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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The Canadian Progressive: Canada-EU CETA trade agreement has “troubling” elements: Yves Engler [VIDEO]
Yves Engler, a Canadian activist and author of The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper’s Foreign Policy, discusses the “troubling” elements in the Canada-EU CETA trade agreement. The post Canada-EU CETA trade agreement has “troubling” elements: Yves Engler [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Are UBC Sauder Business/Commerce students just jerks?
UBC Sauder School of Business is one of few business schools in Canada that produce some serious leaders in our capitalist economy (both here and internationally). These are the same people that will take top positions at big companies; the same people that will develop multi-million/billion(?) entrepreneurial companies; and the
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Where’s the draft text?
Today, Harper and EU President Jose Manuel Barroso initialled a trade and labour agreement between Canada and the world’s most powerful trading bloc. Like I said in my last post, I think open trade with the EU will be overall good for Canada. But don’t you find it odd that
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Here he comes, the PM in the big white sportscar …
The second session of Canada’s 41st Parliament opens today. And early word about the Speech from the Throne is that PMS (Prime Minister Steve) will make a move towards consumer rights. Funny. He was against pick-and-pay cable and satellite, before he was for it. He was for long term cell
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: New study makes the case for postal banking in Canada
The reintroduction of postal banking in Canada would offer access to financial services not now available to many Canadians, says new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The post New study makes the case for postal banking in Canada appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Why I’ll be voting in Ontario on the minimum age
Currently, the minimum wage in Ontario is $10.25 per hour. Presuming a 40 hour week, no sick days and two weeks vacation, that works out to about $20,500 per year. Not a bad piece of change; but with the lowest marginal income tax rate of 20% and payroll taxes of
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Reject Verizon, Establish Telecommunications Crown Corporation: Union
The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada urges the Harper government to reject Verizon’s bid to become Canada’s fourth largest telecoms carrier and, instead, establish a telecommunications Crown Corporation. The post Reject Verizon, Establish Telecommunications Crown Corporation: Union appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingEclectic Lip: The witless wisdom of Shai Agassi
Dunning-Kruger effect graphed by AddAttack on DeviantArt. LinkedIn has an “opinion leader” piece from Shai Agassi, founder of bankrupt car-battery-switcher Better Place, telling carmakers how they need to respond to Tesla’s success. Who better to give them advice than a guy who raised $850 million for an ignorant, impractical, impossible
Continue readingEclectic Lip: A patent app mishap
I hope that if/when this patent application gets granted, they update the title… otherwise, someone at Samsung will have some ‘splaining to do!
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: ForestEthics sues Harper government over limits on pipeline hearings
A Vancouver-based environmental group ForestEthics and activist Donna Sinclair are suing the Harper government over new rules that drastically limit Canadians’ participation in pipeline project hearings and decisions relating to the energy industry. The post ForestEthics sues Harper government over limits on pipeline hearings appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: My take on Line 9
Over the last year, there has been a huge amount of debate over Enbridge wanting to reverse the flow of oil in a major pipeline — “Line 9” — from east to west, to west to east. The claim has been made that an already fractured pipeline could become even
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Study Finds High Levels of Arsenic in Groundwater Near Fracking Sites
A new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington found elevated levels of arsenic and other heavy metals in groundwater near natural gas fracking sites in Texas’ Barnett Shale. The post Study Finds High Levels of Arsenic in Groundwater Near Fracking Sites appeared first on The Canadian
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: What? Wireless companies can’t take the heat?
Over the last few weeks, the three big players in Canada’s wireless business — Bell, Telus and Rogers — have been running two separate but related series of ads which are related to the almost certain reality that America’s largest phone, cell and IPTV company, Verizon, will made bids to
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: TransCanada’s Energy East oil pipeline will face fierce opposition: Council of Canadians
The Council of Canadians announces a national campaign to stop TransCanada’s proposed $12 billion Energy East pipeline, which would ship Alberta‘s dirty tar sands oil to Canada’s East Coast. The post TransCanada’s Energy East oil pipeline will face fierce opposition: Council of Canadians appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: As Keystone XL Falters, TransCanada OKs Bigger Canada East Coast Pipeline
As Keystone XL falters, TransCanada introduces Energy East, a $12 billion pipeline that would ship Alberta’s dirty tar sands oil to Canada’s East Coast. The post As Keystone XL Falters, TransCanada OKs Bigger Canada East Coast Pipeline appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingEclectic Lip: Electron democracy
A long-belated companion to Steven Chu’s “Time to fix the wiring” essay I posted earlier, this is the white paper I co-authored for the same McKinsey & Company series. Given the roughly five-month delay in uploading this, I suppose “Time to post the writing” might be an apt subtitle… 🙂
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Alberta Government Failing to Enforce Environmental Legislation: Study
A new study has found that environmental violations in Alberta’s tar sands operations are frequent, enforcement is rare, and there is a chronic failure to disclose important environmental incident information to the public. The post Alberta Government Failing to Enforce Environmental Legislation: Study appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Industry Canada dished out $22.1B in “corporate welfare” since 1961
A new report by the Fraser Institute reveals that Industry Canada gave businesses $22.1 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies, aka “corporate welfare”, since 1961 The post Industry Canada dished out $22.1B in “corporate welfare” since 1961 appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: OMB caves in to idiots at Hamilton City Hall with "Aerotropolis"
Earlier this week the Ontario Municipal Board gave final clearance to Hamilton destroying 555 hectares of virgin farmland for “development” lands around the Hamilton airport, when at least half that much exists in the wasteland of brownfields in the lower city. The so-called “Aerotropolis”. The claim is that businesses
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