An Alternate Economic Strategy
It has become clear that the Harper government is all about exploiting resources. In particular, there is a large push to shrink government, curtail government programs, and aggressively expand natural…
January 2012
An Alternate Economic Strategy
It has become clear that the Harper government is all about exploiting resources. In particular, there is a large push to shrink government, curtail government programs, and aggressively expand natural…
An Alternate Economic Strategy
It has become clear that the Harper government is all about exploiting resources. In particular, there is a large push to shrink government, curtail government programs, and aggressively expand natural…
An Alternate Economic Strategy
It has become clear that the Harper government is all about exploiting resources. In particular, there is a large push to shrink government, curtail government programs, and aggressively expand natural…
Harper vs. Harper: Elijah tackles Stephen’s Daddy State
Truer words have rarely been spoken. First Nation chief from Manitoba Elijah Harper says what needed to be said, that ‘the federal Indian Act treats aboriginals like children and chains…
"He who plays around with pensions …….. "
“He who plays aroundwith Old Age Security PensionMay walk away ….with broken political fingers.”
Once again, time to play … Let’s hear from another Sun reader!
Source here. Strictly speaking, I have doubts about the authenticity, as this guy can actually spell. Related posts: Electro-Motive: Foreign corporation takes Canadian tax dollars, fucks over Canadian workers |…
Saturday Photo: Sledding in a Winter When the Snow Doesn’t Cooperate
The picture was actually taken toward the end of last winter, when a sunny Saturday attracted many to the slopes of Mount Royal, just up from Park Avenue. This year…
Favourite Poems XLV
An Old Man’s Winter Night All out of doors looked darkly in at him Through the thin frost, almost in separate stars, That gathers on the pane in empty rooms.…
shit native new yorkers say
Ah, here’s the real New York. This one’s much closer to the mark. To be honest, these are not limited to native New Yorkers (except “I grew up in…”), but…
CIJA Head On Section 13
Looks like Shimon Fogel has plumped for a repeal: Shimon Fogel, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said that he believed that “there has been an acknowledgement…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The CCPA offers up a handy infographic on the diverging economic paths of the ever-wealthier 1% and the rest of Canadians. – Once…
Too Big to Fail or So Big They Must Fail
g There is an excellent Viewpoint piece in this week’s Time magazine, written by foreign and domestic policy expert, David Rothkopf. Fixing Capitalism Means Taking Power Back From Business Rothkopf…
Don’t count on tuning into a local CBC station any time soon by Luisa D’Amato
The CBC says it plans to open a radio station in Waterloo Region this fall but columnist Luisa D’Amato questions whether it will happen.
Bad Sign 2: Muskrat Falls financials #nlpoli #cdnpoli
The Telegram’s Russell Wangersky dissects Nalcor’s claim for Muskrat Falls electricity costs in the Saturday paper. It’s simple. It’s concise. And, most importantly, you can understand it without being a…
Nunavut and especially Iqaluit Hotels
There are no Marriott Hotels in Nunavut. Indeed, there are no Holiday Inns, Comfort Inns or Motel 6s. The closest thing to a chain are the Inns of the North,…
More On The BC Ferries Commisioner’s Report
AllTheScrutinyThatFits WeAreAllIzzyStoneNowVille Here’s something else you haven’t heard from the CorpMedia regarding that report that savages the now departed darling of the puffed-up punditry, Mr. David Hahn. And it comes…
Bad sign #nlpoli #cdnpoli
The basic problem in the fishery is that the provincial fisheries minister has too much control over the industry and – inevitably – tends to use it all for political…
Social Media’s First "Win"?
My first exposure to the social media world was the Howard Dean campaign. Dean’s website “Dean For America”- which later morphed into “Democracy For America”- became a buzzing hub for…