The Dufala Brothers have been selected to be part of the Hidden City Festival in 2013. Their installation will be at Globe Dye Works, and will feature materials sourced through RAIR. Check out their video! We have the dormant, yet exciting Canada Malt Plant along the Lachine Canal in Montreal
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Con-Friendly RMG and Debts to Canada #RoboCon #cdnpoli
One of the companies involved in defending the Conservative MPs who are having their riding wins challenged by the Council of Canadians and citizens of six ridings affected by fraudulent Elections Canada robocalls, is in financial difficulty. Cash-strapped Tory fundraising company owes federal government $1 million in unpaid taxes. canada.com/news/Cash%2Bst…
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: In BC, Dix and NDP will ban union and corporate donations if elected
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: A big announcement from the Adrian Dix and the BC New Democrats today. If elected, an NDP government will institute several measures to reduce the corroding influence of big money on our democracy. First of such progressive measures will be a ban on union and corporate donations.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: City of Nanaimo asks to be excluded from CETA
Council of Canadians celebrates vote for transparency and democracy By: Council of Canadians | Press Release: NANAIMO, B.C. – The Council of Canadians and its Mid Island chapter are celebrating a decision by City Council last night to demand a permanent exemption for the City from the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Whose Winnipeg is it, anyway?
March 14, 2013: The Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, in partnership with OURS Winnipeg, For the Love of Winnipeg and Planners’ Network Manitoba, held a well attended public forum at the Millennium Library to discuss how decisions about land use are made in Winnipeg. In a wide ranging discussion, Winnipeg’s
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: "In America truth is offensive, If you tell the truth, you are offensive."
So writes former U.S. deputy treasury secretary, Paul Craig Roberts, in his column for CounterPunch, America, Land of the Lost. Roberts recently published the e-book, The Failure of Laissez-Faire Capitalism, reviewed on this blog three weeks ago. Plenty of offensive truth-telling there. Now, Roberts confronts the shrill unacceptability of being
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
People Aren’t Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish, Scientists Say This article touches on a core problem for democracy. But add to this the fact that the corporate media and the corporate parties (Conservatives and Liberals in Canada) prey on this weakness of the populace in order to sway the
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
People Aren’t Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish, Scientists Say This article touches on a core problem for democracy. But add to this the fact that the corporate media and the corporate parties (Conservatives and Liberals in Canada) prey on this weakness of the populace in order to sway the
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
People Aren’t Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish, Scientists SayThis article touches on a core problem for democracy. But add to this the fact that the corporate media and the corporate parties (Conservatives and Liberals in Canada) prey on this we…
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive | News & Analysis: FIPA: The Greatest Threat to Canada’s Future (VIDEO)
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: We’re invited to join the Hupacasath First Nation’s ongoing fight to delay the ratification of the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) Via WeStandTogetherCanada on YouTube: To learn more about what the Hupacasath First Nation is doing to delay ratification of the China Canada Trade
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: 701 days, 1 charge, 234 ridings #RoboCon
It’s been more than 701 days since Elections Canada first became aware of a nation wide malicious robocalling scheme to misdirect non-Conservative voters away from legitimate polling stations for the May 2, 2011 election where Stephen Harper swept to power as a majority government. I don’t think Michael Sona, who
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Monbiot on the "Inveterate Bastards" Who Have Hijacked Our Democracy
He writes of the plight of Britons but he could as easily be speaking to you. Most of the world’s people are decent, honest and kind. Most of those who dominate us are inveterate bastards… “With a most inhuman cruelty, they who have put out the people’s eyes reproach them
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Penashue Campaigns Early #cdnpoli
Kady at CBC learned that Peter Penashue’s campaign started while he was still a Minister, suggesting the Conservatives calculated at least one last photo-op before he stepped down as Minister and an MP for Labrador. Yesterday I sent an email to Elections Canada and three MPs, regarding the startling lack
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Penashue Campaigning Already
The corpse of Penashue’s political career isn’t even undead yet, and it’s already lurching forward thanks to a rich injection of Conservative Party of Canada franken-cash to repay a debt that wasn’t his to have. I guess the Cons can’t scrape up another zombie in Labrador to “work closely” with
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Penashue Hush Money From Conservatives – Working Closely with #RoboCon
I think it’s fair to call the money paid by the Conservatives back to Canadians, in lieu of disgraced Minister Peter Penashue repaying us, as hush money, akin to bribery. The Conservatives inexplicably are signalling that they’ll welcome Penashue as their candidate in the upcoming Labrador byelection, despite the fact
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Conservative Shampoo
Conservative #CPC brand Election Shampoo: CHEAT, RINSE, REPEAT! Endorsed by Cheater Peter. Also available is #CPC brand Hide Detergent. If the opposition is throwing dirt, use Hide. – Here’s my list of election crimes in Canada recently, and what’s (not) been done about them. – See Penashue when asked a
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