You need to read this article from the New York Times. The piece explains very well what the big problems are. Although the article is primarily discussing the American situation, it is not that unlike the place Canadian’s find themselves in.
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Continue readingWhile in Toronto for the day on Saturday for our Progressive Blogger meet-up, some of us bloggers sauntered down to Bay Street to check out the Occupy Toronto “pre-protest” protest that had sprung up. There was about a crowd of 1000 there – quite a few gawkers, reporters and curious onlookers out of that bunch. There were a lot of placards and a lot of people handing stuff out. I personally got a “Free Private Bradley Manning” pamphlet – he who helped leak docum,ents to Wikileaks. Some of the stuff we saw was a bit out there. I know that because one of the bloggers down there with […]
Continue readingOccupy Toronto looks to have been a success. 3,000 people arrived at the Bay Street address of the stock exchange.
People listening to speaker at Occupy Toronto
The demonstration was very peaceful, and for the most part police kept back and watc…
Continue readingWe may be at one of those moments when the whole world changes. Like 1848, 2011 may turn out to be a historic year for world governments. David Ignatius writes in Friday’s Washington Post that:What’s intriguing about the eruption of Occup…
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Continue readingI have been steadfastly avoiding the so-called 53%, the US right-wing reaction to the Occupy movement, but two responses to their claims caught my eye.Suzy Khimm in the Washington Post takes on the hypocrisy of right-wingers flaunting their status as t…
Continue readingThe tale is not told in the view of columnists – Stephen Maher, Chantal Hebert and Susan Delacourt – who try to link a series of different events into one explanation. The tale is told in the comment of one long-time Liberal who bumped into anot…
Continue readingIn my days as a high school English teacher, one of my favourite books to teach was John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, the story of dispossessed farmers who, due to drought and economic factors, are forced to leave their land behind and travel to Califo…
Continue readingApril Reign Reposting in the tradition of the people’s mic h/t LeDaro April Reign – In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
Continue reading Sometimes the weather works in your favour. This video by Concordance is a perfect example of just such an occasion. Perhaps the good governor will pray for atheists next time. Filed under: Religion Tagged: God Loves Atheists, Rain, Rick Perry, The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice
Samara is anindependent charitable organization, founded in 2008 to study citizenengagement with Canadian democracy. Their work focuses on threeareas: political leadership; the participation of citizens in publiclife; and public affairs journalism. The…
Continue readingOn October 3rd, New Democrat mp Jean Rousseau introduced Bill C-312, the Democratic Representation Act. The bill seeks to guarantee the Province of Quebec a percentage of the seats in the House of Commons in perpetuity. The bill reads, in part:The prop…
Continue readingA portion of the Green Party of Saskatchewan’s healthcare proposals are available on CBC.
Continue readingRepresentation by Population Brown’s idea way back to even before confederation. In Canada we are not quite there at total representation. In Canada some Provinces are massively over represented while others aren’t. Harper is going to give 30 new …
Continue readingFrom Media Culpa:It’s a sad day when Atlas Shrugs looks like better journalism than the Globe and Mail. Indeed. Interesting too is that this article appears to mark climate-change denier and all round corporate shill Lawrence Solomon’s ret…
Continue readingOTTAWA- Defense Minister Peter MacKay was today outed by a Conservative staffer. The party insider told reporters that MacKay has long been a “man trapped inside the body of a lesbian”. His constituency office issued a brief statement, saying only that…
Continue readingRobert Reich is an American political economist, professor, author, and political commentator. He served in the administrations of Presidents Ford, Carter and Clinton.
Reich is currently Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of…
Continue readingLook out!! He’s got a… …HAMMER!!!: Two men were apprehended by security officers around 4 p.m. at Commerce Court near King and Bay streets. One of them allegedly had a hammer concealed on him, said Const. Tony Vella with the Toronto Police. Vella said it is not clear if the two men were part of […]
