Blair Lekstrom, Asshole of the day
I was listening to the radio during my travels today. I had News1130 on, because CBC was not clear in that area. A bit by Blair Lekstrom (BC's minister of…
September 2011
Top Global Oil and Gas Corporate Executives Head to Conference in Bahrain
Top oil and natural gas corporate executives are attending a conference this week titled, "Shaping the Future: Innovating Beyond Limits" in Bahrain, the tiny island state that has become the…
Labour costs shifted to the consumer
I often complain, online and in person, about declining wages. Whether it's a more formal talk about how median wages have flatlined or worse by the numbers, or just an…
BP Oil Dispersant Corexit Contained Cancer-Causing Agents
dispersant-application1.jpg A new report on the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster of 2010 is providing adequate cause for concern for residents and clean up workers along the Gulf Coast. The…
Chrissie Bitchford is At it Again!
Man, what a bitter woman she is!! Is there no nasty she’ll stop at to suck up to a man in uniform? This time, she’s after Lori Massicotte. You remember…
Ontario Debate Live"Blogging"
Follow along http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/09/23/ontario-leaders-debate548.htmlI will be commenting for all the Live"Blogging" so that you, our readers, can contribute along!
Debate Live Blog
6:35 pm: Quite the tie Tim Hudak is sporting.6:46 pm: For those keeping track of mentions of random "hard working Ontarian" anecdotes, we've heard about the problems facing Ryan, Kevin…
Angry Bird creators
I like Angry Birds. My family and most of my friends like Angry Birds. What is not too like in a simple game that doesn’t cost and wing and a…
How Much Does that Cost? Part I: Nuclear Energy
Over the past month, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about how much things really cost. Costs are something that everyone thinks about, but lately I’ve been doing a…
The Fear Factor – Stephen Harper’s "Tough On Crime" Agenda by Paula Mallea
The Fear FactorStephen Harper's "Tough On Crime" Agendaby Paula MalleaCanadian Centre for Policy AlternativesExecutive Summary:The Conservative government of Stephen Harper is pursuing a “tough on crime” agenda despite the fact…
World’s Biggest Fracking Operations: CBC Covers the Shale Gas Boom in BC
Screen shot 2011-09-27 at 4.35.49 PM.png Yesterday the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) announced their investigative series on fracking in British Columbia. The feature report will cover the...
One More Thought For Today.
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on education, lamenting the fact that like just about everything else, it has become a commodity, measured almost exclusively by its ability…
Andrea Horwath gets $200,000 of your tax dollars for nothing?
http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/09/27/ndp-gets-cash-for-accessibility-work-not-done According to this report, the corporate fundraising arm of the ONDP has received $200,000 of your tax dollars for upgrades for making party HQ more accessible for Ontaria...
The Canadian Manifesto 11: God, Guns and Gays
Throughout the 1990s, especially the early years, the Canadian Reform Party and the American Republican Party were forging ties, that have proven to be lasting.They share policies, initiatives, staff, and…
Study: Canada most reputable in world. Watch us sink.
Canada's well-earned reputation is about to hit the fan. With the Harper majority, Canada will sink like a rock. Too bad. It was good to be number one.
Short ‘n’ Stubby: Ms. Manx occupies Wall Street
It’s one of those drizzly, autumnal days around here. Usually, just the kind of weather that would send a kitty indoors, to curl up on her humans’ laps, with her…
The Conservatives make a witness list
Interesting list here, to put it mildly: "Peladeau, Von Finckenstein, Sun Media journos to testify before committee on CBC." It's bad enough that multiple representatives who abhor public funding for…
QP: Selectively slapping down unparliamentary language
After a relatively quiet period, the Conservatives decided to go full-force in resurrecting the practice of using their members’ statements to attack the opposition parties, be it over their opposition…
My solution to the Edmonton arena debate | #yegarena
Ugh, this arena debate just isn’t going away. Now it appears the city wants to preemptively buy the land for 25million (on top of the arena’s tag price, and infrastructure…