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Can you remember the last time you spoke out for something? Can you remember the last time you followed up an opinion with real action? Can you remember the last…
February 2012
Canadian SuperStar Almost Unknown in Canada
Dashan (Chinese: 大山; pinyin: Dàshān; literally “Big Mountain”) is the Chinese stage name adopted by Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell,CM (born May 23, 1965 in Ottawa, Ontario) who works as a…
Susan G. Komen has a job opening. Karen Handel booted?
Psst. Know anybody who knows anything about PR, handling the public and not creating shit storms? Komen is looking for a new “Director of Public Policy”, likely to replace the…
Survival Tips for Tiny and Polite Humans
If you happen to live on one of the many planets inhabited by CEOs, you may find yourself wondering: “how do I not get eaten?” You may also wonder if…
Bookmarks
Creating Wealth: Growing Local Economies With Local Currencies “We don’t need money. We need the things that money can buy.” Simple words of wisdom from two authors who are able…
Your smile
I pulled back the curtain, but I don’t know what I expected to see. Nothing, I suppose. But still, with the wishes I have made on a thousand eyelashes, on…
Thriller it ain’t #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Transcon’s Michael Johansen on the latest twist in the Lower Churchill saga: Creak, creak, creak … rattle, rattle, rattle … snap! Screeeeeeech … kerplunk! Hear that? That’s the sound of…
Update on "Working in Canada: A Real Challenge"–More Input from Embattled Workers
Last week I posted about the the informal end-of the-day reception coming up on Thursday and organized by the NPD Association of Outremont. on “Working in Canada Today: A Real…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, February 07, 2012: Lawyer: Pardoned murderer ‘not going’ back for hearing Study: Child abuse bigger threat than…
This Is Competence?
Stephen Harper likes to claim, as he did in Davos, that his government is a shining example of prudent financial management. That boast, Lawrence Martin writes is the Globe and…
NASA Video Debunks Climate Deniers in 26 Seconds
As obvious as tumor on a smoker’s chest x-ray, this 26-second video of the 131 years of temperature data demonstrates the consequences of our addiction to burning fossil fuels. It…
Ontario-Funded Think Tank Says Ontario Not Getting Enough Transfer Payments
Alternate title: Toronto Star Leaves Key Piece of Information Out of Coverage of Mowat Centre. The Mowat Centre, it seems, is unhappy about the state of federal-provincial transfers in this…
Liuna Local 183 Continues Its Bad Behaviour
Yesterday I wrote about the scuffle that broke out at a meeting of Liuna Local 183, a meeting that saw members demanding answers to the strange tale of the firing,…
A letter from Canada
OTTAWA Dear Foreign Dictator: On behalf of the Government of Canada, I would like to clarify our position on the use of torture. To be clear, our Government supports the…
Caterpillar Highlights Failed Policies
The Caterpillar fiasco is another example of the failed relationship between government, corporations and community. Rather than get lost in the minutiae of the Caterpillar story, a wide angle lens…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Geoffrey Stevens discusses the basic problem behind the Cons’ insistence on cutting back actual help to people while wasting billions on prisons…
I never knew…
… that staid old Ottawa had a Sexapalooza… I really didn’t. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Caterpillar Won Because Nobody Fought Hard Enough
It doesn’t have to be this way. We built this country, this economy and this world. We don’t have to mourn the loss of more jobs, this time sent to…
The "great shell game"
Come on in, the water’s warm! Yes to this Martin column today: “The myth of Tory economic performance.” Can the myth be sustained in coming years? Are times about to…
They’re Doing It Again…
After their successful Quebec trip, which resulted in minor league shock jock and Que. mayor Stéphane Gendron offering a grovelling apology and promising to be more circumspect in future, JDL-Canada…