PHOTOS: Not this Beechcraft King Air, maybe, but three a lot like it are now plying the friendly skies of North Dakota, which is a great deal for their new owner thanks to the generous former government of Alberta. Below: The unsold Alberta Government Dash 8, and former Conservative Alberta
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OpenMedia.ca: Conservative MP Laurie Hawn attacks Canadian Businesses that raised concerns about Bill C-51
Wow — this is how Conservative MP Laurie Hawn responded to the now 140+ businesses who have raised concerns in a letter published by the National Post about reckless spying Bill C-51:”[They] should seriously reconsider their business model and their lack of commitment to the values that bind us as
Continue readingEclectic Lip: …on the Entrepreneurial State
With the next Canadian federal election less than a year away – and undesirables like Wayne Gretzky soon to be purged from the voter lists – I’ve been getting a lot more fundraising emails lately. As of mid-December I’d received nineteen in eighteen days. It was like a Christmas advent
Continue readingThings Are Good: Growing the Green Roof Industry in North America
Green roofs are great! They help alleviate a lot of issues that arise in urban living while making cities more beautiful. There is growing interest in making sure that urban green roofs take off and it looks like it is working. While other countries like Germany have been using green
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: A Call For Change In Business
It wasn’t so long ago that businesses recognized people at their local levels as having something to contribute. That individual employees have a meaning greater than the “bottom line”. That was before the Internet and globalization. In 1990, as a new graduate from University, I started working for what was
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper blasted for pushing Kinder Morgan’s $5.4B oil pipeline
In a strongly worded letter, Lower Nicola Indian Band Chief Aaron L. Sam blasts Stephen Harper for pushing Kinder Morgan’s $5.4-billion oil pipeline, ignoring climate change. The post Harper blasted for pushing Kinder Morgan’s $5.4B oil pipeline appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Germany to reject Conservatives’ Canada-EU free trade deal
A victory for Canadian democracy as Germany rejects the Harper Conservatives’ reviled multi-billion dollar Canada-EU free trade deal. The post Germany to reject Conservatives’ Canada-EU free trade deal appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Bell silent on its subscriber information disclosure practices
Why has Bell Canada remained silent on its subscriber information disclosure practices? asks University of Ottawa professor and Internet law expert, Michael Geist. The post Bell silent on its subscriber information disclosure practices appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Energy East pipeline: TransCanada told to “cease and desist”
The Council of Canadians this week told TransCanada to “cease and desist” from the deplorable practice of purchasing the silence of Canadian towns likely to be affected by the Energy East tar sands pipeline. The post Energy East pipeline: TransCanada told to “cease and desist” appeared first on The Canadian
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Tim Horton’s Farce
Am I the only one in Hamilton who’s embarrassed by the Tim Horton’s Field debacle? The stadium, which really never should have been built on the site of the old Ivor Wynne to begin with, was supposed to open at the end of the month. Now it won’t now be
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Secretive critical talks on the TPP happening in Ottawa
The ongoing secretive TPP negotiations could result in the largest global ‘trade’ agreement encompassing about 40 per cent of the world economy. The post Secretive critical talks on the TPP happening in Ottawa appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Secret TPP talks in Ottawa: Harper has “something to hide”
“Most Canadians would be surprised to learn that Canada is hosting the latest round of TPP negotiations this week in Ottawa,” says University of Ottawa Prof Michael Geist The post Secret TPP talks in Ottawa: Harper has “something to hide” appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingTHE CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE: Northern Gateway Pipeline: First Nations “Disgusted” With Harper’s Approval [VIDEO]
WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND: Enbridge’s vice president lies about winning over local First Nations [VIDEO] First Nations vow to fight Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project Elizabeth May Questions Harper on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline [VIDEO] Enbridge Inc Rebuked: “This is not an Enbridge animation” (VIDEO) Five strategies to stop Enbridge’s Northern Gateway
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canadian Airlines Hired Temporary Foreign Worker Pilots
