Crunch time for the Hub?
I haven’t written much about the Hub lately. But things have been moving along, behind the scenes. The big developments: Somerset West Community Health Centre’s board approved a plan to…
April 2012
CBC’s role too vital to diminish
Columnist says the approximately $200 million in cuts Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is making to the CBC over the next three years is an ideologically driven decision that will do…
CBC English services to cut 256 jobs to deal with government cuts by Etan Vlessing
Columnist says the CBC News department is to take a $10 million hit to its annual operating budget, leading to the loss of 88 jobs.
Finding New Strategies for Progressives in Canada
A few weeks back, Andrew Coyne wrote an excruciatingly epideictic column for The National Post on the virtues of free trade in general, stressing in the process how virtuous CETA…
Defence Minister promises more F-35 oversight
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/04/10/f35-mackay.html
But trust, as former prime minister Brian Mulroney found, is easy to lose
We Liberals found that out too… http://www.thestar.com/mobile/NEWS/article/1159270 F-35s, robocalls and the erosion of Harper's credibility In politics, trust corrodes easily. The damage may not be visible at first, but…
Proposed EU law would criminalize possession of hacking tools
In an effort to harmonize anti-hacking laws, the EU parliament has come up with a sweeping draft law. The proposal, backed by the EU Civil Liberties Committee, aims to criminalize…
How massive ‘One Big Campaign’ could defeat Harper Conservatives
A massive, well-thought-out campaign involving thousands of social activist groups, labour, and grassroots organizations would have an excellent chance of handing the Harper regime a significant defeat on a hugely…
Wildrose supporter Richard Evans
Evans is a Calgary resident who has made failed runs for municipal office in Calgary. More recently, he has been a participant at Wildrose conventions, and is very active in…
Game Over for Santorum
At Gettysburg, PA (of all places!) Rick Santorum announced today that he’s throwing in the towel on his bid to become the Theocrat in Chief of the United States. No…
Drinking water wins in Jefferd Creek logging battle
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 In 2004 the residents of the tiny community of Stillwater, near Powell River, learned that BC Timber Sales (BCTS) was planning to auction off the rights…
Too stupid not to acknowledge
As usual, Big City Lib is right. Now back to retirement.
In and Out: Political Double Tap
The Harper Government is known for its zombie like resiliency. Just when you think it’s down for the count, it gets back up to bite your arm off. Zombieland was…
How Long Before This Lynch Mob Mentality Comes To Canada?
As someone who is a regular visitor to Cuba and has seen both the good and bad of its society through friends that we visit there, I know that it…
Officially Done at The Argosy
I just gave a quick tutorial to the new Editor in Chief on a few important things and picked up my last paycheck from The Argosy. It’s been a good…
Any one else see a trend here?
As with any budget there are winners and losers, with the true test of a budget at least in my mind being the determination of who wins and who loses.…
That’s a wrap? – Killing Saskatchewan’s film tax credit is economic nonsense
The cast from InSecurity. The TV show will no longer be produced in Saskatchewan. With the announcement of the axing of the Saskatchewan Film Employment Tax Credit, we are effectively…
Back to 1993 – #AbVote
In 1993, the Progressive Conservative dynasty started by Peter Lougheed in 1971 nearly came to an end. After Lougheed’s resignation in 1985, Edmontonian Don Getty won the ensuing leadership election…
April 10: The editor: King of the gutter….
The Moncton Times and Transcript editorial today is a rant at unions and the pay scales for municipal workers in Moncton. I shall take that editorial writer seriously – some…