical proposal of redistribution a) without adding new seats, and b) still respecting some of the established floors, though not all. It’s ballsy, I’ll grant them that, but I’m certainly
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Coming soon
I hope to meet a few Northern Insights readers at Thursday’s event.
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Inflation Targeting and the Crisis
Many long-held tenets of neoclassical orthodoxy have fallen by the wayside in the past 3 years, but perhaps one of the biggest dominos that is at least teetering precariously (if not fully tipped over) is the consensus that inflation targeting should be the exclusive focus of monetary policy. The policy
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why the Occupy Movement Will Survive
It’s going to be a cold night at the Occupy Toronto campsite, as the clock on the church that has refused the occupiers sanctuary, counts down the hours before they are evicted. Because you don’t have to ask yourself what would Jesus do eh? Or be a weatherman, to know that
Continue readingPolice use pepper-spray against sitting Students
The rule of thumb in use-of-force: police are prohibited from applying more physical force than is necessary to accomplish a legitimate law enforcement task. H/t to Joshua Holland Watch the video below of university students. The students are sitting. The students are not threatening. They are sitting very peacefully. Then
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: A suggestion for North Van District voters
This weekend, most of us have opportunity to vote in municipal elections. As an informed internet reader (you wouldn’t be here otherwise), you know the importance of the day. I don’t write about local politics often but I do have one suggestion for readers who live in North Vancouver District.
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Truth-Challenged Sun Propagandist Brian Lilley Blames Elections Officer for Persecuting Conservative Fraudsters
Conservative paranoia in this country is beginning to reach such absurd heights that I’m beginning to suspect the next government crime bill initiative will be to add wrecking charges to the Criminal Code. Actually we’re not as far away from that as you might think, what with the government outlawing
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
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