October 2011
Canada’s Billionaires
Just in time for the “Occupy Bay Street” protest this weekend, Canadian Business magazine has come out with its annual listing of the richest 100 people in Canada. So in…
Occupy Wall Street: Democracy Only Good When It Breaks Out In Libya, Not America
“I am not moving”, a powerful video from Occupy Wall Street.
Here and there for a rainy Friday…
Geez, this weather sucks, especially when I’m riding the bicycle on a full-time basis. Anyhoo, some random nonsense for a grey and gloomy Friday afternoon – at least until I…
Collective bargaining in Canada: a reprise
I see that I am not alone in regarding Lisa Raitt’s assault on unions as a grim harbinger of the future of labour relations in Canada. Here’s the Globe&Mail’s Rod…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Trish Hennessy is on board for an Occupy Canada movement:To my friends adopting a wait-and-see approach, I say: The least they can expect from…
Drabinsky denied bail pending appeal
R. v. Drabinsky, 2011 ONCA 647 was released about an hour ago. Drabinsky was denied bail pending appeal: This application is gove...
Small Business and the Attack on Unions
In case you had any doubts where the escalating attack on Canadian unions is coming from, check out the web site of the Canadian Labour Watch Association. The Labour Watch…
Harper Govt Says FU To Environment
Harper kills environment. Not much of a surprise, but painful nonetheless.
Rule Britannia
Stephen Harper speaks out in favour of "modernizing" the rules for succession when it comes to selecting Britain's, and Canada's, head of state....just so long as this modernization doesn't including…
‘Occupy Wall Street’ gets our attention while 3-billion in the South sink deeper into poverty
It is next-to-impossible to comprehend the magnitude of world poverty. See if you can visualize the faces of three billion people, many of them hungry children, flashing past your face…
Occupy NB Moncton
The Moncton demonstration will most probably be small, but I will be there, and hope many others will be, as we do our small part in the global 'occupy' protests…
Occupy Wall Street—a Sixties moment?
Is Occupy Wall Street a Sixties' moment? Will it bring about lasting change or simply fade away? Either way, it is overdue. Started in New York, inspired by the Arab…
Reg Alcock 1948-2011
Sad and unexpected news, as former MP Reg Alcock died this morning at the age of 63.I'm sure most will remember his time in Cabinet, but what will stick in…
Hate Speech on Trial in Canada
If you lived in certain parts of Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto over the past decade, there’s a chance you’ve encountered or at least heard about flyers distributed by Bill Whatcott.…
Solidarnosc! Lech Walesa occupies Wall Street
You can’t get much better than that. Solidarity hero Lech Walesa is flying to New York to show his support for the Occupy Wall Street protesters. “How could I not…
Canadian firm postpones kicking Occupy Wall Street out of park. Police beat jubilant protesters.
So it goes in OWS land. Not long after hearing that the Canadian company responsible for kicking out the protesters from Zuccotti Park had backed down, police resumed their indiscriminate…
Solidarnosc! Lech Walesa occupies Wall Street UPDATED
I'm reposting this because it received few views. Lech Walesa is a formidable figure in the history of freedom. He deserves better. His presence at the Occupy Wall Street says…
Friday miscellany…
Why is it that when things are a little quiet on the political front, the extreme rightists feel the need to string up the CBC like a piñata and wail…
“Pipe Dreams” hits screens – U.S. documentary maker takes on the Keystone XL
American filmmaker, Leslie Iwerks, has turned her attention to Canada once again in her new film “Pipe Dreams.” In 2009, Iwerks produced two documentaries — “Downstream” and “Dirty Oil” —…