Angus Reid Poll of BC: 42-28-19
As this Globe and Mail article points out (with a few inaccuracies, like 28% being the “lowest” poll number for the BC Liberals since Clark took office – that’s actually…
February 2012
4175…Give Them Enough Rope And…
…hopefully they will kill themselves. That is the plan put forward by Stephen Harper appointed Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu. The Globe and Mail reports that the Senator, who is the founding…
How about a real “post-Kyoto Plan”, Minister Kent?
Thursday, February 2, 2012 In a January 20th letter, Canada’s Environment Minister, Peter Kent, assured Canadians that the Canadian Government, despite having withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol, nonetheless has a…
Willful Blindness and Sick Salmon – Lessons from Cohen Commission
The mystery of the disappearing wild salmon may be closer to being solved due to the reconvened Cohen Commission and the extraordinary three days of hearings held in December, 2011.…
Delaying Retirement: What Does it Mean for Younger Workers?
Since the announcement that his government was considering raising the eligibility age for Old Age Security (OAS), Stephen Harper has backed off slightly, assuring the public that such reforms are…
Jim Hoggan Op-Ed in Vancouver Sun: Who Gets A Say In Our Democracy?
Tanker disaster.jpg Jim Hoggan, DeSmogBlog co-founder and president, has an op-ed in the Vancouver Sun today discussing the "ethical oil" crowd's attacks on democracy in the Enbridge Northern Gateway public…
Romney’s lack of concern for poor people
Campaign coverage often likes to jump from gaffe to gaffe as if this (and poll data) is the only relevant thing to talk about in a Presidential race. Perhaps it…
4174…This Is Where The Liberals Are Going
In my view the strength of the Liberal Party will be in and with its dynamic youth. People like Denise Brundsen, Rachel DeCoste and Yasir Naqvi will be the face…
Globe piece panders to worst instincts of ‘us’ and ‘them’
The Shafias are (and were) Canadian. Period. Entitled to the same respect as other Canadians and subject to the same laws as other Canadians. Saying everyone who is a Muslim…
4173…It Is National Students Be Pissed Off Day
It has a more formal title of course but today is the day, at least in Ottawa, that Carleton and Ottawa U students march on Parliament Hill to hold Dalton…
The Raw Log Diversification Project
BarelyEvenHewersOfOurOwnWood AnymoreVille The Birdman, Kevin Falcon, swooped into the Okanagan this week to pile on the ‘good’ news about all the great things he and his BC Liberal Party compatriots…
QP: Never mind the Senator’s comments
Wednesdays being caucus day, it tends to produce the best and most engaged Question Period of the week. And yet the energy wasn’t really crackling. The only thing that seemed…
Conservative Senator Wants To Encourage Suicide As Part Of Canada’s Justice System
“A tough-on-crime Conservative senator who said murderers should be provided with the tools to kill themselves in jail sparked a furor during Question Period on Wednesday. “Each assassin should have…
Gasland director arrested in Washington – Politicians have acclaimed filmmaker hauled away from hearing
Josh Fox is an American video artist who rose to critical acclaim for his 2010 documentary feature breakthrough, Gasland. The creatively funky, seriously personal, and lively-paced film chronicles Fox’s investigation…
Quebec’s New Electric Car Network: Therapy for Range Anxiety
Electric cars have always seemed like a natural for Quebec. Nearly all of the province’s electricity comes from hydro, and 40% of its GHG emissions come from transportation. In a…
Just take the phone lines away from the Harperians
While I was at home, preparing for Burns Night, I received an interesting couple of phone calls last week that I would like to relate. Call number 1 was from…
Akamai State of the Internet report shows Canada’s digital deficit
In their latest State of the Internet report, Akamai compares key metrics from countries around the world make it clear that Canada has a digital deficit. We’re falling behind other…
Give murderers rope in their jail cells: Senator
This is an odd story. Perhaps it was a foolish offhand remark of Senator Boisvenu. If so, well, we all say dumb things. On the other hand if the remark…
Of Feedback Loops and Tipping Points, and Cabbages and Kings
The sea was wet as wet could be,The sands were dry as dry,You could not see a cloud, because,No cloud was in the sky,No birds were flying overhead,There were no…