Four months into the fiscal year, and we now know that long term care funding per bed is going up 1.47% in Ontario. The area that will get the biggest increase will be “Raw Food”, which will see a 3% increase effective July 1. (The 3% is not counting a
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Trashy's World: So the Ontario provincial government…
… is threatening to take away the power of locally-elected school boards if they do not come to the same contract agreements as did the province with the Catholic Board? In a memo obtained by The Globe and Mail, assistant deputy minister of education Gabriel Sékaly directs the boards to
Continue readingArt Threat: Ghosts with Shit Jobs – Is this $4,000 “lo-fi sci-fi” the future of Canadian Filmmaking?
It is the year 2040. China is the world’s dominant economic power, while North America’s decline has forced most of its citizens into degrading and menial jobs. In Toronto, two “silk-gatherers” collect and sell “spiz,” the remnants of secretions from giant arachnoids. Other jobs of the future include “digital janitor,”
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Institute for Energy Research Launches “Save Oil Tax Breaks” Offensive
IER.jpg In late March, Senate Republicans torpedoed an effort by Democrats to repeal the $4 billion a year that is flowing to the oil companies in the form of subsidies. The Obama Administration had proposed ending the subsidies so that this unnecessary money for the oil industry could instead be
Continue readingArt Threat: That’s a wrap? – Killing Saskatchewan’s film tax credit is economic nonsense
The cast from InSecurity. The TV show will no longer be produced in Saskatchewan. With the announcement of the axing of the Saskatchewan Film Employment Tax Credit, we are effectively telling the rest of the film-producing world that Saskatchewan is closed for business. It’s a commonly known fact that film
Continue readingArt Threat: Is Enbridge using art to greenwash the Northern Gateway?
Enbridge Landscape, an illustration by Harpy. Protests voicing opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Project are quickly expanding. Public hearings on the controversial tar sands oil transport route — attracting hundreds of participants on the first day and igniting incendiary statements by Conservative politicians — provide evidence that political
Continue readingArt Threat: What’s the value of an art school? – Contextualizing the crisis at NSCAD
NSCAD's modern new Port campus overlooks Halifax harbour. Photo by Rory Hyde. Celebrating its 125th anniversary next year, The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design is the oldest of Canada’s four dedicated art universities. With slightly over 1000 full time students and spread across three campuses in downtown Halifax,
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: No to Liberal Primaries
There is a proposition that we Liberals instate a primary system for electing our next leader. This was clearly iterated in the Board’s document, “A Roadmap to Renewal.” It suggests having a new category of people called “supporters” who would not be members, but would still have the right to vote in leadership
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Why West Coast is fighting Enbridge (it’s not the funding)
Thursday, January 5, 2012 A recent ad campaign linked to a top oil sands firm questions what drives the work of West Coast Environmental Law. Back in the ‘70s when a broad citizens’ coalition brought to a halt a proposed oil pipeline to an oil port at Kitimat, BC West
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Congress Says No To Free Climate Service
NOAA.jpg This week, the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives sent a strong message to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – they’re not concerned about climate change. The NOAA had asked Congress for permission to create a new National Climate Service within the NOAA’s own offices, but Congress decided
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Economist: Universal Health Care is Good!
A new report done by top economist warns Canada that it should stay with Universal Health care. It states that although Health Care spedning is growing too fast for revenue’s the principal of a public health care system should be kept. Him like me is worried about the future of
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Harper Govt Says FU To Environment
Harper kills environment. Not much of a surprise, but painful nonetheless.
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Liberal Party fundraising – plea for directed donations
The party needs to raise substantially more money than it has in past years, from smaller donations and from a much wider donor base.At the same time, the party is trying to involved members more in decisions, party affairs, and policy discussions.One …
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Meet Marlo Lewis: The Dirty Energy Industry’s Best Friend
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When polluters needs someone to write an industry-friendly article, or make an appearance in the media to argue against the science of climate change, they often turn to a man nam…
Continue readingRob Ford’s just asked his better, McGuinty, for a provincial allowance of at least 364 billion
We liberals like to repeat the mantra of a “big gaping hole” in the Ontario PCs provincial budget because it’s true. The Hudakites, if that’s even a word, do in fact promise to make plenty of cuts to public services but aren’t clear o…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Our Crubbling Infastructure!
Our Montreal mayor is right we need more money into Infrastructure I quite frankly am happy to see that the Montreal mayor has taken an unpopular stance on increasing fees in order to help Montreal infrastructure. Montreal needs infrastructure help. Th…
Continue readingArt Threat: $16.8 million in arts funding goes to BC Arts Council
Last Thursday, July 7, BC’s Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, Ida Chong, announced $16.8 million in funding for the arts, to be administered through the BC Arts Council. This amount is the second-highest level received by the BC Arts Council in its history. In the announcement, Minister Chong apologized for the long delay […]
Continue readingThings Are Good: Small Change Fund for Big Change
Small Change Fund is a Canadian organization that is trying to get people to help small efforts to make big differences. In Canada less than 1% of donations go to grassroots organizations and Small Change Fund wants to get more funding for the little guys. They seem similar in concept to sites like Kickstarter.
Small Change […]
The Happy Wanderer: Layton has no Power
Jack Layton can go on and on about how he will “work together” with the Conservatives, but it is not going to happen. The whole reason why Stephen Harper wanted a majority was so he could run things the way he wants without consulting the other parties…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Short Form Census
The Short form census is still mandatory, but the all important long form census is no longer mandatory. Even though 1 in three Canadians are given the now non mandatory long form census more than the 2006 census, but now that the census isn’t ma…
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