…for I was not a delta-winged interceptor aircraft. Parc Downsview Park Inc., the folks who have decided to shut the Canadian Air and Space Museum and replace it with a couple of hockey rinks, are a crown corporation, so eventually t…
Continue readingEvilness: One more small step to police state.
For people who thinks that the census and gun registry are invasions of privacy, it’s amazing that Harper and his government have no problem spying on everone’s email and texts.
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Why Write About Gender and Sexuality?
Here’s the situation: A year and a half ago I finished my first go at writing a book. How it might get published was unclear at that point, but I deliberately set the manuscript aside as I continued to pursue publication and I also turned to othe…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Unfunded mandate galore, courtesy the Fed Cons
No surprise that the Cons reintroduced, yet again, their “omnibus” crime bill. And no surprise, again, that the Cons refused to say how much it will cost to implement — much less if there will be any commensurate transfers to the provinces…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: September 19, 2011
With the start of the fall session of Parliament I’ll plan to resume taking a daily look at what happens in the House of Commons – with a particular focus on the stories that don’t necessarily make the headlines written about question period.What You D…
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: The Ontario NDP Platform
Pollsters tell us that Ontario’s New Democrats may double their seat total in next month’s provincial election. It’s also entirely conceivable that they could be part of a coalition government at Queen’s Park. But what’s actually in the party’s election platform? One central feature of the NDP’s proposals is to implement a tax credit for companies that hire new workers. The tax […]
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Bush, Tyndale and the dilemmas of Christian leadership
Our family moved to the U.S. shortly after September 11 and experienced what it meant to be foreigners under the George W. Bush administration. We had lived there in the 1980s. Our children were born there then. We thought that … Continue reading →
Continue readingWild thought on NDP leadership
The NDP leadership will soon get very interesting. Brian Topp has been out there now for awhile. He has two big and i mean BIG endorsements. Thomas Mulcair is still playing the field. Looking for a constituency other than Quebec. Quebec MP Romeo Sa…
Continue readingBetterParks for Vancouver: Noise and Nonsense: Setting the record straight
There has been a lot of silliness in the media recently about the Green Party of Vancouver – and myself in particular – in an alliance with other civic parties. This is nothing more than noise and nonsense. The Green Party of Vancouver (GPv) is not i…
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Rebranding the Tar Sands
Reluctant as I normally am to say kind words about Ezra Levant, I have to admit that his campaign to re-brand the Alberta oil sands from what environmental activists in the United States had lately taken to calling “dirty oil” … Continue reading →
Northern Insights / Perceptivity: Let’s play political football with Kitimat
BC Government Online Newsroom, British Columbia to develop liquefied natural gas industry, Sep 19, 2011:
“Premier Christy Clark today announced British Columbia will take four key steps to create a prosperous liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry and j…
Continue readingCarbon49 - a blog on sustainability for Canadian businesses: The Future of Corporate Sustainability: McKinsey, PwC
Recent reports by McKinsey and PricewaterhouseCoopers find more companies are managing sustainability to improve process and pursue growth instead of focusing on reputation alone. In this article, guest contributor Venkat S. Somasundaram analyzes these reports and presents three key challenges to the future of corporate sustainability.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Saudi Arabia and Ethical Oil Group Go Head to Head Over Ads
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The controversial Ethical Oil ads, which enjoyed an exclusive run on the Oprah Winfrey Network at the end of August, have earned a new enemy: the …
Continue readingRandall Garrison previews his fall plans
With the House back, I'm making the rounds with our gay and lesbian MPs once again. First up is NDP MP Randall Garrison.
Q: How did you spend your summer?
A: I spent my summer in the riding, meeting
especially with mayors of municipalit…
Peace, order and good government, eh?: A rhetorical question
One of the pieces of legislation that has been rolled into the government’s omnibus crime bill was previously known as the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act and is described by the government thusly: [It] would allow victims of terrorism to sue perpetrators and supporters of terrorism, including listed foreign states, for loss or damage that occurred as a result of an act of terrorism committed anywhere in the world; Here’s my question: does that mean that someone of Pakistani origin who has family that has been killed by CIA drone attacks would be able to sue the United States? If not, why not? (Okay, that’s two questions.) There has been no declaration of war against Pakistan and those attacks, which are aimed at people suspected of terrorist activity but never subjected to any kind of due process, have no legal basis that I can think of. And you can be certain that some of the people killed in those attacks were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. You can be equally certain that there are people who live in that part of Pakistan who find it quite terrifying that a missile might, at any moment and…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Dulce bellum inexpertis – War is sweet to the inexperienced (Erasmus)
Litigation is also an exciting lark … to those who have never been to Court!
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Gary Mar is the Man
After Saturday’s first round of voting, it seems all but certain that Gary Mar will be the next Premier of Alberta:Gary Mar: 24195 (41%)Alison Redford: 11129 (19%)Doug Horner: 8635 (15%)Ted Morton: 6962 (12%)Rick Orman: 6005 (10%)Doug Griffiths: 2435 (…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford Surrenders to People Power
He blubbered, he bubbahed, he pouted, and then he surrendered.In a significant concession to public opposition and to queasy council allies, Ford voted at the end of a 20-hour executive committee meeting to reject some proposed cuts and to put off deci…
Continue readingCanada third best country to be a woman
I’m not sure why but this one caught me by surprise. I guess it shouldn’t since every boss I’ve had in Canada has been female. The part about the paucity of women in the Conservative government is no surprise.
Canada is the third-best country in the world to be a woman, according to rankings . . . → Read More: Canada third best country to be a woman
Continue readingQP: Why aren’t we doing what Obama does?
With a number of MPs wearing blue-striped
prostate cancer awareness ties and scarves, a few of them giving statements
about Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, the Layton mentions were frequent. Nycole
Turmel, now sitting in Layton’s old desk, bega…