Even the right-leaning Canadian press can’t disagree that the Occupy Movement is a positive thing in and of itself. A new poll reveals that almost 60% of Canadians view the movement in a positive light, while some others tend to have problems because it is “leaderless”.
It’s great to see Canadians (who have not suffered […]
Irony alert. Contempt party accuses CBC of contempt.
Well if anyone should know contempt, it would be a Conservative. Oh and you can forget that whole legal matter of the appeals process. That’s just for Conservatives.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Why the Occupy Movement Has Relevance in Canada
Thee are many who assert that the Occupy Movement has no relevance in Canada because we have a social safety net and other measures that provide a modicum of protection to the most vulnerable. They also argue for the superiority of our banking system, …
Continue reading350 or bust: Australia Leads In Climate Fight, Passes Carbon Tax
Australia’s Senate passed a comprehensive carbon pricing scheme yesterday, to the applause of members of the public who were present. Australia is one of the world’s worst greenhouse gas emitters per capita because of its heavy reliance on…
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: John Ivison and the Case for a Canadian Foreign Intelligence Agency
Today’s example of a woefully uninformed journalist spouting off on a subject of crucial national importance is John Ivison, whose Monday column in the National Post is what presently passes for “balanced” commentary on what Ivison says is a renewed push by the government to transform the Canadian Security Intelligence Service into a foreign intelligence […]
Continue readingPaper Dynamite Online: Andrew Coyne Misses The Point On Open Primaries
Andrew Coyne tweeted:This proposal to elect Liberal leaders, and I gather nominate riding candidates as well, by open primaries is a terrible ideaLiberals, and all parties, need to make leaders more accountable to caucus, not less. Leaders elected by p…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Sarkozy to Obama, Netanyahu is a "Liar"
An unguarded moment. They didn’t think anyone could hear. That was when French president Nicholas Sarkozy turned to Barack Obama and said exactly what he thinks of Benjamin Netanyahu, “I can’t stand him any more, he’s a liar.” To whic…
Continue readingRusty Idols: The Settler’s Army
A report six years ago showed the Israeli Army rapidly becoming an arm of the Settler movement as theocratic anti-Palestinian forces gain increasing control. Apparently its gotten even worse. The 2005 Talia Sasson report on illegal outposts presented a clear picture of military forces renouncing their duty to impose law
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: NDP Hits a Wall in Saskatchewan
The year of the incumbent continues in Canada, with Brad Wall taking 49 of 58 seats and 64% of the vote.
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Since when did the Tories worry about contempt of parliament?
CBC in contempt of Parliament if it doesn’t produce documents Access Committee requests: Del Mastro
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Church of Lies by Flora Jessop
My reading plan was derailed when Church of Lies by Flora Jessop and Paul T. Brown came in from the library. I put down The Book Thief and picked up Church of Lies, just to have a look at it. My look ended when I finished the book. This is a non-fiction memoir of Flora […]
Pushed to the Left and Loving It: From Joseph Mitchell to Rob Ford to Herman Cain. They Just Don’t Get It.
The Canadian Manifesto: How the American Neoconservatives Stole My CountryIn 1960, the city council of Newburgh, New York, looking to clean up the slums created by migrant workers, who made the area a permanent home, hired Joseph McDowell Mit…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Dr. Dawg follows up on Stephen Harper’s apology to residential school survivors, and rightly questions how sincere it can be when it’s been followed up with repeated efforts to avoid either actual compensation o…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Dunderdale in tweet debate with opposition leader… or was she? #nlpoli
CBC has a story online about a Twitter exchange that supposedly took place between Premier Kathy Dunderdale and opposition leader Yvonne Jones. One small problem: is it really Kathy Dunderdale and Yvonne Jones? Sure the Dunderdale tweets h…
Continue readingcmkl: Mallory’s first loose tooth is in the house
Well, actually it’s in her mouth, still. But I’m trying to be… uh… hip. She was tired this morning, sleeping in to 7:10. We crawled downstairs and after starting in on her fruit, she complained to Irene that she was tired and wanted to go back to b…
Continue reading#OccupyCanada
Never mind the bad press, snotty media commentators and opportunistic municipal politicians: Canadians are stubbornly refusing to abandon the #Occupy movement. It’s almost enjoyable to see how that brute fact has been sending the media chatterati into a tizzy. Gary…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Liberals Join 8 out of 10 Canadians in Standing Against Government’s Warrantless Online Spying Bills
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OpenMedia.ca commends LPC House Leader Garneau for standing up for Canadians’ privacy rights
November 8, 2011 – The movement against online spying took one giant leap today…
Dead Wild Roses: The Battle for Womens’ Health & Modernity – In the US?
You would think that contraception would be a fairly straightforward issue. Women need reproductive autonomy and choice when planning their family. Of course, once the religious get involved things rapidly go down hill. Articles like the following should not have to be written… “PRCH (Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health) supports the recent recommendation […]
Wise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for November 8, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for November 8, 2011:
ARTICLING SHORTAGE TO CONTINUE: REPORT – Law Timeshttp://bit.ly/d62xgF
LSUC treasurer gets annual “honorarium” boost to $175,000 | Headline News | Law Times News -…