Big news in Bogotá
Well, who’d of thunk it? Looks like the capital of Colombia has a cool new (progressive) mayor! Gustavo Petro was sworn in as mayor of Bogotá and presented his plan…
January 2012
The Harper Cons and the Race to the Bottom
What would you say if you worked at Caterpillar’s Electro-Motive plant in London, Ontario, and found yourself locked out? Because you wouldn’t agree to have your wages and health benefits…
Toronto Liberals Form Party’s First Queer Caucus
In late 2011, members of the Toronto Danforth Federal Liberal Association formed the Liberal Party's first Queer Caucus. The group, intended to connect LGBTQ and allied Liberals in the riding,…
Warm Winter: No Ice in the Baltic Sea
Normally, the Baltic is Frozen this time of year Normally this time of year, the northern section of the Baltic Sea (the Gulf of Bothnia) and the Gulf of Finland…
Warm Winter: No Ice in the Baltic Sea
Normally, the Baltic is Frozen this time of year Normally this time of year, the northern section of the Baltic Sea (the Gulf of Bothnia) and the Gulf of Finland…
Warm Winter: No Ice in the Baltic Sea
Normally, the Baltic is Frozen this time of yearNormally this time of year, the northern section of the Baltic Sea (the Gulf of Bothnia) and the Gulf of Finland have…
Warm Winter: No Ice in the Baltic Sea
Normally, the Baltic is Frozen this time of year Normally this time of year, the northern section of the Baltic Sea (the Gulf of Bothnia) and the Gulf of Finland…
Mike Crawley for President, Liberal Party of Canada
I had an opportunity to meet with Mike Crawley at a recent Edward Blake Society event in Toronto. Mike was engaging and determined to hear my opinion. That was before…
Gitxsan Battle Enbridge with Video Cameras and Social Media
In the wake of the bogus deal Enbridge attempted to foist on the Gitxsan people of Northwest BC last month to help pave the way for its controversial proposed Northern…
Lessons for Liberals from Iowa
Newt Gingrich was flying high a couple of weeks ago. Now, well, not so much. What happened? Negative advertising — that was not responded to because Newt was 'above the…
Monday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your day. – Yes, it’s blasphemy to point out the obvious returns on public investments. But let’s point out a couple more examples: Andrew Jackson wonders…
The One Nick Hornby Missed.
AllTheFidelityThatFits TurnedTablesVille Or maybe it was Stephen Frears. I’m not really sure. Because the book and the movie do get a little muddled in my head occasionally. But if there…
top 10 daveberta.ca posts for 2011.
As we enter 2012, I thought it would be useful to look back at the past year on this blog. Here is the list of the top 10 most viewed…
Shilling for dollars
Gordon Hoekstra and the Vancouver Sun present another episode in the ongoing series, Shilling for Corporate Canada: Enbridge is a Canadian success story: “Patrick Daniel, its president and CEO… earned…
Two hours and ten minutes from now
Mallory will be officially six years old. On this day, at 10:23pm January 2nd, 2006, our daughter was born. What a wonderful journey it has been. I speak for only…
Sometimes I Really Wonder
I think we all have friends, relatives or acquaintances that are caught up in Islamophobia and regularly send out e-mails warning that the Muslims are immigrating and breeding and going…
American ‘Rocket Scientist’ Pronounces on The Electric Car
and some say this is the best the Republicans have to offer in the next election. Recommend this Post
Bad Lip Reading: Stephen Harper
The Dear Leader’s Christmas message (in case you missed it) as mangled by the folks at Operation Maple: Yes, the novelty of these BLR things has long-since worn off since…