Back in the early 2000s when the economy was booming more than a quarter of million Ontarians experiencing serious mental illness could not find a job. Mental illness and poverty are a catch-22. A mental illness can make an individual … Continue reading →
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: He Didn’t See It Coming
Picking the exact date for the end of the world, without scientific evidence to back you up, makes you a fool. Harold Camping was a fool, and unscrupulous and foolish media gave him a spotlight he didn’t deserve. With the exposure, he cheated a lot of foolish people. It is
Continue readingCalgary Grit: What’s a 9-letter word for obsessive preoccupation with one’s self?
Behold, the taxpayer-funded, Brian Jean crossword puzzle!
Continue readingLeft Over: Huffington Post: Big Brother is Unstoppable……
I don’t think I’m alone in this..I hate Facebook and the site has morphed into..a crassly capitalist commercial, 24/7…and after telling us that they would use whatever images we had foolishly uploaded for whatever purposes they deemed beneficial to them, and that our privacy was, essentially, at an end, I
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Rosie DiManno, the quintessential blogger.
Having never been a fan of Rosie DiManno, this is by way of apology. She deserves a further read. This is because of today’s epic by Rosie that so scathingly cuts Lord Cross-the-pond—Conrad Black into little pieces. And in typical DiManno fashion, it involves hundreds of more words than needed
Continue readingBlevkog: Peter Van Loan knows his base!
Peter Van Loan worries about the effects of the so-called Reform Act: Van Loan believes there are “real problems” with the Reform Act. He says the bill may be well-intentioned but it isn’t needed and doesn’t provide for sufficient vetting of potential candidates. Chong has suggested riding associations have the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Conservatives Are Not Responsible
Conservatives are not responsible for your neighbour’s children. Your neighbour’s children will be paying off debts incurred by Conservative Ministers, however. Conservatives only feel responsible for your neighbour’s children when they street race, have sex, use drugs, or are bullied. Full bellies are definitely not their responsibility, unless it’s unsafe
Continue readingLeft Over: The new Canadian Plague: Have We all been Infected?
Sadly, Rob Ford epitomises what Canada has become With his crack smoking and drunken misbehaviour, Toronto’s mayor personifies our crude, swaggering, bungling New Canada Robert Hays in the Guardian Fri Dec 13 2013 Speak for yourself, Hays..truly the East seems to have adopted the crudities of the HarperCons
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Ontario sixth province to fill in gaps in refugee health coverage
It was last January when we stood shivering outside the Ministry of Health with a group of young activists concerned about federal cuts to refugee health coverage. A year ago Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec had already signed on to fill … Continue reading →
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Authenticity, freedom and compassion: To thine own self be true
“What if we choose not to do the things we are supposed to do? The principal gain is a sense of an authentic act – and an authentic life. It may be a short one, but it is an authentic one, and that’s a lot better than those short lives
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Gag orders
Yesterday, on the CTV True North Political Panel, we were going to be chatting about this super stupid lifetime gag rule that Parliamentarians were trying to impose upon staffers. We didn’t have time to cover this topic (you can check of the clip here), but if we did, this is what
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: PSW Strike: A real-life Dickens tale here in Ontario
It’s day three of the Red Cross Care Partners (RCCP) strike and the weather is freezing. 4,500 personal support workers across the province went on strike Wednesday after the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and RCCP failed to reach an … Continue reading →
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Another $220 Million Down the Tubes
Enough with the big ‘ribbon cutting’ handouts to corporations. Stop it. Please.
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Future Federal surplus? Use it for health care say Canadians
There is little doubt that the Harper government intends to start the tax cuts rolling again as soon as it reaches a balanced budget, but are Canadians really looking at the state of the nation and demanding more of their own … Continue reading →
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Canada Post: Deflection Perfection
The cuts to Canada Post: absolute perfection when it comes to deflection from the real issues facing Canadians.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: The (Distilled) Politics of the Canada Post Cuts
Stop boo-hooing about the cuts to Canada Post and start putting together a vision for the future.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Driving a Nail into the Foot of Tourism
Canada shouldn’t bend to the American desire to insulate the continent from people outside our borders. Stop harming our tourism industry by making travel here even more difficult. If people think the border between us will get cuddly and soft again if we harden up our ocean borders and the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Election Fraud Makes You Look Electable
MP Adams can pay for her own damn toothpaste, then drink $16 Oda Juice. ottawacitizen.com/life/Elections… #elxnfraud #CPC #cdnpoli— Saskboy K. (@saskboy) December 11, 2013 I think over $500 for personal care products and services is even worse than Bev Oda’s $16 orange juice expense scandal.
Continue readingLeft Over: More Layoffs/Less Service? Happy Holidays!
Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery Up to 8,000 jobs will be cut, while cost of stamps is going up CBC News Posted: Dec 11, 2013 9:37 AM ET Last Updated: Dec 11, 2013 11:53 AM ET There is something the Feds find irresistible about throwing out some
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: 35 VON PSWs get last minute deal, 4500 RCCP PSWs to strike
35 down, 4,500 to go. OPSEU’s 35 personal support workers reached a tentative agreement with VON Grey Bruce late this afternoon while 4,500 PSWs working for Red Cross/Care Partners will be on the picket line tomorrow. These workers are represented … Continue reading →
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