Our Casino Economy. . .
Today, in response to a question, the interim leader of the NDP vaguely floated the idea of capping the salaries of CEOs in private corporations. Needless to say, rightwingers jumped…
October 2011
Occupy Winnipeg Scrapbook II
Oct. 15, 2011: Scenes from Occupy Winnipeg – and a reminder that what is now called Canada was occupied long before by the aboriginal peoples of this part of the…
I’m sorry, you can’t enter the protest without a tie
These "occupy Wall street" protestors and the various satellite venues have been letting the side down in no uncertain terms. The media have rightly been very severe on this issue,…
Mea Culpa Occupy Wall Street Canada
When I posted on the success of the occupy Wall Street movement in Canada I said that Harper, Flaherty and Clement were there. I was referring to the above photo…
Liberal media? Check out this favourability chart of 2012 presidential contenders.
Next time someone complains about 'liberal media', point them to this chart:Only the inexorable Newt Gingrich fares barely less well than Barack Obama. Then consider this, Canadian news coverage is…
Green energy costs in the news again
I don't have much time at the moment to pursue the study referenced here re Ontario's electricity costs as related to the province's green energy emphasis: "Cost of green energy…
The Occupy movement
OccupyWriters – a one sentence letter. OccupyWriters.com is an open letter of support by creative writers for Occupy Wall St and the Occupy movement around the world, signed by more…
QP: Appropriating the "occupy" narrative
The first Question Period after a constituency week can be a bit sleepy, and today was no exception to the rule. Nycole Turmel kicked off by asking how Lisa Raitt…
Why is Isra Levi and Ottawa Public Health…
…running the real risk of freaking people to the point of bringing on a negative health outcome out over such a low, low health risk? I just don’t get it.…
Ruse and Hate Speech
Michael Ruse addresses the American First Amendment with a deft argument but with a base of knowledge that does not extend to actually dealing with the hateful. He writes:I detest…
Hackers take advantage of "state spying software" in Germany
As you likely know, the Canadian government’s proposed online spying laws are dangerous. Instead of making Internet users safer, they reduce our security and increase the probability of cyberc...
SlutWalk Puts Shame on Display in Winnipeg
I am truly saddened by the ignorance on display in Winnipeg this past weekend. As part of the Winnipeg SlutWalk, a large group of women, men, and children — many…
Further to previous
The Western Star has latched on to a story that first ran this weekend in Halifax's Chronicle Herald about a coalition of environmental advocates calling for Nova Scotia Power to…
4098…Ice T Meet The Tea Party
Ice T, renowned philosopher, rapper and actor once said that "The world is divided into pimps and whores." The WFDS says that there are no pimps and that we are…
The achievements of the #Occupy movement
What do the #Occupy folks stand for? What are their demands? What do they hope to achieve? We’ve seen variants of these questions for the past few weeks, often wielded…
Occupy Vancouver live photo blog Day 3 Oct 17
12:00 Attended a moving ceremony/protest over the sham Missing Women’s Commission of Inquiry being held this week over treatment of aboriginal women.585
No bar on conditional sentence in tax evasion cases
R. v. Klundert, 2011 ONCA 646 holds a conditional sentence may be available in a tax evasion matter: First, the trial judge’s strong reliance – arguably his sol...
Harper Tory hypocrisy in full view re EU crisis
Harper's new Tories finance minister todaywent on record to spur on steps to combat the sovereign debt crisis. Consider his words:Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on Sunday repeated his calls for…
Patrick Stewart campaigns for assisted suicide
I recently was trained as an ambassador for Dying With Dignity Canada, so I’m excited to hear this from former Captain Jean-Luc Picard. We are campaigning for assisted dying in…