Fauxmnibus Bill
Maybe I’m starting to sound like a shameless Elizabeth May fanboy but that’s only because…I’m a shameless Elizabeth May fanboy! How can you not be when she gets up in…
June 2012
May Another Man Win
The Libs have decided to let Bob Rae run for the LPoC leadership. Which is OK by me because I basically think he’s served the party well, is not some…
Open Postal Codes: A Public Response to Canada Post on how they undermine the public good
Earlier this week the Ottawa Citizen ran a story in which I’m quoted about a fight between Treasury Board and Canada Post officials over making postal code data open. Treasury…
Rae Allowed to Run
Like we didn’t already know he was a truth stretching sack of dung. CBC is reporting that the Liberal Executive (thanks for your leadership Mike Crawley) will, indeed, announce Unlce…
Opposition Parties Turn Up Heat on Harper’s Omnibus Bill
Federal opposition parties, along with Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, are ratcheting up their campaign against Stephen Harper’s Bill C-38 omnibus budget bill. They say they’ll use any available tools…
Glitches in the new Presto transit cards…
… are forcing OC Transpo to delay the handout of the cards by at least 10 days to do some more testing. To me, this is good news. Hopefully there…
Has Vlad Putin Ever Been to Quebec?
Russian president Jean Vladimir Charest Putin has human rights activists up in arms over a new law cracking down on peaceful protest. This week, the Russian parliament approved a controversial…
4712…Guns Ou Books
According to Occupy Kingston, I know, why would you want to ocupy Kingston, anyhow, according to them free university for all would cost five billion. The army/navy/air force costs twenty…
Would you buy a hydro dam from these people? #nlpoli
Anyone who was wondering why the Tories ramped up the attacks on the NDP this week can now find the answer. The clue to the future is that the Tory…
4711…Thank Goodness For Dean Del Mastro
This guy is like a gift from the gods. The buffet killing MP, Tory MP, from Peterboro, who is the point man re the Stephen Harper’s “We’re Not Crooks” campaign…
The Small-Mindedness of Rob Ford
It has been said that to be a great leader, a person has to have a great vision. I’ll let you decide where Toronto May Rob Ford fits into this…
Alberta reinstates funding for Sex Reassignment Surgery
The Alberta Government has announced that it will be reinstating health care funding for sex reassignment surgery (often called gender reassignment surgery, and abbreviated as GRS by the province and…
Intern Chronicle #3: Ethernet Bicycle
In this week’s Intern Chronicle: more bicycles, orientation, printing, rain, and not much more!
ConCalls: Dean Del Mastro Investigated
Dean Del Mastro (DDM) has been under Elections Canada investigation during most of the RoboCon scandal hoo-haw since March, and Postmedia uncovered why. It’s in regard to a $21,000 personal…
Just How Close Are We to the Edge?
A paper came out in the journal Nature yesterday that contends we have reached the point of imminent environmental collapse. Those of us who don’t have a couple of hundred…
Internet Access Jeopardized by Funding Cuts
The digital divide is alive and well in Canada, and government cuts are making it even wider. All Canadians deserve open and affordable access to the Internet in the 21st…
Walkability Pays
Want to make a real estate investment? Don’t build standard suburbs but invest in walkable, bikeable neighborhoods. This should not be news to anyone, but Christopher Leindorfer once again points…
Al Jazeera Reports On The Enbridge Pipeline
It would be great if we could get some in-depth reporting on the issues surrounding the Alberta tar/bitumen sands from the Canadian media (from some place other than the completely…
Al Jazeera Reports On The Enbridge Pipeline
It would be great if we could get some in-depth reporting on the issues surrounding the Alberta tar/bitumen sands from the Canadian media (from some place other than the completely…