Repeat performance of Bill Blair’s Goon Show tonight in Toronto?
"I'm sorry officer, is my head in the way of your boot?" When midnight rolls around in Toronto, will we see Bill Blair’s finest descend on those Occupiers like they…
November 2011
Want Safe Drinking Water? You May Have to Drink the Privatization Kool-Aid
Ecojustice released it's third report card on drinking water quality today titled Waterproof 3. It is well worth the effort to read the full report,in doing so myself I came…
Gamers Welcome CRTC’s UBB Decision But It Falls Short
The Canadian Gamers Organization (CGO) welcomes the CRTC’s decision today to scrap data caps on independent ISPs. CGO co-founder Jason Koblovsky says that usage based billing (UBB) schemes have a…
Did The RailGate Cult Club Just Gain A New Member?
MemoryMattersRisingFromTheRabbitHoleVilleAfter he gives a measured account of the Toope Report, Paul Willcocks then concludes with the following:"...The legal fee issue isn’t the only remaining question. It’s still unclear, for example,…
DriveTo45.com: Can Winnipeg Beat Out Edmonton for Murder Capital of Canada?
I haven’t bought the domain name, or created the website, or figured out how to do it without looking like a complete douche, but I’ve been thinking about a new…
Krugman and Summers: A Reading of the Munk Debate
What happens to the U.S. economy, as we all know, will affect Canada profoundly - which is no doubt why this Munk debate garnered so much attention here. The debate…
REPLAY: About BC politics (Oct 24, 2010)
Vancouver Sun writers and many mainstream colleagues refuse to pose difficult questions to their BC Liberal friends, instead preferring the approach of Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes, "I hear nothing,…
QP: Who’s the biggest defender?
Question period kicked off with Nycole Turmel and Stephen Harper each declaring how much each of them wanted to defend supply management. Yeah, it was going to be one of…
Fracking Leads To Export Bonanza: Another Unconventional Gas Export Terminal Submitted to US DOE by Sempra
shutterstock_73457662.jpg On November 11, Sempra LNG, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, submitted an export proposal to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Sempra explained in a pr...
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2011-11-15 16:28:00
Stop Harper's cruel crime billIn days, Harper will try to push through a crime law that could drastically raise our taxes and dole out harsher punishments for pot smokers than…
Gas Industry Geologists – Not Doctors – Decide If Water Is "Safe" in Alberta Fracking Contamination Cases
Screen shot 2011-11-14 at 10.18.36 PM.png Water contamination is at the heart of the fracking debate. Gas companies and their well-funded industry support groups (still) adamantly contend that &l...
Toronto Star: No more MPs please, Liberals say
OTTAWA—Canada’s Parliament doesn’t need any more MPs, federal Liberals say, declaring unexpected opposition to a plan to put 30 more seats in the Commons by the next election.“It doesn’t make…
Police rights when being investigated by SIU
Schaeffer v. Wood, 2011 ONCA 716 deals with the rights of police officers being investigated by the SIU. In short, police involved in fatalities cannot get counsel to assist with preparation of their…
Regulators pull back from usage-based billing after half-a-million Canadians speak out
openmedia_logo.jpg CRTC reconsiders ruling that would let Big Telecom companies control independent competitors, Canadians urged to use indie services November 15, 2011 – The CRTC has release...
Prince Edward Island Reproductive Rights Organization Rally
Support reproduction choice in PEI Saturday, November 19 · 12:00pm – 4:00pm Location: Peace Fountain by Province House on Grafton Street PRRO – Prince Edward Island Reproductive Rights Organization –…
OC Transpo, why dost thou…
…sucketh so mightily? I have been keeping a log of OC Transpo misfires over the past little while. And I guess it’s time to publish them. For the record, I…
Dave.ca’s Dave Teixeira Interview
I connected with Dave.ca’s Dave Teixeira today to talk about the Occupy Vancouver encampment, civic politics, premier Christy Clark and also got Dave’s opinion on what the coming months would…
Dave.ca’s Dave Teixeira Interview
I connected with Dave.ca’s Dave Teixeira today to talk about the Occupy Vancouver encampment, civic politics, premier Christy Clark and also got Dave’s opinion on what the coming months would…
APEC—Environment one, Keystone zero
Despite Stephen Harper's 25-minute walk in the garden with Barack Obama during the recent APEC forum, the president was not dissuaded from his decision to conduct a thorough review of…