It seems only appropriate that on the very day Mike Duffy returned to the Senate, the RCMP Commissioner should appear before a Senate committee and show once again why he still doesn't get it.And that a time when the RCMP is being rocked by allega…
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Mind Bending Politics: Parent’s Plea To Stop The Bullying In Her Child’s School Goes Viral
(York Region District School Board Still Plagued With Accountability and Bullying Issues Seven Years After High Profile Rally) Back in 2009, over 400 students walked out of their classrooms denouncing staff at Keswick High School’s decision to wrongfully suspend an Asian student who was the subject of bullying. This incident in 2009 took the […]
Montreal Simon: The Day Ezra Levant Claimed That He Was Being Bullied
It could only happen in a country still recovering from the depraved rule of Stephen Harper.Where members of Ezra Levant's hate mongering site The Rebel were thrown out of two Alberta government news conferences for posing as journalists.Only to…
Continue readingChristy's Houseful of Chaos » politics: why we need to listen to children’s perceptions of bullying
“Sometimes,” my child said to me, “it is easier to think of the other person as a jerk.” He had been excited about a summer day camp that promised kayaking and archery, but after a day and a half the toll of dealing with bullies was too much. His head
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Bullying and the enforcement of normal
Via Shakesville, I stumbled across this powerful and insightful article about bullying among school kids. As somebody who grew up bookish, queerish, funny-looking, and with poor mastery of social skills and “appropriate” gender performance, this totally resonated with me. The furthest I have come is to accept that I have both
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canadian Forces Member Vandalized Rehtaeh Parsons Suicide Wikipedia Page
The father of one of the four boys who gang-raped Rehtaeh Parsons edited her Wikipedia suicide page, wrote that her vicious attack was “consensual sex.” The post Canadian Forces Member Vandalized Rehtaeh Parsons Suicide Wikipedia Page appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: One More Reason the CBC’s Managers Must Be Fired
Last night I wrote about the CBC and said that if it was in trouble people should blame the Harper regime and its managers, not its workers. For it was its useless managers who created the celebrity culture that allowed "stars" like Jian Ghomeshi to bully those who worked for
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Man Implicated Rehtaeh Parsons Sexual Assault Spared Jail
A judge in Nova Scotia has decided that there will be no jail term for one of the four boys implicated in the fatal gang-rape and online shaming of Rehtaeh Parsons. The post Man Implicated Rehtaeh Parsons Sexual Assault Spared Jail appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Alberta’s attack on gay-straight alliances rests on the same logical fallacy as Russia’s ‘gay propaganda’ law – coincidence, or what?
Russian police arrest citizens protesting against the country’s anti-gay laws, which rely on the same logical fallacy as the Prentice Government’s moves to suppress a bill that would have supported gay-straight alliances in schools. Below: Alberta Liberal MLA and GSA advocate Laurie Blakeman, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Alberta Premier
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Ezra Levant’s Doubly Disastrous Day of Reckoning
I'm sorry I wasn't able to check out Ezra Levant's reaction to the latest court judgement against him. Because I'm sure it must have been priceless. Sun News Network host Ezra Levant has been ordered to pay $80,000 in damages for libeling a Saskatchewan lawyer in a series of “reckless” blog
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford: The Beast, the Bully, and the Bigot
Well I think this much can safely be said about Rob Ford. You can send him off to a luxury rehab in Muskoka, where other millionaires like him live.You can shoot him full of horse tranquilizer, so you can try to put him on a healthy diet, or load him
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia and the Con Bigots
It's International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. A day to remember the millions of LGBT people in the world who are being oppressed, hurt, and even murdered for the "crime" of being who they are.A day to remember that even in Canada, the hatred that kills is still a problem.For
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Rejection of Gay-Straight Alliances motion shows some Alberta MLAs need a reality check
TweetBe it resolved that the Legislative Assembly urge the Government to introduce legislation, like Manitoba’s and Ontario’s, requiring all school boards to develop policies to support students who want to lead and establish gay-straight alliance activities and organizations, using any name that is consistent with the promotion of a positive
Continue readingThings Are Good: A New Zealand School Abandons Rules, Ends Bullying
Having zero tolerance policies in schools is a truly horrible way to treat children. It can blunt curiosity and punish severely for minor infractions, combine such oppressive control with bizarre rules (like no playing schoolyard games) and you’ll bored, agitated and disengaged kids. When children aren’t able to express themselves
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Chris Alexander, Julian Fantino, and the Con Bullies
The other night I wrote about how disgusted I was to see Chris Alexander, the Con Immigration Minister, go after Deb Matthews, the Health Minister of Ontario, like a schoolyard bully.For the "crime" of standing up for the right of refugee claimants to receive health care. And I quoted this paragraph
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Wonderfully Amazing Victory of the Gay-Straight Alliance
They had to fight so hard for the right to set up Gay-Straight Alliance clubs in their schools. They had to battle ignorance and religious bigotry.They were called Nazis, forbidden by their school boards and their principals to use the word gay, or even draw the rainbow colours. But they never
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: On Bullying and Thuggish Behaviour In Canada’s Politics
As a human being, I see Rob Ford as a tragic character. The man is so obviously in over his head it’s not even funny. His closest advisors and family have enabled his proclivities for substance abuse, and I would go so far as to suggest that he may well
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Watch Rob Ford Go Wild at City Council !!!!
Well I told you it would be a fascist circus, and that's exactly what it turned out to be. With the bully mayor on a rampage. Chaos broke out during an extraordinary city council debate on reducing embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to essentially a figurehead.At one point, the mayor
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Burning Hypocrisy of the Cons
It must have been a frightening apparition in New York City today. Like a scary blimp in the Macy's parade eh? Stephen Harper as Great Mother Leader, posing as a friend of women and children, while floating on a cloud of toxic hypocrisy. Read more »
Continue reading350 or bust: “It’s About Love”: Life Advice From Star Trek Star
At a convention full of nerds, a new mom got up and asked supreme galactic ruler of geeks and former “Star Trek: The Next Generation” cast member Wil Wheaton to offer her infant daughter some advice. He obliged in a most awesome way.
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