Opposition boycotts Commons probe of CBC
The NDP and the Liberals boycotted a Commons committee that has been scrutinizing the CBC's approach towards access to information, opposing a Conservative bid to have the public broadcaster turn…
The NDP and the Liberals boycotted a Commons committee that has been scrutinizing the CBC's approach towards access to information, opposing a Conservative bid to have the public broadcaster turn…
"Autism is linked to different genes in different people, and multiple genes could be involved in each affected person." Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, November 1, 2011 Do genetics play…
All rise! The Health Quality Council of Alberta is now in session! Independent and impartial commissions of inquiry in Alberta may not be exactly as illustrated … or as promised.…
I see that the bill to kill the long-gun registry has passed second reading in the House of Commons. And what an ugly sight it was. The Cons on their…
We're in the process of adding to the timeline with a focus on the 1980s. While we will not be announcing every time we make a change to the timeline,…
It is truly an empowering experience to live at at time with our neary effortless access to unprecedented amounts of information. More than just this, however, we are able to…
What? You didn’t think there’d be police infiltrators (or would-be infiltrators) at Occupy TO? Watch this, naïve soul… Yeah, guys, you’re so discreet with your butch haircuts, your steroid builds,…
Lawn cats.
Well, it’s now official. The NDP’s motion brought to the House of Commons to ban the sale of asbestos was struck down today. By a vote of 152-123 this evening…
http://natpo.st/udwUoP "The federal Tories have said the legislation will cost the treasury $2-billion over five years, while the Parliamentary Budget Office estimates it will cost Ottawa $5-billion over five years…
Claude Adrien HELVÉTIUS (The art of politics is to make it so that it is in everyone's best interest to be virtuous).
AllTheMuckThatFitShake'NRakeVille....If I was a young kid interested in investigative journalism I would move to Victoria immediately.Why?So I could learn from a master who has proven, in spades, that one person…
Hello! This is Dave Polling Central: Is Danielle Smith a threat or a menace? Below: Wildrose candidate and polling spokesperson Shayne Saskiw, Leader Danielle Smith.The Wildrose Party has finally owned…
By Phillip Dampier for stopthecap.com Technological growth and progress around the world is benefiting many online communities, but it continues to show that Canada is lagging further behind digital innovation…
Amongst civil society groups, aka NGOs, aka social change organizations, advocacy organizations etc, Ottawa has a rich tradition of architectural folklore. Buildings where marginally funded, maximally mandated organizations out to…
Anyone who seldom follows politics, follows politics occasionally, or even someone who gets a lot of news for few sources would find the question “Would Harper and his Conservatives prefer…
NOKXL.png In a clear sign that President Obama recognizes that Hillary Clinton is too conflicted by the web of crony tar sands lobbyists around her to make the decision on…
News Item: "Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters will be building an even bigger Wall at BC Place on May 26 next year. "In an announcement made Tuesday morning, BC…
Updated below. Baird stops funding for UNESCO after Palestinian decision Canada is putting a stop to future support for UNESCO now that the United Nations agency has accepted the Palestinian…
Unable to reach agreement on what to cut and by how much, the American governmental Troika (the House, the Senate and the President) struck a Supercommittee consisting of 12 members…