So much for senate reform #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Surely to mercy, if Prime Minister Stephen Harper was halfway serious about senate reform he could find someone else from Newfoundland and Labrador besides Norm Doyle to take up a…
January 2012
At a Crossroads: One Green’s Hopes for The Liberal Party of Canada (Part 2 of 2)
(continued from Part 1…) Candidate Appointments / Protections Liberals are also considering doing away with the Leader’s ability to appoint candidates to run in specific ridings, rather than leaving it…
At a Crossroads: One Green’s Hopes for The Liberal Party of Canada (Part 1 of 2)
Next week, the Liberal Party of Canada will be hosting its biennial policy convention in Ottawa. At this convention, Liberals will be making a number of decisions regarding the Party’s…
Happy New Year 2012 and Impeach Mayor Quimby (Rob Ford) Update
2012 is here! Some think it is going to be the end of the world but I think it will be the beginning of a new world. I predict many…
Happy New Year 2012 and Impeach Mayor Quimby (Rob Ford) Update
2012 is here! Some think it is going to be the end of the world but I think it will be the beginning of a new world. I predict many…
Breezehill Development?
Miss Vicky received the following question from reader Nancy today: I love your blog site. Do you have any idea what is moving into the building at the corner of…
Creating the Connectivist Course
Originally posted in One Change a Day, January 3 When George Siemens and I created the first MOOC in 2008 we were not setting out to create a MOOC. So…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito’s back, Cristina’s on the mend
Good news from Venezuela… The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, will return on Sunday with his well-known TV program, Aló Presidente, which has been on hiatus for seven months. This will…
I’m probably going to hell via the karma of pedantry
“I’m probably going to hell via the karma of pedantry, or at least end up ‘tarred & feathered’ {wink}.” – Howard Ish My friend Howard passed away yesterday, he was…
Conservatives ready to serve paymasters
Harper warns of ‘hijacked’ hearings on Northern Gateway pipeline, Bob Weber, The Canadian Press: EDMONTON – Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he’s listening to concerns that hearings for the Northern…
How the corporate media manipulates public support for international wars
The drums of war with Iran are beating. Once again, the corporate media, on behalf of the ever-hungry military-industrial complex and it’s puppets in position of political power, will force…
Business as usual
Stephen Harper has appointed seven new Senators. The timing of the announcement speaks for itself: after 4 p.m. on a Friday in Ottawa, so late in the day that it's…
As Santorum Surges, Sound Science Sags
blog_harmon_santorum-320×268.jpg This is a guest post by Bill Walker, originally published at Climate Central. There’s a new ringleader of the skeptics' circus — otherwise known as the 2012 field of…
Friday night
That’s a free download. Nice. Recommend this one too. Have a good night!
Friday night
To begin, Eric Bibb teams up with some serious instrumental talent on a traditional country blues: Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad. Jimmy Reed’s Caress Me Baby features James Cotton…
Ottawa Police Chief (Do You Remember Tracy Bonds?) Appointed to Senate
Despite the CBC puff piece interview of Ottawa Police Chief Vern White on his appointment by the Harper government to the Senate, many will remember him as the chief presiding…
Liberal Convention 2012: The Need For Open Primaries
In 2011 I was on the convention floor in Calgary, Alberta, advocating for the same change that is in front of the federal Liberals today (see constitution document here ).…
Ontario Privacy Commissioner to speak at Online Spying Forum
The government’s Lawful Access bills are poised to drastically change the state of privacy and telecommunications in Canada as we know it… and not for better. If this invasive and…