Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ed Broadbent and the Broadbent Institute are putting together a strong public push on the problem of growing inequality – featuring a…
October 2012
Change Your Stance to Change Your Attitude
In this TED talk Amy Cuddy explains that if you change how you stand, sit, or generally hold yourself you can change how you feel. As an added bonus, by…
Conservative Party Continues to Fail Fiscal Conservatives
I’m sure there are Conservative Party apologists out there ready to jump all over these stories, but the fact remains the Conservative Party continues to fail fiscal conservatives in Canada,…
Tuesday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
The first half of yesterday’s win over the Argos was filled with missed opportunities for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Yes, it’s generally a plus to hold a 9-point lead at the…
Oh, Oh, More Inconvenient Truths
A few things the extreme right-wing does not want you to think about: H/t Sol Chrom You might also be interesting in reading this article dealing with the issue of…
seen in upstate new york
Something for all your needs, plus excellent alliteration. Down the road in Mohawk territory, in the North Country region of New York State, we saw this: Many generations of Mohawks…
Justin Trudeau in Burlington
Liberal leadership candidate Justin Trudeau will be out visiting my proud city/riding of Burlington on Wednesday, hopefully marking the first of many visits to Halton and Hamilton, where the next…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, October 9, 2012
We hope that all of our readers had a lovely long weekend! Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, October 9, 2012: Colleagues near…
Policy By Stealth
A month ago, Allan Gregg spoke at the opening of Carleton University’s new Public Affairs Building. He writes in today’s Toronto Star: I never expected these remarks would “go viral.”…
Education and the Digital World
The other day I wrote a post commenting on an article by Doug Mann, a University of Western Ontario professor who calls into question the wholehearted embrace of all things…
Ask General Kang: The Home Edition
The walls of my house are bleeding, and I keep finding an ax next to my bed when I wake up in the middle of the night to the sound…
Seeds of Life, Not Genetically Modified Organisms
It’s TED talk Tuesday on 350orbust. Here’s Winona LaDuke, whom I had the good fortune to meet recently, speaking about our broken food system from a First Nations perspective: *…
Muskrat, Martin, and Meaning #nlpoli
Note number of times Ed Martin says “open” or “transparent” within the first five minutes of his weekend interview for On Point with David Cochrane. Odds are very high that…
Harperland and the Giant Slaughterhouse
The Con Meat Scandal has produced a lot of disturbing images. The sight of Gerry Ritz being hustled away by his handlers, after being unable to answer even a couple…
The thin red (and white) line
I have a lot of commentary about things I’m currently seeing: news articles, statements, opinions. Events are moving really fast now, and it’s hella confusing – don’t ya think? Let’s…
The rehabilitation of Brian Mulroney: There’s a reason he’s looking so good these days
Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney in his heyday, grabbed from the website of Libraries and Archives Canada, and doesn’t he just look terrific! Below: Mr. Mulroney as he appears nowadays;…
Canadians deserve answers about XL Foods beef, as company sticks its head in the sand and Alberta politicians give in to old populist ways.
TweetUntil its licence was temporarily suspended on September 27, more than one-third of Canadian beef was processed in the XL Foods plant in Brooks, Alberta. The plant processed 4000 cows…
Message to the Conservative Party of Canada
“Environmentalists and ordinary Canadians being branded as extremists is an insult to those of us who fought for our country against real extremists… The Canada I fought for is an…
Safe powerful policy for Justin Trudeau
I will be taking a break from blogging for the next month or so, but before taking my leave I will part with some, (in my not so very humble…