Insite comes to Ottawa
The Harper Government TM is still attempting to shut down Insite, Canada’s only supervised injection site. The case is now before the Supreme Court of Canada, which is where I…
May 2011
Binnie and Charron Retire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA, May 13, 2011 – The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, announced today that Justice Ian Binnie and Justice Louise Charron have written to…
Election Post Mortem: The NDP
I don't have much to add to the post-election discussion on the NDP's past, present, and future, as most of the key points have already been beaten to death. But…
When Conventional Wisdom Becomes Codswallop…
AllThePuffed-UpPunditryThatFitsVille....You get stuff like this:...Why was it (the Point Grey byelection) so close? As the night wore on, I started getting emails, tweets and text messages from frightened Liberals —…
Personally I Blame Harper for This #0006
So good old Tony Clement, our Industry Ministry, is going to invite the Oily Bigwigs to Ottawa to explain to Canadians why oil/gas prices go up and go down,… but…
What You Eat Matters
Jason Schwartzman cares about what you eat. Well, at the very least he has narrated a new short film on the importance of what we eat. The film looks like…
The Mumpsimus Blog – The end of the world, a little earlier than expected…
Apparently the world will end on October 21, 2011. That's exactly five months after the "rapture", which takes place this month on May 21, when, the site says, Jesus will…
Participate: 2011 Queer of the Year Contest
For some light-hearted fun with serious prizes to be won, consider entering the 2011 Queer of the Year Contest, an annual international competition open to anyone in the world, of…
Wind Welfare Warriors Just Don’t Get It (But Thank God They’re Losing)
I would be lying if I said I was surprised the Ontario Liberals and their paid for lackeys at the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association and Environmental Defense had conniption fits…
Green Party of Canada: Focus on the Future, Part III: Politics
In my first two blogposts of this series, I took a look at a couple of things. First, I took a look at where the Green Party has come from…
The Lang-O’Stanford Exchange
I was invited last week to serve as the substitute host for the indomitable Kevin O’Leary on CBC News channel’s “Lang-O’Leary Exchange.” Amanda Lang introduced the show by saying, “Hello,…
Salimah Valiani on “Valuing the Invaluable”: Care Work in Canada
PEF member Salimah Valiani is now the research economist at the Ontario Nurses Association. Just in time for Mothers’ Day ONA released a most excellent paper by Salimah, titled: Valuing…
The final word?
… I guess we wait and see Monday night, as a motion to name the trail on top of Mount Doom after former rec director Peter Dunbar is back on…
Rafe on Christy’s Narrow Win, Looking Forward to General Election
What, if anything, do we read into Premier Christy Clark’s narrow win in the by-election? In one sense it can be said that the only important thing is that she…
A Film Made the Day that Jeanne Was Born!
St. Henri, the 26th of August is a film made by 17 film makers for the National Film Board of Canada. It was featured last week at the 2011 Hot…
The Best and Worst Thing About Each Canadian Political Party
What is your favourite and least favourite thing about Canada’s federal parties? As a Canadian who has intently followed US politics and is now endeavoring to take an active interest…
Yes Margaret, there really is a reason for the "slutwalks"
And her column, supplies evidence in exhibits A-Z! Margaret Wentes version of Canada's University wimmens.... What an odd column. Extremely confusing...And angry? On one hand, she hath decreed that white…
Now that makes perfect sense.
Let’s all jump in the old Tardis and got back in time about eleven days. Stephen Harper and his band of invisible communist fighters where waging the good fight; the…
Giving Birth to Your Activist Self: Finding Your Voice as a Mother Activist
Workshop Handout for Giving Birth to Your Activist Self: Finding Your Voice as a Mother Activist International Conference on Motherhood Activism, Advocacy, Agency May 13-15, 2011 - Toronto, Ontario Presented…
Tanker ban runs aground (for now) – but people power will keep oil off our coast
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 One of Stephen Harper's first statements to the press the day after the...