The studios are killing independent film – A fantastic Q interview with filmmaker Alex Cox
Yesterday’s Q show on CBC Radio One had a great interview with the director of REPO MAN and SID AND NANCY, Alex Cox. An outspoken critic of the studio system…
March 2012
IF Quebec refuses to implement crime bill does that mean equality right violated?
Assume this happens. Does that mean someone in Ontario can claim a breach of equality rights because of unequal sentencing? http://bit.ly/zLgDZJ The debate isn't over yet for the Harper's government's…
No Internet Lockdown petition gets shout-out in Parliament
The No Internet Lockdown petition made its way into Parliament today. NDP MP Andrew Cash mentioned to petition and the public outcry in the Committee meeting. read more
Quebec to Harper: Take Your Crime Bill…
…and shove it. The debate isn’t over yet for the Harper’s government’s criminal justice legislation – at least not in Quebec. The provincial government announced Tuesday that it would do…
Do Republicans want a religious extremist as their nominee?
The U.S. has troops in places like Afghanistan and Iraq, and numerous other countries, and there’s some definite sabre rattling happening right now in the direction of Iran from some…
About Those Robocalls…
Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro was himself behind two robocalls on election day, the Calgary Herald revealed today. Del Mastro’s campaign manager, Jeff Westlake, sent recorded messages to constituents reminding…
One More Real Reason Why I, For One, Am Glad Gregor Won…
SomeThingsActuallyDoReallyMatter MunicipalGovernanceVille It’s the Affordable Housing Task Force, and FABula has the first report card on their goings on: …At top of mind is the 1989 decision by then-mayor Gordon…
What Lawyers Say in Papers…
…And what they actually mean. Courtesy of Prof. Emir Crowne of University of Windsor.
Stop the Condo Development on the Musqueam Burial Site
What kind of racist government issues a permit for a condo developer to bulldoze a Musqueum burial site? BC’s government. I visited c̓əsnaʔəm, the 1338 SW Marine Drive site this…
On voter information
Andrew Coyne raises some noteworthy points about what political parties know about us and how they use that information. But while I agree as to the need for parties to…
Globe & Mail: Save Costs by Increasing Class Sizes
I offer this post not to distract people from the robocall crimes, but to remind everyone that there are other scandals going on as well. Readers in BC probably already…
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PCs Still Dominate Alberta – For Now
Continuing with 2011’s incumbent-friendly trend, 2012 seems to be pretty incumbent-friendly as well – so far. Nowhere is this more exemplified than Alberta, which will need to go to the…
Towards a "living wage" in Canada
A number of years ago, Canada’s statistics agency got rid of the concept of “the poverty line.” Instead they came up with what is called the “low income cut off”…
Grown Locally
With all the news surrounding the Robocall Scandal, I can’t help but feel like I’ve been neglecting my home province and the political news coming out of it. As such,…
It’s A Mystery
Nothing in life ever stays the same, so why should this blog be any different? Since 350orbust was created in November of 2009, in response to 350.org’s “International Day of…
Harper – he’s not here for us.
And by “here”, I mean here in Parliament. This is a man who embodies everything that he has claimed his opposition does: divisiveness, treachery and advocacy for special interests groups.…
A very Canadian coup d’état?
A statistical study of 27 ridings correlates vote-suppressing robocalls with…vote suppression. But the number of ridings reportedly subject to such fakery is now well over 70. One might reasonably ask…
My two favourite David Lean edits
I know, regular readers of The Skwib will be thinking: “what hell? This no funny!” (With the proper grammar, of course.) But with this new look, I’m also branching out…