by: Obert Madondo | May 11, 2014 Obert Madondo, Editor, The Canadian Progressive Canadian airlines exploited the Harper Conservatives’ Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) to “systematically” exclude Canadian pilots and hire foreign ones, a new memo reveals. No only that. Employment Minister Jason Kenney’s department blessed the hiring even though the applicants
Continue readingeaves.ca: The dangerous mystique of the “open data” business
I’m frequently asked by people about how they can start an “open data business.” Let me first say that I love that the question gets asked. I love that people are interested in Open Data. I love that people want to learn more, they want to play, they want to
Continue readingThings Are Good: Philosophy is Needed in Corporate Boardrooms
It’s not often that you hear CEOs and other executives call for philosophers to be among their boards. In a recent Financial Times article, there is an argument that businesses need philosophers. People who are trained philosophers tend to look root causes and issues that impact whatever it is that
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canadian Rocker Neil Young Blasts Stephen Harper, Alberta Tar Sands
Canadian rock legend Neil Young has blasted the Harper government for “trading integrity” in its single-minded appetite for Alberta tar sands dollars. The post Canadian Rocker Neil Young Blasts Stephen Harper, Alberta Tar Sands appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Selling Sustainability at All Levels of a Company
Every company ought to behave and operate in a sustainable way at all levels of operation. There is an obvious environmental argument for doing this, but some people don’t initially see the economic value. In this TED talk the economic efficiencies of sustainable manufacturing, distribution, and marketing are explored.
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM
THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM
Good old Time Magazine. It struggles on in the internet age, devoting more and more of its pages to bite-size “factoids” that rival websites for speed of transit through the intellectual digestive system. Each and every article has to be illustrated – over-illustrated. Colour and highlighting adds to the illusion of ethernet illusion, and the layout owes much more to Facebook than to any school of journalism. I love it, and I’m a long term subscriber who has lived through Time’s evolution.
Every once in awhile it digs up some true gems, and the November 18 edition is no exception. I have to admit that the inevitable long feature articles on the personalities of US politics (Is there any US politics that is not personality-based as opposed to issue-based ?) are eminently skipable. Even for Americans who live in that soap opera. Even Canada’s entrance in this contest, good old Rob (Fat) Ford gets a mention. His cameo is splayed across an insert that is 1/2 title, 1/4 photo and an incredible 50 word run on sentence that has almost as many errors of syntax and punctuation as I have fingers.
Enough of such trivia. The true meat of the issue comes in the back pages. ‘The Mysterious Provider of Sushi’ is a five paragraph article that it, amazingly, too three people to write. Do the mathematics. Time looks into the murky undersea world of the dreaded “Sushi conglomerate”. Who controls the uncooked fish market in the US ? Hold onto your chopsticks; it ain’t the Yakuza. Far worse by several orders of magnitude.
The “Codfather” of this piece is none other than the Unification Church – the Moonies. Nowadays they go by the name of the “Family Federation for World Peace and Unification”. Obviously a play for the American market with the buzzword “family” bit. Or could there be another connotation to the word “family”, most familiar in places such as Palermo ? Poor Japan. The Koreans have struck back.
Under yet another alias the Moonies market the morsels to the masses in the USA. The moniker – ‘True World Foods’. Cough, cough and triple pneumonia cough. No kidding. The Moonie managers lack a sense of humour or they’d realize the irony of this.. TW denies its connection to the Moonies, but court documents show otherwise. Time found it hard to penetrate further as TW’s New Jersey headquarters’ phone system didn’t work, and phone calls to their New York office went unanswered.
Time surveyed a selection of 70 restaurants across America, and True World was the supplier for 48 of them. TW counts 7,500 restaurants as customers in the USA. Their uncooked tentacles in this field make the Washington Post coup look trivial.
Look out Time. Any more raw exposées, and you may find a fish head in your beds. As for me this revelation has spoiled my sushi mania for at least a short while.
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM
THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM Good old Time Magazine. It struggles on in the internet age, devoting more and more of its pages to bite-size “factoids” that rival websites for speed of transit through the intellectual digestive system. Each and every article has to be illustrated –
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