How the ordinary NDP member can save Canada
There are barely 2 weeks left before Canada knows who will be the next leader of the NDP. There are 130,000 members of the NDP entitled to make this decision;…
March 2012
Reimagine CBC: Canadians come together to think big in troubled times by Tyler Morgenstern
Spokesperson says the thoughtful engagement in the early days of the “Reimagine CBC” campaign is a powerful rebuttal against those who would claim that the CBC is no longer relevant;…
Fracking: Ohio Establishes Tough Regulations After Disposal Wells Cause 12 Earthquakes
earthquake.jpg State officials have determined that at least 12 earthquakes that occurred in Ohio last December were caused by the injection of brine into hydraulic fracturing disposal wells. As a…
Angry NHL clubs ganging up on Don Cherry and HNIC by Bruce Dowbiggin
Sources say CBC’s vice-president of English services, Kirstine Stewart, and Jeffrey Orridge, executive director of sports properties, were blindsided by the vitriol they encountered after making a pitch to keep…
Make Us Do The Right Thing
“I agree with you, I want to do it, now make me do it.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932, in a statement to labour leaders who had advocated for bold…
Critical thinking and Bill 22 – A teacher rebuts George Abbott
Dear Minister Abbott: Imagine there are two children arguing in the playground over a toy. Picture a tall, brutish bully, and a wiry, bespectacled nerd. Never mind that the toy…
The Duality of Fox News on Gas Prices
THEN: Back in 2008, Fox News pundits and contributors were eager to deflect criticism of the Bush administration, pointing out the myriad of global market factors contributing to the steep…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: I’m a whut, I’m a whut, I’m a WHUT?
Two nicely naughty young ladies play a lovely ditty for the Pigman. Say, maybe he can use THIS as bumper music, now that everyone he WAS using is telling him…
Education versus war – Friday Film Pick: War Made Easy
As students wage a massive strike in Quebec, over proposed tuition hikes that will nearly double rates in a few years, and with police responding like violent fascists—blinding the eye…
Roboscam: a pattern emerges
Seniors were deliberately targeted by bogus phone calls during last year’s election campaign, reports the Toronto Star. Elections Canada investigators sifting through a flood of complaints that have emerged about…
CNLOPB announces 2012 call for bids on offshore parcels #nlpoli
From the offshore regulatory board: The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) announced today the details of a Call for Bids in the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area. Call…
Debunking the GWPF Briefing Paper No2 – The Sahel Is Greening
gwpf_0.jpeg This is the second in a series of posts on the educational charity and climate sceptic 'think-tank' Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). The first post examined GWPF's organisation and…
Believing stuff about equal opportunity
Nobel winning American economist Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton, writes frequently for the New York Times. This week, he offers Ignorance Is Strength, a timely…
Frank Graves poll: The beginning of the end of progress | iPolitics | #cdnpoli
Not only is our rearview now more likely to feature regret and decline, our long-term view of the future is unremittingly grim. Worse, these negative views are most entrenched amongst…
Debunking the “asking for it” myth – Scottish anti-rape PSA tackles sexist attitudes toward women
I know I know, this is sooooooo 2010 – but there is a chance you didn’t catch this snappy little PSA by Rape Crisis Scotland as it was circulating way…
Kony 2012: the photographer who shot the hipsters with a proud colonial mindset
Photograph by Glenna Gordon (detail). By now you’ve heard of the Kony 2012 campaign, and I’ve already expended enough energy discussing it on Facebook to bring anything new and arts-related…
More on Declining Labour Force Participation
As a supplement to the excellent (and more timely!) posts from Andrew and Erin this morning, let me add a few points on the most striking feature of today’s Labour…
Looking for Sponsors
In the run up to the Green Party of Ontario 2012 Annual General Meeting, May 4th to 6th in the lovely Niagara region, I'm looking for sponsors for the 7…
Robogate: Another Explosive Revelation From The Star
As I noted in my last post, a pattern is emerging in the voter suppression crimes owing to the consistency of the telephone script received in upwards of 30 ridings…
CTV: New Digital Lock Rule, New Restrictions for Canadians
Check out this coverage of digital locks, and the rules in Copyright Bill C-11 that may make Canada the country with the most restrictive digital lock provisions in the world.…