Despite the Forecast, It was a Great Day
No post to day because I spent most of it running around preparing for NPD Outremont’s barbecue. Great fun, good crowd (we went through 200 paper plates, which gives an…
June 2012
conservative party vs council of canadians, round two
In Federal Court:* Council of Canadians: There was vote supression in the 2011 election. Conservative Party of Canada: Maude Barlow hates us. Council of Canadians: There was vote supression in…
Conservatives Attack Budget Officer To Defend A Legacy
The Conservative government created the position of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, and now the government is creating its legacy. After creating the position of Parliamentary Budget Officer in 2006 this…
coyne: the conflict is between conservatives and their souls
Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page’s quest to force the Harper GovernmentTM to release details of its budget cuts escalated over the weekend, when Page said that the government’s secrecy could…
truth to power and pride in truth
Seen at San Francisco Pride Parade, June 24, 2012
Tory Attack Ads Against Mulcair Begin
And like the good Pavlovian creatures the Conservatives assume the electorate to be, they eagerly await our unbridled panic. Recommend this Post
New Mulcair ad
It’s a Mulcair day on the blog, it appears! How on earth did that happen… I find it hard to get too excited about this. Released just after the parliamentary…
Fraud prevention and recovery
Simi Sara made a worthwhile demand on her CKNW show today. The British Columbia should lift the gag orders imposed on Dave Basis and Bob Virk that formed a part…
Yup, 35 a short time ago
… and now this. P Whatta country! (8) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Harper v. Canada: News Headlines On June 25 2012
Make no mistake about it. Canada’s progressive and democratic forces are converging around Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his burgeoning elected dictatorship. And Harper and his merry bunch of Conservative…
Rafe Mair raises his wise voice
No Souls but Lots of Cash, Rafe Mair, The Tyee, June 25, 2012 – BC’s crucial environmental battles pit citizens against politicians’ love of corporate money. “Corporations have a legal…
Stephen Harper’s Absurd Attempt to Woo Quebec
OMG. Mothers hide your children. It appears that Stephen Harper has set out to try to woo Quebec. Stephen Harper and more than a dozen of his cabinet ministers chose…
June25: Moncton Free Press scoops TandT
The Moncton Free Press, a news service on the web staffed by volunteers, is way ahead of The Monctron Times and Transcript, though the TandT has a paid staff of…
Who had June 25th in the pool?
The much-anticipated Thomas Mulcair attack ads have arrived: Other than changing the off-grey colours from red to orange, this doesn’t look to be much more than a recycled anti-Liberal TV…
Judicial independence
Ontario Deputy Judges' Association v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2012 ONCA 437 is a helpful decision making clear that a judge serving at the pleasure of a chief justice is permissible while serving at…
Google to Catalog Languages
The Endangered Languages Project is a new initiative run by Google to catalog languages that are threatened because of globalization. As nice as it is that the people on the…
Work newly attributed to Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens identified as author of mystery article, Alison Flood, The Guardian, June 25, 2012 An article championing the rights of the working classes, published in one of the journals…
Scientists warn, politicians ignore
The Global Network of Science Academies, representing 105 science academies around the world, issued a press release last week highlighting what they referred to as “two of the most profound…
Want To Know Who Leaked Jason Kenney’s "Asshole" Email?
Camouflage won’t help this man. Let’s work through the list of suspects, shall we? Here’s a copy of the email in question: .Part II So the suspects are obviously all…
Gone forever, Lonesome George dies
Lonesome George, the last remaining tortoise of his kind and a conservation icon, died on Sunday of unknown causes, the Galapagos National Park said. George was believed to be around…