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…
November 2011
Do Genetics Play ANY Role in Causing Autism?
"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…
The plan to give more power to the Alberta Health Quality Council is just a broken promise with attitude
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.…
The Slow Death of the Gun Registry
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…
Three new updates to timeline
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,…
Social Media, Part I: Information Flows
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…
Cops Behaving Badly: Yeah, they blend RIGHT in.
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,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Lawn cats.
Quelle Surprise, The House of Commons Voted To Support The Continued Sale of Asbestos
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…
Constitutional crisis – over the Crime Bills?
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…
L’art du politique est de faire en sorte qu’il soit de l’intérêt de chacun d’être vertueux.
Claude Adrien HELVÉTIUS (The art of politics is to make it so that it is in everyone's best interest to be virtuous).
This Much I Know…
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…
Wildrose owns up to push polling; now you too can answer a completely unfair push poll
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…
Canada is Lagging Behind Internet Innovation
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…
NGO looking for a home? Consider Under One Roof
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…
Would Harper and his Conservatives prefer a dictatorship? Aka Our Malicious Dictator.
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…
Stadium skeptics proved wrong
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…
Any chance we could have an adult in charge of foreign policy?
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…
America will benefit if the Supercommittee deadlocks and November 23 passes
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…