Elizabeth May wants CSIS to weigh in on Canada-China treaty
Green Party leader Elizabeth May is spot on again! She’s demanding that CSIS should weigh in on the Canada-China treaty, due to be ratified by cabinet this week. The Harper…
October 2012
Otto Langer Unleashes on Salmon Inquiry, DFO, Harper on Eve of Report
I often noted half way through the Cohen Commission hearings in Vancouver in 2011 that I would not hold my breath for the Cohen Commission to make any real impact…
Quality Program Fee Increases and IHF Corporate Concentration
This year Independent Health Facilities (IHFs) in Ontario will start paying an annual administrative fee to cover the costs of their quality control program plus a new fee for the…
Robert Reich Warns Progressives – We Can’t Give Up
There are plenty of us who get frustrated and discouraged and even wonder why bother? Robert Reich says that’s the certain path to a truly regressive future. He’s speaking to…
Future Fantasy: Technology and Communication
This morning I was driving through the rain as I listened to CBC radio. I was relaxed after a hard workout at the gym – always a great state for…
What If We’d Had Nothing Better Than Harper and Hillier in 1812?
For years I’ve been something of student of the history of the War of 1812. On the wall behind me are buttons from the great battles of that war including…
The myth of personalization
Much of the hype of the 21st Century Learning centres around “personalization”. Academics such as the UK’s Ken Robinson lament that existing forms of schooling are restrictive and standardized –…
FIPA Treaty to go into Effect Thursday…Is It Right For Canada? Why the Hurry?
This Thursday a new treaty is due to come into effect between Canada and China without debate or public discussion. It is called an Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement…
FIPA Treaty to go into Effect Thursday…Is It Right For Canada? Why the Hurry?
This Thursday a new treaty is due to come into effect between Canada and China without debate or public discussion. It is called an Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement…
Harper’s Pipes May Be Backing Up
There are signs that the fight for the coast may have new impetus. As reported recently in the Associated Press, the United States could soon come into a bounty of…
Homecare funding finally announced (and it falls short)
The Minister of Health and LTC has finally (7 months into the year) gotten around to making an announcement about the increase to home care funding for this year, at…
Mass Evacuation Ordered for NYC
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered as many as 375,000 New Yorkers to head for the hills before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. At a press conference Sunday, Michael Bloomberg said…
The citizen as consumer, as a mere "marketing target."
http://tinyurl.com/9nu7j9c Under a neoliberal regime such as ours, anything – including your very soul – can be commodified. (Ask those members of the evangelical church to which OGL apparently belongs.)…
New blog affiliates
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Speaking of hobgoblins
If “foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds” then we shouldn’t be expecting any consistency from the way the Harper Cons are handling gun licensing and registration these days:…
5276…An Oldie But A Truthy
From SNL. WFDS
5275…Obama, Madonna, New Orleans
Even though the last GOP prez f*cked Nawlins but good the folks who paid big bux to see Madonna last nite in the Crescent City were not thrilled with her…
Melissa Harris-Perry on rape and abortion
MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry read an open letter to Republican Indiana Senate candidiate Richard Mourdock Oct 27, criticizing his comment regarding rape and abortion. "I believe life begins at conception……
Greek Madness
Austerity-bludgeoned Greece has a society teetering on collapse. It is a country headed by a government gone mad. Even as, “doctors in Athens hospitals are handling only emergencies, bus drivers…