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;…
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;…
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;…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…