Rafe on BC Premier Christy Clark’s support for controversial Canada-China Investment Treaty (FIPA). In letter from Clark welcoming delegates to the 2012 Canada-China Investment Summit, Clark wrote, “I very much…
For the five or six years this blog has existed I have strongly lamented the demise of posterity in our societies, our economies and our politics. In an era in…
In all the talk of voter fraud, there is one obvious absent sign of rampant voter fraud that we don’t see much discussion of: Voters complaining that someone else voted…
We’re here, maybe not queer, but you are going to have to live with it. I attended the local “Defend Our Coast” rally this week outside our local MLA’s office.…
An ongoing theme in my life has been ridding myself of as many shoulds as I possibly can – or, to put it more positively, to spend my time doing…
Matt Stoller tweeted a link to this excellent piece on recent changes to the US labour organizing strategic landscape. In one of the most remarkably under-reported stories I’ve ever seen,…
More than 1000 youth from across Canada are currently gathered in Ottawa for the for the PowerShift 2012 conference. The 4-day conference seeks to push the Harper Government to act…
I can’t believe how much I’m loving having access to US Netflix through our Roku device. For the price of a new router and some easy-to-follow instructions, my leisure time…
It’s about absolute radio silence. The Conservative candidate will not speak to the public without speaking points… if she even does try to speak to the public. There will be…
That’s right, Obama. Utah, home of America’s largest Mormon community – of which Mitt Romney is one – endorses the non-Mormon Democrat, President Barack Obama. Here’s what the Salt Lake…
The powers behind ‘Big Oil’ really don’t care about anything except huge profits. “Screw the environment .. screw aboriginal land .. screw wildlife … let’s just get this crude oil…
Judith Maxwell, former chair of the Economic Council of Canada, tells the Globe and Mail: “People over their forties in Canada have no idea what it’s like for a young…
No, really, why? If you’re reading my blog you probably already have an idea WTF is happening around the world, and what you need to do about it to protect…
Today is the day we talk – not about unpleasant things, but about how to make the The Moncton Times and Transcript better. Not good, just better. First, though, let’s…
I hate when snowflakes make their inevitable reappearance on the Environment Canada website. (6) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
I make no effort in these pages to opinionate on things as they happen, even when limited to just attacks upon democracy it would be more than a full time…
Just three short years ago, it appeared that North America was on the verge of finally kicking that nasty dirty energy addiction that was crippling our economies and our energy…
Reblogged from The Green Word: Frankenstorm Sandy. Image: Climate Denial Crock of the Week. A hurricane is coming to the Atlantic coast of North America. Nothing new for this time…
