A Green Industrial Revolution
Today the CCPA released a new big picture report by myself and student researcher Amanda Card calling for a Green Industrial Revolution. The report builds on work done for the…
June 2012
PS – Read this, Andrew
Still think it was okay to make jokes about their son’s fate?
Jagged angry cat
Filed under: art, digital, drawing Tagged: 100 cats
Question for Liberals isn’t should we merge, it’s should we exist
An Ipsospoll released over the weekend claiming a majority of Liberal and NDP supporters (voters, not necessarily activists) favour merging the parties has re-ignited the debate about whether or not…
ConCalls: CEAP Adscam 2.0?
The annoying Canadian Economic Action Plan acronym CEAP appears in the latest Conservative phone calling scandal because a company Dean Del Mastro hired, got CEAP money to develop GeoVote. It’s…
4733…Justin Trudeau
If we want to win he is the man. If we want to be right, not so much. It used to be about winning, eh? WFDS
Why Did Lincoln Insist on Keeping These Morons in the Union?
North Carolina recently caused snickers when its state assembly legislated against sea level rise. Their ordinance stipulated that future sea level rise must be calculated on historic results, not on…
June 12: First things first
Most newspapers of any quality place the most important news of the day on the front page. This is the news that we need to know about. Currently, for example,…
“That Coyne idiot”
He said it, not me. Coyne attempts to style his column today as a cautionary tale about social media, and about how, you know, he was the one who taught…
Still Number One With A Bullet: Let’s Do Leadership Differently
My all time most viewed blog post, 109 hits yesterday surprisingly and top of the Blogger Stats Charts is this one written back in early May. Feedback I’ve received indicates…
4732…Porn Stars Pick Winning Team
The new Stanley Cup champeens, the Los Angeles Kings, seem to be favoured by porn stars. Taylor Stevens, Katie Morgan, Matthew Perry. Just saying. WFDS
Seat counts – seats count: the map #nlpoli
Here’s a map showing the possible seat results for an election where the Tories wind up with 41% of the vote, the NDP get 38% and the Liberals get 20%. …
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday June 12, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, June 12, 2012: Greek politician who assaulted rivals on TV sues for defamation Apple announces iOS 6:…
Full Of Himself
Yesterday, in Montreal, the world got a chance to see the Stephen Harper Canadians have come to know so well — a man who is, above all else, full of…
Rae’s Play
Rae has milked the interim leader title for all its worth In perhaps the least surprising news story of the year, Bob Rae appears set to announce his candidacy for…
4731…Other Than That How Was The Dog Show?
Woofstock was a dog festival in Toronto, and who says that nothing happens in that town btw?, last weekend. QMI reports that an unnamed couple from Northern Ontario, owners of…
Affordability and transparency in the aftermath of the StopTheMeter.ca campaign
It’s been over a year and a half since we at OpenMedia.ca launched the StopTheMeter.ca campaign. After the CRTC decided to allow Big Telecom to impose usage-based billing—Internet metering—on their…
OTLA
Just heard a story about insurance this morning on CBC. Reminded me of time the erstwhile OTLA president said “my boy” McGuinty was going to lose the election. Good luck…
I didn’t win the contest…
… but C managed to snag a couple of fifth row seats to see Mr. Lightfoot this weekend at the NAC! Despite my admiration for his music, I never have…
Who Is The Real Enemy?
I strongly encourage you to watch this deeply cynical but powerfully trenchant indictment of, well, of all of us. Recommend this Post