Martin Singh: The new leader of NDP!
Sounds good to me. He is from the great Maritimes, wears fancy turban and looks likeable.“If New Democrats want a leader who will focus on Canada’s business community, the environment…
Sounds good to me. He is from the great Maritimes, wears fancy turban and looks likeable.“If New Democrats want a leader who will focus on Canada’s business community, the environment…
Masculinity has been and continues to be a normative rubric that has policed the sex/gender system. I see very little advantage in recuperating the term masculinity because, as a category,…
Quebecor Media is using the threat of legal action to get CBC/Radio Canada to take down information about the Quebec media giant that it released on its website.
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Marc Lee reminds us that income disparities are only a small part of the picture of an increasingly unequal economy - with wealth inequality…
Naomi Klein is dead right about our suspicion that we can never imagine our way outside of capitalism since we have been ideologically inscribed in it unconsciously for time immemorial…
Stephen Harper and his cronies must be happy today. With Stephane Dion and Michael Ignatieff, the Conservative war room had to argue against a carbon tax and quote mine extensively…
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Drove to Thornbury and back last night: a beautiful, clear fall night, dry and cool. A lot of traffic was on the road along Highway 26, many of them with…
Today’s spending spree? $1.1 billion for armoured vehicles. What, Iran’s going to invade us? Or, 555 vehicles to bust kids for smoking dope? Tough on crime? Cons: gimme another fix…
Jonathan Kay is not a noted critic of the Harper government. But, in Thursday's National Post, Kay takes aim at Bill C-10, the government's omnibus crime bill. The Conservatives won…
From ReWORKit: In light of Occupy Wall Street and the spinoffs that are growing in many other cities, there have been a large number of excellent articles and studies going…
It has come to my attention that the same company that happily provides me with birth control pills (and even Plan B) in exchange for my hard earned cash is…
No reasonable observer disputes the notion that our public broadcaster should be scrutinized and held to account, after all it is our tax dollars at play and the CBC should…
It looks like I’ll be getting my chance to meet Mr. Mulcair on his way through Vancouver. Care of the Vancouver-Quadra NDP Association, Mulcair will be appearing at Dentry’s Irish…
…just doesn’t get it. When you are elected to public office – especially the Mayor of a major city - your civic responsibilities as Mayor usually take priority over your…
This is not as surprising as some suggest. The deceased was not the most sympathetic character and that often plays a role in jury verdicts. To be very clear, I…
Harold Camping instructs his followers to keep quiet following his folly over the phony rapture. He's already fucked up twice before. The first time was 1994. When will fools who…
A new study shows what the 9-9-9 plan actually does. This study shows who will benefit and who will not benefit in this tax plan. Under the current policy there…
Hey, remember John Beattie? Of course you do if you're a reader of this blog or if you are at all interested in the history of the Canadian racist movement.It…