4168…Bye Bye CBC?
Here we go again. Kris Sims of QMI’s Parliamentary Bureau tells the nation this a.m. that “Conservative backbenchers are rekindling their fight to abolish the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Four Tories…
January 2012
Now Can the World Have Its Forests Back?
A main cause of deforestation in South America and Asia has been clearing land for palm oil production. Palm oil has become a major source of biodiesel, a supposedly green…
4167…Happy Birthday To You
Three big birthdays today: Nolan Ryan turns 65; Justin Timberlake is 31 and; Scotch Tape is 82. WFDS
Tories petition to scrap CBC by Kris Sims
Columnist says four Conservative MPs have presented petitions in the House of Commons calling for the CBC to be defunded or sold to private industry.
Reimagine the CBC by Lead Now
LeadNow has launched a campaign to Re-Imagine the CBC.
Discrimination at the University of Ottawa?
Khalid Aba-Alkhail, Manal AlSaigh, and Waleed Alghaithy, three physicians from Saudi Arabia, have filed a lawsuit against the University of Ottawa for over $150 million dollars. The doctors were enrolled…
Getting it Wrong and Limiting Debate on Pensions
The first day of Parliament 2012 and the Conservatives are already strangling debate. As we have seen in previous years the Conservative MPs unable to speak for themselves got up…
When is the Price of a Politician Too High?
Since Citizens United paved the way for the wealthy to buy U.S. political candidates outright, there is more for Americans to worry about than losing their democracy, though that is…
Bedside Nursing as Menial and Demeaning
Ian Miller, blogging over at ImpactedNurse.com, notes a disturbing trend in Australia, one, I’m afraid, is becoming more common in North America. “These days,” he writes, “being a nurse is…
Economy unexpectedly declines in November
OTTAWA — Real gross domestic product unexpectedly edged down 0.1 per cent in November after showing no growth in October, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. Lower output in the energy sector…
Syrian Revolution: Caught Between Repression & Imperialism
The first and foremost thing that must be said is that the people of Syria, who have resisted an utterly vicious military repression of their aspirations for nearly a year,…
GDP Turns Negative
Statistics Canada reported today that the economy shrank in November for the first time in six months. This decline was driven by reduced energy production, which partly reflected maintenance shutdowns…
FUX Snooze gets pwned by Muppets
And as usual, Miss Piggy gets the best lines.
Notes on London Public Meeting re Flouride
When the government is funding companies to lie to us about simple things like flouride, what is it good for?
Fun with figures
One of the hot topics of discussion right now involves the speculation that the Harper Government™ intends to raise the eligibility age for Old Age Security (OAS) and the Guaranteed…
Function Better in Your Old Age by Playing Music
Admit it: you’ve always wanted to play guitar, or perhaps, you’ve been meaning to pick it up again. Either way, you should! New research has found that people with musical…
Call for artists in support of ‘Occupy’ movement – Online, international platform for performances, installations, actions in real time
Project Lowlives is seeking artists for a global online live presentation of artistic work in support the Occupy movement. Lowlives: Occupy! will take place on March 3, 2012. From the…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, January 31, 2012: Lawyers point to several grounds for appeal in Shafia case – Globe and Mail…
Conservative MPs seek to "de-fund" the CBC
Over the past few weeks, three Conservative MPs have presented petitions to the House of Commons seeking to “de-fund” the CBC.