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January 2012
Is There Danger Lurking In The Latest Poll Numbers?
AllThePincersThatFit SchlieffenThis!Ville At first glance the numbers look to be all good for the BC-NDP according the fine folks at Forum Research and Postmedia News: …Of the 988 randomly selected…
4148…Part Two Re Our Native People
Somebody, Albert Einstein, Dr. Phil, somebody said that if you keep doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result you are a fool. Bear that in…
Brian Topp for NDP leader?
Come on. The NDP leadership race is really down to four front-runners at this point: Thomas Mulcair, Brian Topp, Paul Dewar and Peggy Nash. Three of them are MPs: one…
JDL Off To Quebec…
…to picket Stephane Gendron’s office. Gendron is mayor of Huntingdon, Quebec and a small-time radio shock-jock. His most recent comments re Israel’s right to exist, when seen in their full…
4147…This Indian Thing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I am not supposed to call them that. So I will call them whatever they want to be called and I will also stand alone and say…
A Finn-tastic tribute to India on Republic Day
The cabin crew of a Finnair flight from Helsinki to New Delhi went a little Bollywood today. Om Shanti Om! (And on that note, I’m adding two more new categories…
NCC "Grand" "Massive" Greenbelt Expansion More Wish List Than To Do List
According to the Ottawa Citizen: OTTAWA — The National Capital Commission brought forward a massive expansion Wednesday of the Greenbelt that will see the “emerald necklace” grow by 2,400 hectares…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, January 26, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines for Thursday, January 26, 2012 from Wise Law on Twitter: Legal setback for Ontario aboriginals taken from their families during the “Sixties Scoop” Gingrich…
AG Report–Government Liabilities #nlpoli
The latest report by the province’s Auditor General has some information to bear in mind as we talk about Muskrat Falls. Note that total liabilities went up from the end…
When Documentary Becomes Art: Uprooted, a Video about Suburbs
Artist Isabelle Hayeur says: “I’ve been exploring landscape issues ever since I started working with video. Through the moving image I am investigating environmental, urban planning and social concerns that…
Is Enbridge using art to greenwash the Northern Gateway?
Enbridge Landscape, an illustration by Harpy. Protests voicing opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Project are quickly expanding. Public hearings on the controversial tar sands oil transport route —…
The Catholic church and pedophilia: life imitates satire
Nearly two years ago the satirical online mag The Onion announced that the Pope had formally forgiven molested children for tempting priests into sin: “We must send a clear message…
Dear Mr. Oliver: I Am Not a Member of a “Radical” Group
Today’s guest blogger is Jason Hildebrand. A so-called “radical” Canadian opposed to the Northern Gateway Pipeline, Jason is employed in the IT field, is married with two young children, and…
Sun TV attacks don’t faze CBC chief Hubert Lacroix by Greg Quill
CBC president Hubert Lacroix says he doesn’t believe there’s a conspiracy between Sun Media and Conservatives in Ottawa.
Lots of Pictures
This week’s summit between First Nations chiefs and the Prime Minister played out according to Stephen Harper tightly scripted wishes. It was all pictures, good wishes and no substance. Harper…
Resolution #58 Ghiz, Casey and MacAulay – Day 9
Silence!Day 9 Since PEI NDP called on Premier Ghiz and Liberal MP’s Sean Casey and Lawrence MacAulay to tell Islanders how they voted, if they voted and what they thought…
New column day
Following up on this morning’s roundup, I comment here on how the NDP’s group of leadership candidates includes loads of possibilities to take up Jack Layton’s mantle of negotiation and…
Regg Cohn’s Thoughts on Catterpillar Inc.
I don’t have too much time this morning, but I highly recommend Martin Regg Cohn’s piece, which offers, amongst other things, a contrast between how long-serving Conservative Ontario Premier Bill…
Algorithmic Regulation Spreading Across Government?
I was very, very excited to learn that the City of Vancouver is exploring implementing a program started in San Francisco in which “smart” parking meters adjust their price to…