They are completely lost without a relevant Liberal Party.
Continue readingLisa Raitt takes on union postal workers: "It’s a sexy issue"
Raitt: “I will not be the next Helena Geurgis. Been down that road.”
Harper’s Labour Minister was resolute this morning while talking to reporters about the postal strike, which Raitt calls a ‘sexy issue’. Ms Raitt said that in light of the union bus…
Paper Dynamite Online: Extraordinary Convention: Links
Here are some links that may be useful for tomorrow’s Extraordinary Convention.You can find the Rules of Order here.There will be five sub-amendments which you can find here.Ongoing discussion about the Extraordinary Convention and the original amendme…
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Broadway: It’s not just for gays anymore!
(And look! Doogie Howser can SING! And so can Stephen Colbert and Brooke Shields!)
Continue readingBuckdog: ‘Canada: Peace And Order Until The Next Hockey Match’ – Taiwanese Animation
Here is another great Taiwanese animation … this time featuring an international view of the Vancouver riots.
Continue readingTrashy's World: Betty Fox
I’m very sad to say that Terry Fox’s Mom, Betty, has died.
Terry was a Canadian hero and so was his Mom.
She kept the fight against cancer very much alive and up front. The number of lives saved through her fund-raising efforts is incalculable.
Thanks to the whole family. You inspired many.
Mourners can share their thoughts and […]
The Disaffected Lib: Piracy, Anyone?
What’s in a name? Very little. Look at my own British Columbia. Our province is governed by the Liberal Party of British Columbia. Only there’s nothing remotely “liberal” about it.
We used to be run by the Social Credit Party, a pretty right…
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Canucks Riots: Turn your neighbours in?
Yesterday, I wrote about the narrative of division that’s going around in the traditional media and social media following the Vancouver Riots. Jasmin wrote about the standard leap-to-blame-the-anarchists reaction that also came up. But now I’m getting kind of creeped out by the digital witch hunt that’s taking place, with a huge amount of websites […]
Continue readingMorton's Musings: "Either or" questions not leading
A leading question is a question that assumes a state of facts or puts the answer to the witness.Leading questions are not permitted during examination in chief except on introductory and non-contentious matters. Some have argued a question “was it thi…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: The Greedy PMO
This article by itself shows why this Conservative government should have little standing among the Canadian public interested in cutting expenses:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s own department has repeatedly broken the government’s tough rules for…
Continue readingRedBedHead: NATO Has Already Lost In Libya
I’m certainly not one to believe that imperialist agendas, hideous in life, won’t rise zombie-like from the grave. The present air war by NATO to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is proof enough of that. The failure of NATO in Afghanistan, after ten …
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Nowak: Update on indie ISPs and matching broadband speeds
By Peter Nowak
On Wednesday, the CRTC finally got around to addressing the long-smoldering “matching speeds” issue, which is essentially where smaller internet providers such as TekSavvy get to offer the same broadband services as the big guys (Bel…
A dynamic Turkey steps up
Congratulations to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) for their victory in the Turkish election last Sunday. Erdogan led his party to their third straight win with a majority of seats and almost 50 per cent …
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Why De-Growth? Rex Weyler Answers Key Questions
“GDP, the so-called measure of economic growth, does not separate costs from benefits.”-Herman Daly, World Bank Economist, author of “Steady State Economics.”In 2008, economists and scientists met in Paris to discuss “Economic Degrowth for Ec…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: China’s New Climate, And Yours
Southern China has been enduring the worst drought in half a century but not any longer. Now the region is inundated by flood waters, it’s newly engorged rivers, including the Yangtze, overflowing their banks. 550,000 people have already been r…
Continue readingCBC contributes much more than dollars
A study released Wednesday by international consultants Deloitte and Touche reports that CBC/Radio-Canada contributed $3.7 billion to the Canadian economy in 2010. This contrasts to its annual parliamentary allocation of $1.1 billion and overall expen…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Marcus Pincus the Tailor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpX47QJmu2s&feature=youtu.beCulture and confusion meet on a Brooklyn street, in this hilariously charming tale of similarities amid diversity. Film directed by Gordon Grinberg.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: “Letter perfect”? Guess again.
Municipal affairs minister Kevin “Fairity” O’Brien thinks that his government’s response to last year’s Hurricane Igor disaster was absolutely correct in every respect. In fact, he is so convinced of the rightness of what he and his colleagu…
Continue readingSocialism and the new NDP
As NDP delegates gather in Vancouver, many having flown in by Westjet, compromise is in the air. Fifty years after its founding, the party finds itself the Official Opposition. So closely does this bind the NDP to mainstream politics-as-usual that…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Syria death toll 16, Aleppo sees first killing-group
(Reuters) – Security forces shot dead 16 protesters at several demonstrations across Syria on Friday demanding the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, a main activists’ group coordinating protests said.The deaths included the first protester to be ki…
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