Un grand tonnerre Mai 22 Ariane Moffatt contre la loi spéciale Melissa Fillion, Capital Humain Tweet
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350 or bust: Raised Beds And Riots
Another Monday and my hugelkultur piles aren’t done; in fact they are growing daily; I didn’t realize they were like rabbits, and would start reproducing at a crazy rate! As any of you gardeners out there know, when it’s time to get the garden ready, there’s no rest until it’s
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Song: "You’re Walkin’ on the Fightin’ Side of JB"
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I posted up another song an’ video on YouTube. It pretty much speaks for itself. Have a look-see:
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Song: "You’re Walkin’ on the Fightin’ Side of JB"
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I posted up another song an’ video on YouTube. It pretty much speaks for itself. Have a look-see:
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Song: "You’re Walkin’ on the Fightin’ Side of JB"
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I posted up another song an’ video on YouTube. It pretty much speaks for itself. Have a look-see:
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Poster campaign over Khadr’s possible return | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun. There is nothing about this article that doesn’t repulse me. Look at the poster: 9/11? Really? REALLY? No matter what Khadr did or didn’t do, no matter that he isn’t even in the country and
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: What are the changes to EI? Harper government says ‘trust us’
I’ve been reading about proposed changes to EI legislation, with speculation rampant that benefits will become harder to qualify for, particularly for those who repeatedly access the program. Okay, fair enough. I don’t consider myself an extremist on any issue, and that includes social programs like EI. I’m certain that
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: ACTIVIST JUDGES!!!!
Scream, rant, rave!!!!! ‘Judge Overturns Election Result In Etobicoke-Centre: Defeated Toronto Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyjhas won his legal case to have election results in Etobicoke-Centre thrown out, opening the way for a byelection in the riding. Wrzesnewskyj lost by 26 votes to Conservative Ted Opitz in last May’s federal election but
Continue readingwmtc: what are you doing next saturday night? join the discussion: "can we stop the harper agenda?" featuring brigette depape
On Saturday, May 26, Brigette DePape, the former parliamentary page who disrupted the 2011 Throne Speech, will speak on a panel discussing how we can make her two-word protest a reality. The panel also includes: • Tasha Peters, an Ottawa-based organizer, activist, and member of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition.
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– Regarding this story, Harper and the Conservatives would never be so blatantly obvious in firing the independent Parliamentary Budget Officer. They’ll simply not renew his mandate when it runs out next year – and I presume they’ll try to find someone more amenable to their views. It’s too bad
Continue readingeaves.ca: The Transparent Hypocrisy of Ethical Oil – who is really laudering money
The other week the Canadian Minister of the Environment, Peter Kent accused Canadian Charities of “laundering money” because they accept some funds from outside the country. This is all been part of a larger effort – championed by Ethical Oil – to discredit Canada’s environmental organizations. As an open government
Continue readingJames Moore, all your child are belong to us!
Museum’s sex show gets dressing down from feds- Politics – Canoe.ca. I was raised by prudes who never gave me “the talk.” I grew up in an uptight, WASP suburb and traded it in for a redneck farming community. I learned nothing about sex. And I’m gay. I’m pretty damn
Continue readingwmtc: open letter to jason kenney: "history is tapping our shoulders"
Last night in Toronto, supporters of US war resisters in Canada honoured International Day for Conscientious Objection with a group letter-writing session. This letter was written by Nicole Marie Burton, the partner of war resister Jules Tindungan. It affected me deeply, and I asked Nicole for permission to share it
Continue readingThe Leadership Narrative
Way back when, a few months after the last federal election, I replied to the Susan Delacourt’s “Is the Liberal Party dead?” question, echoed ad nauseum in the nation’s press, with a warning to be wary of forcing Canadian politics to fit a certain narrative. That narrative presupposes the inevitability
Continue readingwmtc: today is international day of conscientious objection – call on the govt to let them stay!
Celebrate International Day for Conscientious Objection by calling on the government to rescind Operational Bulletin 202 Today, May 15, is the International Day for Conscientious Objection. Please join us in calling for the elimination of Immigration Minister Kenney’s Operational Bulletin 202. OB202 directs immigration officers to refer the cases of
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: At least John Baird is being honest
Shorter John Baird: We didn’t like the advice we were getting about environmental policy or suggestions, so we killed the arm-length’s advisory board because of it. So, basically, if you’re an advisory board that gives the government advice or statistics that goes against the current Conservative government policy or ideology,
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Monday musings
More in brief stuff: You might remember I was wondering how the Globe and Mail was expecting to get any money and not lose too many viewers online by going behind a pay wall – well, the Vancouver Sun and the Ottawa Citizen are doing so as well. These papers
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: a tiny glimpse into the ways our government serves the corporate and financial world, not the people of Canada
Some Key Areas Where Neoliberal Policy Undermines both the Industrial Economy and Canadian Democracy Under the Harper Regime, the investor class is constantly being protected at the expense of the real industrial economy, for just about all policy decisions privilege both the financial sector, with its market-driven initiatives and debt-driven
Continue readingwmtc: on june 4: black out to speak out
On Monday, June 4, websites representing thousands of Canadian people and organizations will go dark to protest changes introduced in the Harper Government’sTM budget act (Bill C-38). To join this online protest, go to Black Out Speak Out – or Silence, on parle! – and sign up. You’ll receive tools
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Friday flipping
-Young Liberal Zach Paiken asserts that Canada is becoming more conservative – therefore, Liberals must follow that trend to get re-elected one day. I don’t see any polls or statistics in that story backing that claim up. Zach, if you’re not aware, has a bit of a reputation amongst some
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