CNN’s Erin Burnett makes play to become this decade’s Judith Miller
Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi put he screws to Erin Burnett for her Judith Miller act – promoting a new war, this time with Iran. She employs all of the…
February 2012
Why bill C-30 will never work.
There is, rightly, much ado about the internet spying bill C-30 that is currently before the house. A bill so poorly written that the Harper Conservatives have sent it to…
Saturday Photo: The Way to Recover from What Ails You
Gastroenteritis has attacked, and a number of family members are writhing away. Won’t last, of course, but it would be a lot nicer to rest in the sun in a…
Contemporary Fascism: Harper Government Suppression Of Information Continues Unabated
In reviewing some of the traditional hallmarks of fascism, it is frightening to observe so many of them on the Canadian landscape, not the least of which is the Harper…
Protesting too much? #nlpoli
FFAW boss Earle McCurdy responded on Friday to comments by OCI’s Martin Sullivan that the FFAW, among other things, had threatened to shut OCI down and had proposed closing the…
tories holding second vote in calgary-west. hints at broader problems in nomination process.
Shiraz Shariff After weeks of bad press caused by the disqualification of nominated Calgary-West candidate Shiraz Shariff, the Progressive Conservatives announced yesterday that they would be holding a new nomination…
Vic Toews and his buddy
This video you want to watch. Vic Toews has a buddy.
Teaching Religion in Schools
Forget it! Is the long and short answer to that idea. In Quebec there was a ruling that well, you can read it here: Top Court Clears Religion Course. I…
Local Food and Co-operatives
I wrote the following article for the monthly newsletter of a Sudbury organization called reThink Green. I did this as part of my placement at another local organization called Eat…
Trans-Pacific Partnership
The United Steelworkers’ union made the following submission to the Government of Canada earlier this week: The United Steelworkers union welcomes the opportunity to comment on Canada’s proposed entry into…
On the Fatal Flaw of The Drummond Report
Below is a link to a great article written for straightgoods.ca on the fatal flaw of the Drummond Report. Essentially, he didn’t have a choice but to recommend deep cuts…
Jedras Scores A ‘Bullseye’ With His Analysis Of The MSM In The Vic Toews Fiasco
I have banged heads with fellow blogger, Jeff Jedras a number of times in some old fashioned NDP VS Libs battles. HOWEVER, he is ‘dead on’ with his observations concerning…
An insight into the character of the man
There is no question that Vic Toews offended a great many Canadians with this comment in the House of Commons last week: As technology evolves many criminal activities, such as…
An insight into the character of the man
There is no question that Vic Toews offended a great many Canadians with this comment in the House of Commons last week: As technology evolves many criminal activities, such as…
An insight into the character of the man
There is no question that Vic Toews offended a great many Canadians with this comment in the House of Commons last week: As technology evolves many criminal activities, such as…
An insight into the character of the man
There is no question that Vic Toews offended a great many Canadians with this comment in the House of Commons last week: As technology evolves many criminal activities, such as…
"Chink In The Armor": ESPN headline about end of winning streak for Jeremy Lin
Racism in American media? Never! Just ask Pat Buchanan. Or Pete Hoekstra. What makes this all the more egregious is that ESPN has used this exact headline before in relation…
Video Report: Aboriginal men march in Winnipeg for missing and murdered aboriginal women
Winnipeg, Feb. 14, 2012: Protesters pause outside the Department of Indian Affairs in Winnipeg to sing and dance during the Men's Gathering and Unity Walk for Missing and Murdered Women.…
Attack Toews and all his Friends . . .
I think the Vikileaks attack on Vic Toews is the best news-story to emerge over the last year. I say we as Canadians should expose every single detail of the…