Canada Crime Bill C10 Hunger Strike Update: May 22, 2012
Today I felt really sick. And this is the first time I’ve felt this sick since I started the indefinite hunger protest on March 24. For over a week now,…
May 2012
While Canadians Pay Designer Prices, Cambodian Workers on Strike For $5 Salary Increase
As we go about, getting and spending, here is a sobering reminder of other people’s reality. Recommend this Post
It’s Time For The Courts To Take A Stand
In the wake of Justice Thomas Lederer’s decision last week to overturn the election results in Etobicoke Centre, the Conservatives have filed documents to declare challenges to seven other elections…
Prejudice and pride
It is always amazing to me that one group, facing prejudice, will then turn around and subject another group to prejudice. Amazing and sad.
4664…Don’t Be Afraid To Quit
Boing boing reminds you that “In case you need an antidote to commencement speeches that tell you to follow your dream to attain success, here’s Bobcat Goldthwaite’s 2009 Commencement address…
4663…Day 101, Day 101
101 is a pretty important number in La Belle. Today marks day 101 of the student’s protest in Montreal, Quebec. Apparently the 250,000 on the street yesterday did not, as…
The League of Peculiar Gentlemen: The Americans
Not to be outdone by their British compatriots, the North American members of the League of Peculiar Gentlemen were also able to strap strange things to their faces. Perhaps the…
With Northern Gateway, Harper = Trudeau And B.C. = Alberta
As a former Albertan, I remember Pierre Trudeau and his National Energy Program. Albertans, I gather, still speak of the NEP with great disdain and bitterness. Consider these startling similarities…
New nuclear power plants for UK
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/23/world/europe/british-energy-plan-would-add-nuclear-plants.html "While Germany intends to phase out nuclear power, and France's new president, François Hollande, says he hopes to reduce his country's reliance on it, the British government appears to…
Public debt and financial mismanagement #nlpoli
A few days ago, Stephen Taylor posted a table from a 2010 study that showed how big Quebec’s public debt is compared to that of countries around the world. The…
Trashy in China, 4.0
Some of my fave non-food-related pics since I started coming here in 2009. Part 1. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Daily Reading for May 23, 2012
News picks for Wednesday, May 23, 2012. // ]]> Conservatives ask for dismissal of robocall court cases — This is hardly surprising news. What is interesting are that the Conservatives…
Maybe it’s time to kill the May Show
The May Show of today is a pale imitation of the May Show that was so successful through the 1980′s and the first half of the 90′s, so maybe it’s…
English Canadian Conservatives Becoming Quebec Separatists?
It is not only plausible, but inevitable, that any future Quebec referendum will generate a national debate on whether the province should be allowed to stay. A nationwide referendum on…
Alberta MLAs get down to work – sort of – later today
Bill 1? It’s a secret! Alberta MLAs may not be exactly as illustrated. It’s great work if you can find it! The first session of the 28th Legislature of Alberta…
Shen Yung And Not Your Father’s PC Party
The Shen Young Performing Arts troupe recently had their Alberta 2013 performance dates thrown into question when the Alberta Government revoked an agreement to use the Jubilee Auditoriums in Edmonton…
Ideas have a habit of spreading like wildfire
Well, it would appear the real battles have begun – this I was anticipating as the obvious response to Charest’s new law. What I didn’t anticipate was an international day…
The Quebec students will win this one, if they stick to their principles at all costs
The students still protesting in Quebec against tuition hikes should make sure that they don’t track their progress by the political reaction of the opposition parties and of the Charest…
guest post: the real worry about election 2012.
Tweet By: Richard Liebrecht Going into the election, the two-person caucus of Brian Mason and Rachel Notley was well known among media insiders and observers for punching above their weight…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Slumbering cats.