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Yesterday I arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada, for another installment of an enterprise to which I’ve been increasingly devoted over the last year: Training scientists in c…
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Yesterday I arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada, for another installment of an enterprise to which I’ve been increasingly devoted over the last year: Training scientists in c…
Continue readingJust as a brief followup to Impolitical’s posts/observations on the controversy brwewing surrounding cuts to ozone monitoring, I remember a time when opposition leader Stephen Harper was in his “climate change controls are a socialist schem…
Continue readingFrom Horwath’s announcement yesterday, this claim on hospital CEO salaries: Horwath noted that by capping executive salaries at twice the salary of the Ontario Premier, about $80 million could be diverted to programs like these to help new mothers.As …
Continue readingLet’s check in on how it’s going since government cuts to Canada’s long time ozone monitoring program made news and the international scientific community took note. Karen Dodds, the assistant deputy minister in the Environment department is claiming t…
Continue reading…goes looking for the gravy train in Ottawa, seeking waste, fraud, and abuse. But here in T.O. we know how that worked out. The only gravy turned out to be on Rob Ford’s tie. Watch the same thing play out on a national sc…
Continue readingIf the province’s New Democrats form the next provincial government, they’ll have to look somewhere else besides the Hebron oil project for their three percent surtax on crude oil. Under the 2008 Hebron fiscal agreement, then Premier Danny William…
Continue readingMegan Leslie has removed herself from the
NDP leadership race, but says she wants someone youthful and feminist to run in
her place. It sounds a lot like she wants someone just like her to run – just
not her. Meanwhile Libby Davies sa…
Overheard on ride home, “Oooh Mr. MacKay. Coffee, tea or … me?”Vacations are nice for a Conservative. They’re especially nice when you can commandeer a search-and-rescue copter to take you home at the end of it in style. Impresses the ladies.Sometime…
Continue readingMy 15 year old son is severely impacted by his Autistic Disorder. It presents real challenges for his ability to function in every aspect of his life. He has an Autistic Disorder that manifests in his limited understanding of the world, in repeti…
Continue readingThe Fall of the United States, CommonDreams.org, John Atcheson
“Welcome to the late great United States – a country in economic and moral free fall. A country in thrall to a cult of greed, selfishness, and ignorance.
“A country that is trying …
Continue readingGary Mar exactly as he appeared at a recent Conservative leadership forum, as some guy looks on. Your blogger is on the road, has limited Internet access and needs to keep it short…. so, perhaps we can explore this theme in greater detail soon. P…
Continue readingI think one of the biggest issues in the upcoming provincial election is JOBS! I’ve seen it all over the media and it’s also of personal interest to me as I’m looking for work right now. So I thought I would do a little analysis of each of the major
Continue readingI think one of the biggest issues in the upcoming provincial election is JOBS! I’ve seen it all over the media and it’s also of personal interest to me as I’m looking for work right now.
So I thought I would do a little analysis of each of the major party’s platform strategies for job creation. Here goes:
PC PARTY
Looking at the PC platform there isn’t much there regarding any plan or strategy towards job creation except for this statement:
“A Tim Hudak government will focus on letting the job creators – not the government – drive new job growth.”
Since when has that ever worked???!! We’ve been seeing unemployment rates soar while businesses post record profits and rich shareholders make gains. It’s obvious that the job creators aren’t going to use any gains towards driving new growth as shareholders are more important to them.
Anyhow, the PC platform goes on about:
FYI – A recent article proving value in “green” energy.
http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LRVKJ207SXKX01-47415GF9HK7FC3OEN2S2K17J5P
I think one of the biggest issues in the upcoming provincial election is JOBS! I’ve seen it all over the media and it’s also of personal interest to me as I’m looking for work right now. So I thought I would do a little analysis of each of the major
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Yesterday, the Ohio Governor's 21st Century and Economic Summit began, hosted by the controversial union-busting Governor John Kasich (R-OH), coming on the heels of …
Continue readingGary Mar exactly as he appeared at a recent Conservative leadership forum, as some guy looks on. Your blogger is on the road, has limited Internet access and needs to keep it short…. so, perhaps we can explore this theme in greater detail soon. Photo…
Continue readingThis is what he wants us to become. Are Canadians this soulless, this racist, this unjust? How long will we let this man trample on our rights and make a mockery of our country. The next few years will be telling. Canadians will be forced to make choic…
Continue readingHubris already? Colour me unsurprised!MacKay:Defence Minister Peter MacKay used one of only three search-and-rescue helicopters available in Newfoundland to transport him from a vacation spot last year, CTV News has learned.DechertIn an apparent attemp…
Continue readingUniversity of Georgia graduate student Arlana Henry checks her phone for news on the execution of Troy Davis while holding a vigil at the entrance to the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. (AP / Athens Banner-Herald, David Manning)
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