Poverty is of course about a lack of money, but it is also about a lack of resources both in the cultural and social sense. I live in a small village of 1800 citizens. Outside of myself, the retired doctor … Continue reading →
Continue readingopenalex: EcoCity 2011 – Networked Urban Sustainability: Breaking the Integration Barrier
September hit with the usually flurry of activity, which means that I’m only now putting up this version of one of the two talks that I gave at the 2011 EcoCity World Summit. The Summit was hosted in Montreal this year, and was a huge success all a…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Talisman funded Friends of Science skeptic film
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Calgary oil company Talisman Energy has been outed as the major funder behind a Friends of Science video series that falsely tried to claim legitimacy by tacking a University o…
Continue readingArt Threat: Art exhibit seeks to foster dialogue on 9/11 – September 11 — Past, Present, Future features work of 16 artists
Curated by Andrea Arrovo, “September 11 — Past, Present, Future” features work from 16 artists across the globe.
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: On Objective Morality
Most moral theories are predicated, at their root, by various assumptions or axioms which in turn cannot be derived independently. That is, there does not seem to be some cosmically significant, absolute grounding for morality that simply and unques…
Continue readingTerahertz: The NPA on accountability
Suzanne Anton has released some of her Non-Partisan Association ideas for how to bring an “accountability accord” to Vancouver’s city hall. Accountability’s a good thing, right? So there’s little to disagree with here: Support for a (provincially-funded) municipal auditor Freezing the mayor’s office budget for three years Cutting the budget for councillors attending international meetings […]
Continue readingcmkl: Remedies for household debt
Canadian households are more in debt than ever. Both the governor of the Bank of Canada and the finance minister have been “concerned” about this for some time.
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Percentage of Americans Living in Poverty hits 52 year peak http://bit.ly/njqVAS
Michelle Bachmann keeps up attack on Rick Perry over HPV vaccine http://bit.ly/pFzxXe Ok, this is really nutz. The USA is in dreadful financial shape (blame whoever you like) and the GOP is debating … a vaccine that prevents cancer … on the grounds…
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4033…Pandering To Quebec
Montreal boy Brian Topp, who wants to be the next leader of the Dippers, says that “…Quebec should join Alberta, B.C. and Ontario in getting extra House of Commons seats when Canada’s political map is next redrawn…”This would be why?No, seriously,…
Continue readingTerahertz: The Fraser Institute: “It’s crap”
This quote really made my day. "Even when I could say, yes, this is great, this is validation of what we’re saying, it’s, it’s crap," he said. "I’m sorry, are ministers not supposed to say that?" The quote comes from Nova Scotia NDP Finance Minister Graham Steele when asked to comment on his province’s third […]
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4032…Air Canada attendants could strike next week
That’s the headline in today’s Financial Post.The Flying Waitresses Union is holding ongoing votes and “If the flight attendants vote for a strike mandate, as is widely expected, they could walk off the job as early as Sept. 21…”This of course will m…
Continue readingthe reeves report: Toronto mulls deep service cuts to begin meeting $774M budget shortfall
In the effort to reduce a budget shortfall of $774M in the City of Toronto, we may find that the city our forebears worked so hard to create will be drained of its essence. After promising in the 2010 mayoral election that taxes would be cut and services would be left alone – that tired … Continue reading »
York professor hit with bogus anti-Semitism charge. It’s getting out of hand, folks. Bring on McCarthy.
This is one sick story. A prof made the following statement: “‘All Jews should be sterilized’ would be an example of an unacceptable and dangerous opinion”. One student jumped on the line from professor Cameron Johnston, who is Jewish, telegraphing the…
Continue readingAdam M On The Front Page: Canada Headed for a Double-Dip Recession?
CBC reports today that Scotiabank is mulling over the possibility of a Canadian recession. This could make Canada the first major Western nation to re-enter recession. I don’t find this surprising because I work in sales, right on the front line of the economy and I’ve seen what’s been going
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Ontario Votes 2011: Progressive Conservative Tim Hudak Insults Canadian Immigrants
To Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak, new Canadians are “foreigners”. Lack of political experience? Anti-immigrant prejudice? Both. Earlier this week, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and the Liberals pledged $12 million in tax credits for b…
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Gains-burgers
Ian Reid is back at his computer station this week and that is good news for blog readers. He wrote a piece at The Real Story last October that is worth reexamination because the subject of defective journalism continues to be an issue at the…
Continue readingEveryone hates a narc. Or, let the identities of the undercover G20 cops be known.
There is nothing lower in human life than an undercover cop. They are supreme cowards and nothing less than snitches. The G20 cops who narc’d on the 17 accused of causing ‘mayhem’ at Toronto’s G20 deserve to have their identities exposed, as has alread…
Continue readingA Blog By James Curran: Brian Topp Taking Leadership Lessons From Ignatieff?
It’s the only thing I can think would be going on in his head. Quebec Nation was a key contributor to Michael Ignatieff’s 2006 leadership loss. And it will be the undoing of Topp’s (2 day old) campaign as well. But hey, what do I know.
Continue readingComment of the day
The laughfest known as “the Tea Party Republican Debate” continues apace. Candidate Michelle Bachmann was in especially fine form last night, hinting darkly at horrible side effects from the cancer-preventative HPV vaccine; theories which have long since been debunked and dwell on the ragged edge of politics in the murky conspiratorial caverns that house ideas […]