Vindictive cuts break CBC promise and target Canadian culture
The federal budget singles out the CBC for vindictive cuts that break the Conservative’s election promise to maintain or increase funding to the national public broadcaster.
March 2012
4398…St. Patrick’s High School Thunder Bay
Is Roman Catholic. The Roman Catholic Church, of which St. Patrick’s High School in Thunder Bay is a branch office, is officially, on the record, no doubt about it, anti-abortion,…
Best Laid Plans of Mice and Bloggers
Here I was planning to post on multitude of topics, including some stuff on breastfeeding, restraints, the duty to care, more twists and turns in the Amanda Trujillo case, the…
Generation X gets shafted – again
A recent study by PwC Canada of the Canadian banking sector found that Generation X – roughly defined as people born between 1961 and 1981, after the Baby Boom –…
Obligatory Budget Post
Today the NDP surpassed the Conservatives in the polls and the Chief Electoral Officer testified to a House of Commons committee about the potential electoral fraud in 200 ridings in…
Did voter suppression change the results of the NDP leadership election?
For the2012 NDP leadership vote to be considered legitimate, the NDP needs to employwhatever devices it can (including resort to Elections Canada and the RCMP) toput to bed the valid…
Canadian Federal Government Budget: A Lesson in Politics and a Day to be Sad
So, when the dust settles, and the lights turn off in the TV studios, all that will be left is you, me and a bunch of axed programs and projects…
Kremlinology 40: Word Search #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Go right through the 2012 federal budget. Look anywhere you want. Try the chapter that lists off energy projects and how the latest federal budget will help them. Note the…
redford orders mla’s to return pay, cancels transition allowance, and sherman crashes her party.
Premier Alison Redford has announced that Tory MLA’s will repay all the money they received from the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections (aka the “no-work” committee) and that MLA’s…
HEY HARPER!! Where’s All The Jobs That Your Billions In Corporate Tax Cuts Were Promised To Create?
Federal Budget …. Blah blah blah … Harper … you’re HORRIBLE! Giving Billions of dollars to Big Corporations = who simply moved the cash off shore or are sitting on…
CLC Analysis of the 2012 Budget
Introduction Budgets are all about choices. With unemployment and underemployment still at very high levels and a shrinking middle-class, the federal government could and should have laid the basis for…
The federal budget: spite and bile to pump up the base
So it turns out all the nasty rumours were actually true.
Pack Up Your Bags – The Weather’s Coming. Word Is Canada is Still Nice This Time of Year.
As the world transitions into a new and dangerous climate state, no nation is going to be immune to extreme weather event disasters. That’s the conclusion of the latest IPCC…
The 1% wages war
From Robert Borosage, Campaign for America’s Future, March 29, 2012 In 2010, as the economy began its slow recovery from the Great Recession, a new study shows the richest 1%…
Substantial administrative penalties do not trigger Charter rights
Rowan v. Ontario Securities Commission, 2012 ONCA 208 holds substantial administrative penalties under securities legislation are not offences so as to trigger Charter rights: The starting point for analysis of the Charter…
Ottawa’s Integrated Hospital Laboratory Service Takes the Next Step
The Ottawa Citizen announced the start of the Ottawa area hospitals integrated laboratory service. The Citizen somehow links this development to Don Drummond. It has nothing to do with Drummond.…
Premier Photo-Op’s annus horribilis
While aging corporate media types like Bill Good and Les Leyne rally to protect the BC Liberals, Bob Mackin, a reporter with no family member seeking government employment, recaps Premier…
Activision/Rogers Problem Solved
As of 4:00pm EST, I’m happy to report that the problems with connecting to Activision from Rogers appear to be solved. From the information our members posted up today we…
Stéphane Gendron In Dutch With CBSC
While trolling the The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council for other reasons I noticed this special announcement: A Note Concerning the March 22, 2012 broadcast of Face à Face The CBSC…