Politicians need courage to dismantle supply management Most economists, think tanks, commentators, consumer advocates (and trade negotiators) have, for quite some time, recommended the dismantling of Canada’s supply management regime…
You know, I’m starting to feel sorry for Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro. I’m sure he wants to do good, but he just keeps being foiled by those around him.…
Here, on why we shouldn’t limit the range of possible contenders in the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership race – and the number of supporters an outside candidate might need to reach…
June 21st is National Aboriginal Day*, a national day of recognition and celebration of the unique cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, and their contributions to Canada! Festivities…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jeffrey Simpson criticizes the Cons for killing off the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy as punishment for telling the…
Looking to support Capital Pride while sampling a rainbow of goodies from local eateries? Then you can skip dinner and make your way to City Hall tonight at 6 pm.…
(Click on image to enlarge …) Our Own Erin Weir Would Make a Great Sask NDP Leader! Posted by Jim Stanford June 19th, 2012 I’ve worked closely with Erin for…
Jon Steinman, host for five years of the popular “Deconstructing Dinner” radio program, launches a crowd-funding campaign to support his forthcoming video program by the same name. Steinman and his…
Were they separated at birth? WFDS
….she got a pay raise of 20% for a total of over $57million Canadian dollars a year. I’m so happy. It’s even higher than the 16% paid to corporation executives…
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Love him or envy him one has to admit that Ben Mulroney is a pretty decent talking head. Now the star of Canuckistanian TV is taking his talent to America,…
I am braving the heat in my sunny and a/c-less work corner (it’s the 3rd day of 34 degree heat) to post because it’s been so long. Last week, before…
Statistics Canada reported today that the number of Canadians receiving Employment Insurance (EI) dropped by 29,000 in April. Meanwhile, the Labour Force Survey indicates that unemployment rose by 14,000 in…
La Belle Epoque(1984 Wellington, metro Charlevoix)Saturday, June 30, 1PM traduction anglais-français disponible After the surge of protest that was the sixties, all around the world radicals were drawn to new…
In BC they have a ratings system for residential care homes, or what we would refer to as “long-term care” homes in Ontario. The ratings look at complaints and critical…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, June 21, 2012: Scales of Justice: Obesity & Child Custody California ethics opinion warns lawyers that boastful…
Jim Flaherty is taking credit for saving consumers money by tightening mortgage insurance rules. So how many extra thousands of dollars did he cost Canadian homeowners when he loosened precisely…
Tried out this “Youtube” thing and, while not the greatest quality ever, it’s a short 5-and-a-bit minute video on my ideas about this race. I’d have made it longer and…
The Rio+20 conference was officially launched yesterday, where world leaders – minus some heavy hitters like US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel,…
