Gordon Campbell: Enemy of the Environment
In 2009 Gordon Campbell was praised as an environmental hero by environmentalist Tzeporah Berman who went as far as quitting the NDP over the NDP’s opposition to the Carbon Tax…
October 2011
Is This Accountability? (Re-post from Edmonton Journal)
Tories push crime bill through committee OTTAWA — Critics and proponents of the controversial omnibus Conservative crime bill traded barbs in the House of Commons Tuesday as the Tories sought…
Waxman Renews Request For Congress To Investigate Koch Industries Interest in Keystone XL Pipeline
Hillary-farmer.png Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) today renewed his request to Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ed Whitfield (R-KY) that the House Committee on Energy and Commerce investigate Koch Industrie...
What’s playing on the Prime Minister’s iPod?
10. Snoop Dogg "Ain't No Fun (If The Homies Can't Have None)" 9. They Might Be Giants "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head" 8. The Locust "Anything Jesus ...
Meeting the Candidates
I’ve made my mind up about who gets my #1 vote in the NDP leadership election, March 24, 2012, in Toronto. It’s Tom Mulcair. Almost every declared and non-declared (or…
Just another internet scam
Canada's Conservative Party has launched an online petition in support of its long held commitment to repeal the long gun registry.The Conservative Party says that funding is desperately needed to…
Billion Dollar Bill
A short animated feature from the folks behind the Renegade Economist.
Householders
Those of us who have worked for MPs have spent countless hours creating constituent communication pieces called householders. Their purpose is to inform riding residents about parliamentary activities and issues.…
I Would Rather Be The Only Woman On A Greek Freighter
...and so would you.Source
Rest in Peace, Jamie Hubley
“I’m tired of life, really. It’s so hard, I’m sorry, I can’t take it anymore.” “I don’t want my parents to think this is their fault, either. I love my…
Calling all Mozilla Contributors Past & Present
As some friends know, I've been working with Mozilla, helping them design an engagement audit, something to enable them assess how effective they are at engaging and empowering the community.…
Build HSR Now!
The newest study on high speed rail dating from an ancient January has been released. The findings are no surprise. Just like the other four studies done over the years…
Quotable: Kieran Bonner on the banality of evil
“We are not suffering from a secret cabal of evil masterminds who plotted to bring down the world economy. The problem was not secrecy. On the contrary, the ballooning debt…
SCC Crookes Hyperlinking Ruling Set for Tomorrow
Is merely having a hyperlink to material deemed libelous enough to be found guilty of disseminating libel? The Supreme Court of Canada will release its ruling on this case tomorrow!I…
Catch-up
Autumn smells sweet when it rains “You’ll catch your death”, she screamed at me from a gaping doorway. All the faster I ran If I could catch my death, keep…
QP: Just "occupying" the House
Nycole Turmel has decided that the “occupy” narrative is working for her, and kept it up during Question Period today, asking about the growing inequality and won’t the Prime Minister…
Welcome to the new Supremes
Finally, the Prime Minister has filled the gaps in the Supreme Court and seemingly with good choices: Justice Andromache Karakatsanis and Justice Michael Moldaver, both from the Ontario Court of…
Online journalists saved the bacon
Gordon Campbell and PavCo's David Podmore made an announcement in March 2010: "Downtown Vancouver is getting a new $450-million casino and hotel complex to anchor its new "entertainment epicentre," B.C.…
Occupy Vancouver live photo blog DAY 4 Oct 18
12:00 All quiet on the western front. Then I walked over to today's protest of the inquiry into the plight of Aboriginal women. It's a moving experience listening to the…