I should note first that Nathan Cullen, a BC MP and NDP leadership candidate will be meeting tonight at 5pm at The Greedy Pig on Cordova St. I’m still trying to decide if I’ll go or if I need a break from running between events. I have said a few words before about Cullen’s proposals. […]
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gay persons of color: Kids in the Hall’s Scott Thompson gets it right, sort of…
In an interview for Pridesource.com, Canadian comedian Scott Thompson of Kids in the Hall fame challenged the notion of life getting better for gay teens when they enter adulthood, i.e. the central message of the It Gets Better campaign started by Dan …
Continue readingTerahertz: #ndpldr Is Quebec the key?
First, I’m going to try to tag the titles of future posts about the NDP leadership race with #ndpldr. This way if you don’t care you can skip over or if you do you can perk up. It also makes the posts a bit more obvious when they get posted to Twitter. The quick question […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The CBC’s 75th Anniversary – Part of What Canada Is.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is an integral part of Canadian culture. Canada’s national broadcaster helps bring the nation together and provide a common media space for Canadians to interact and share their ideas together. Canadians are so very lucky to have a public broadcaster to provide a voice of relative sanity in the cluttered media […]
gay persons of color: Video: Agreed, Rick Mercer, gay public figures need to step forward
Otherwise, don’t become a public figure if you don’t want the public to know who you really are.And for those of you who read the editorial from Friday’s The Globe and Mail entitled, “No, Rick Mercer, not all gay public figures need to step forwar…
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: “We Will Now All Be Unwilling Participants in a Social Experiment That Will Undoubtedly Place Canadian Lives at Risk”
My thoughts exactly, from Alan Drummond of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians. His full statement on the proposed repeal of the Gun Registry. It is regrettable that we, as a nation, are about to embark on an unwelcome social experiment. The Conservative government has been very clear that they intend to finally abolish the […]
DeSmogBlog: Why Ethical Oil’s Deceptive ‘Women’s Rights’ Defense of Tar Sands is Insulting and Wrong
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EthicalOil.org’s new spokesperson, Kathryn Marshall, authored an insulting piece this week on the Huffington Post titled "Care About Women's Rights? Support Eth…
Continue readinggay persons of color: Scouts failed to stop sex offender
Scout’s Honour is a co-investigation undertaken by the CBC’s The Fifth Estate and the Los Angeles Times, which looks at Scouts Canada’s controversial system for recording the names of pedophiles who had infiltrated its ranks and been removed the organi…
Continue readingeaves.ca: As Canada Searches for its Open Government Partnership Commitments: A Proposal
Just before its launch in New York on September 20th, the Canadian Government agreed to be a signatory of the Open Government Partnership (OGP). Composed of over 40 countries the OGP signatories are required to create a list of commitments they promise to implement. Because Canada signed on just before the deadline it has not […]
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Banks Refusing Your Money?
Did you know it’s possible to try and use your good credit, and functioning Visa or Master Card, and have the transaction refused for only $10? Try sending money to the corruption-busting website WikiLeaks, and you won’t be allowed! Visa and Master Card are among the willing participants of an ominous financial blockade that has […]
Matthew McAskill Chisholm: RCEN Cuts: Not Just About Jobs
Canada World Youth intern, Justin Chisholm (writing for the Sierra Youth Coalition), analyzes the recent cuts to the Canadian Environmental Network. Minister of Environment Hon. Peter Kent and the federal government have severed a thirty-four year relationship with the Canadian … Continue reading →
Continue readingMatthew McAskill Chisholm: People Hugging: UNFCCC Forest Policy Needs A Climate Justice Framework
The importance of the world’s forests and the role that environmental activism surrounding forests have helped to shape a public perception that being an environmentalist means that you’re a “tree hugger.” While my “first word” as a child was in … Continue reading →
Continue readinggay persons of color: Laughable Canadian Conservatives It Gets Better video
The ruling Canadian Conservative government managed to turn the It Gets Better project into a meaningless, insincere folly last Thursday when they released their own version of the campaign in the wake of the suicide of Ottawa teen Jamie Hubley, an ope…
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Global Occupy Movement Made in Canada
The global Occupy Movement arrived in Canada nearly a month after the first Occupy Wall Street protest. But, the movement is a made-in-Canada thing. Pages: 1 2
Continue readingTerahertz: Brian Topp stakes out his ground
Stephen Harper and his cronies must be happy today. With Stephane Dion and Michael Ignatieff, the Conservative war room had to argue against a carbon tax and quote mine extensively to find a suggestion that a tax hike wasn’t off the table. Now, NDP leadership candidate Brian Topp comes right out with out: Brian Topp […]
Continue readingTerahertz: Freedom of linkage and hatred
It seems like liberals (of the traditional variety) have reason to celebrate Canada’s current Supreme Court bench. First, the Court ruled unanimously that Insite, Vancouver’s Safe Injection Site, could not be shut down as the evidence clearly demonstrated that the facility was saving lives. Now, the Court has also ruled unanimously that a mere hyperlink […]
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Occupy Ottawa to Join Air Canada Flight Attendants Rally on Parliament Hill
The General Assembly (GA) of Occupy Ottawa last night resolved to join Air Canada flight attendants’ rally on Parliament Hill at 12:00 noon on Friday, Friday, October 21, 2011. Occupy Ottawa is encouraging all in the movement to come out and “…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Embedded Slavery
The last week has been super-interesting politically speaking in Regina. Not only is there an election campaign underway, but Occupy Regina challenged bylaws and to this point has won us back our Charter rights to assemble peacefully in dissent of the government. While people in the “first world” work out how best to peacefully gain […]
Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Woe Canada: From Coast to Coast, No One Stands On Guard for Canadians with Autism Disorders
Two news reports show all too clearly that no one stands on guard for autistic children, youth and adults in Canada:
EDMONTON — A 51-year-old Edmonton man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for abuse and neglect of his teenage autistic son …
Canadian Progressive World: Occupy Ottawa to protest Canadian International Council foreign policy event on Canada-US integration
From Occupy Ottawa, unedited: Friends, We’re pleased to inform you that Occupy Ottawa will hold a protest march and rally outside the Sheraton Hotel (O’connor and Albert) on Wednesday October 19th. We will be protesting a foreign policy event on
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