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Calgary oil company Talisman Energy has been outed as the major funder behind a Friends of Science video series that falsely tried to claim legitimacy by tacking a University o…
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Transit Is For Suckers
If there’s one lesson Canadians can learn from the latest Stats Can study into public transit, it’s that losers take the bus. A whopping 82% of commuters know that the fastest way to get to work is by private automobile, preferably an SUV, and 12% of Canadians don’t agree. This makes the “12 percenter” Canadians […]
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The Dumber You Are, The Harder You Fall… For The Trick
There’s a reason the Republicans and Conservatives seem obstructionist both while in government and in opposition. Prorogation at every turn in Canada, and filibustering every routine bill in the States has helped mis/uninformed or “low-information voters” conclude that government is ineffective at solving problems through collaboration, legislation, and science. This is an intentional trick being […]
Canadian Progressive World: Conservatives Robbed Canadians
We was robbed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives during the May 2 Federal election. The truth about the Canadian economy was withheld. Recall, the election eventually revolved around the economy. Other leading economies reeled under…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: September 11 Lost To Terrorism
This article appeared on PostMedia websites in the lead-up coverage of September 11th, Ten Years Later. A new generation is dawning, and they have no direct grasp of what it means to have lived through September 11, 2001. My experience may have been first hand through live TV, but like most Canadians, my life was […]
350 or bust: The Planet Isn’t The Only Thing Heating Up: Opposition to Keystone XL Pipeline Grows
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and seven other Nobel Peace Laureates have just written a letter to President Obama urging him to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, and to begin building a clean energy future immediately. T…
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: Cantada tried to placate Gadhantfi in 2009
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/09/07/gadhafi-petro-canada.html
Continue readinggay persons of color: Gay Canadians spend nearly twice as much on travel than straight counterparts
Struggling and homophobic destinations, take heed. Yet another study, this time from Canada, has shown that gay and lesbian travellers represent a substantial market not to be ignored. The study, conducted by Protean Strategies for Travel Gay Canada (T…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: McGuinty’s immigrant pledge is simply bad politics
McGuinty has recently made an election pledge to provide $10,000 dollars in support for businesses that hire immigrants. Regardless of what one might think about the policy itself, it is a tactical error in a political campaign and will almost certainl…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey on ‘Ethical Oil’ Ads
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Dear Oprah,
I just don't know where to begin.
I can't find my words because I respect you so much. You're a woman pioneer who has done much to advance the st…
gay persons of color: Chicago Blackhawks visit gay community centre
Niklas Hjalmarsson Source: http://www.sharkspage.com/?p=1344Hockey is for Everyone™ is the mission statement and name of the NHL’s primary youth development and grassroots program that provides support to nonprofit youth hockey organizations tha…
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Ontario Votes 2011: McGuinty’s Prescription For A Cancer Called “Canadian Experience”
The Liberals pledge to offer $10 000 in tax credits to Ontario businesses that hire new immigrants is spot-on. It might just be the cure for a stubborn cancer called “Canadian experience”. Foreign-trained immigrants with professional creden…
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Politics, Re-Spun on Coop Radio, September 5, 2011
Spending Labour Day with Imtiaz Popat on “The Rational” on Vancouver’s COOP Radio, talking about Christy Clark’s revocation of a pre-2013 election date [coup, not really a premier, perhaps a “notional premier”], the end of the HST, the BCTF negotiations and how the courts noted how the government yanked almost $3 billion from BC’s K-12 […]
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Realigning Canada’s Political Spectrum
Canadians have traditionally held social democratic values while supporting centrist political parties. Canadians support universal single payer public health insurance, public pensions and a social safety net, all of which, at the federal level, have …
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Labour Day and the Toronto Sun: An Annotation
Public sector workers are lazy and overpaid parasites sucking at the taxpayer teat. Or something. Please remember to tell us this when we’re doing ACLS on your sorry ass. Happy Labour Day. Love, TorontoEmerg Filed under: Colour Me Cynical, Life in the Emergency Department, What Passes for Humour Around Here Tagged: Canada, emergency department, emergency nursing, […]
bastard.logic: Full Disclosure: Biased. Socialist. Bastard.
by matttbastard Yeah, so, once again I’m officially a member of the New Democratic Party of Canada. (If you’re not part of the solution, etc etc.) In my defence, this blog does not in any way represent or align with … Continue reading →
Canadian Progressive World: With Persichilli Appointment, PM Harper Shows Quebec The Political Middle Finger, Embraces The Ethnic Vote
Quebec will not be a priority for the Conservative Canadian Prime Minister during the next four years of his comfortable majority rule. That was the message Stephen Harper sent with his appointment this week of Angelo Persichilli as the new director of…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Girly Men Are The Real Thing!
Harper Government: Changing our genes and caffeine. Arnie the Governator was right! There are girly men. Do you know what’s causing them, and causing girls to hit puberty before their parents have time to buy them inappropriate clothing? The Harper Conservatives, the Free Enterprise (Tea Party) Republicans, and the heartless industries poisoning you. Coke and […]
Politics, Re-Spun: Harper Snubs UN General Assembly–Why?
What kind of Canada has a prime minister who does not speak at the UN General Assembly? Stephen Harper’s Canada. But why? CBC journalist David Common tweeted yesterday about Harper skipping the UN this year: #UN schedule says #Canada PM Harper not speaking at this year’s General Assembly via Twitter / @davidcommon: #UN schedule says […]
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Change You Can See
Being the change you want to see in the world — it’s not just a clever slogan, it’s the only direct way someone can change their circumstances. Here are some stories of people doing things differently to make a difference for others. I plan to work on Victor’s campaign this Fall, as Saskatchewan goes to […]