Hey, Israel Apartheid Week People…
Fire Charlotte Kates as a spokesperson before she causes any more damage than has already been done: Which is exactly the point, says Charlotte Kates, a spokesperson for BIAC. “We’re…
March 2012
Howard Hampton’s letter endorsing Thomas Mulcair
The following is an open letter from former Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party Howard Hampton on behalf of NDP Deputy Leader Thomas Mulcair. Fellow New Democrats, As we…
Pink Slips
Not surprising.
Did Mr. David Akin Really Attend…
. …The Manning Centre’s Pre-Election Campaign School? First off, remember this letter to The Globe’s editor to UVIC public-admin guy John Fryer earlier this week: In January, 2010, my UVic…
Ron Paul
A Republican that makes some sense. How crazy is that? Never thought it could happen. Might have to cock my ear and make an effort to listen. Though it is…
"Tom Mulcair is the NDPs only alternative"
from Troy Media: Tom Mulcair is the NDP’s only alternative I’ve highlighted some key points in the article. ATHABASCA, AB, Mar. 9, 2012, Troy Media/ – “Ordinary Canadians,” to use…
Digital Action Team update: We’ve come this far…
The Digital Action Team is a community of people committed to taking regular actions to safeguard the open and affordable Internet. OpenMedia.ca sends this community special updates, reports and actions.…
Democracy is now out of order in Harper’s Canada
Harper toady House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer this past week ruled opposition questions about robocon out of order, saying that all questions “have to touch on the administrative responsibilities…
tgif! alberta election candidate update – march 2012 (part 2).
I have updated the list of Alberta election candidates to include some of the following individuals: Farouk Adatia and Premier Alison Redford Calgary-Shaw: Following a surprising announcement by three-term PC…
4329…Kevin Gregson On Affirmative Action
For those of you outside of Ottawa Kevin Gregson is the RCMP officer who killed Ottawa Police Constable Eric Czapnik on December 29, 2019. “I killed him, but I didn’t…
4328…And No One Gives A F*ck
I am on the campus of Canada’s 46th best university, Carleton, and the buzz is non existent. One would think that there would be a bit of buzz due to…
Friday miscellany…
… O M G! The SKY is falling edition… Literally. The sky. Falling. Yup. The sun burps and we all freak out. Oh no! The GPS on my iPhone might…
Iran under siege … for 2,500 years
David Cameron hoisted himself onto the world stage once again, as he is wont to do, and declared Iran an international threat. This is rich coming from a British PM.…
Open questions
As discussed in some of the comments to this post, there seems to be plenty of room for the NDP’s leadership candidates to provide much-needed information on how they want…
Walking while Black in Toronto
From the folks who brought you the G20 thugfest (above). The statistics are now plain for everyone to see: Toronto police are making a habit of stopping Black and brown…
Robocon: Can this Tory help find Pierre Poutine?
Andrew Prescott Canada’s Woodward & Bernstein journalists (the intrepid Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher), have a report this morning about some tweets in Guelph before the questionable election of May…
Farming in the City: Make environmental legislation flexible!
Cities are blanketed by a mesh of rules. Some of them are well known and clearly signaled (think traffic lights). Others only become visible when you start asking questions about…
Voter Suppression Crimes: A Pattern of Centralization Emerges
While the Harper regime has been busy casting aspersions on those who are claiming foul over their alleged tactics during the last federal election, a pattern is beginning to emerge…