Millions In Gas Industry Cash Poured Into Public Research In Australia
SO a major United States university has decided to pull the plug on a research institute focussing on energy from gas after questions were raised over its ties to the…
November 2012
To understand the RCMP: Re-sergeance.net
Out of the Cake: A response to the Commissioner, Dr. Mike Webster, R. Psych. Let me begin by quoting David A. Brown, QC Chair of the Task Force on Governance…
Poor Wording
...got David McGuinty sacked. And indeed we must not begrudge Alberta MPs their championing of local tar mines to the exclusion of all other methods of powering the national economy.…
5365…Another Tory Crook
CTV reports that Justin Trudeau's whipping boy, Senator Patrick Brazeau, has been lying to get extra cash out of your pocket.“'I rent a house in Gatineau, but my principal residence…
JUST ANOTHER CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF GREED!!
Ok - So here are my landlords about to siphon the heating oil out of the tank. They paid initially $417 for the truck to come out and fill it…
JUST ANOTHER CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF GREED!!
Ok – So here are my landlords about to siphon the heating oil out of the tank. They paid initially $417 for the truck to come out and fill it…
JUST ANOTHER CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF GREED!!
Ok - So here are my landlords about to siphon the heating oil out of the tank. They paid initially $417 for the truck to come out and fill it…
JUST ANOTHER CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF GREED!!
Ok – So here are my landlords about to siphon the heating oil out of the tank. They paid initially $417 for the truck to come out and fill it…
Martha Hall-Findlay for Leader
The Liberal Party of Canada, that venerable institution, is at a crossroads. It has to not only select a new leader, but also rebuild a shattered organization that leaves it…
Life in Gaza is no day at the beach – Beach by video artist Guli Silberstein
In this 2006 work by Israeli-born, London-based video artist Guli Silberstein, painful footage from the infamous Israeli shelling of a beach in Gaza is juxtaposed with scenes of a happy…
David McGuinty statement
Here is the appropriate accountability for David McGuinty's remarks: Statement by Liberal MP David McGuinty OTTAWA– Liberal MP David McGuinty made the following statement today:"As Member of Parliament for Ottawa…
Demand deficit
Fiscal Cliff Letter: Small Business Owners Urge End Of Bush Tax Cuts, Zach Carter, Huffington Post "As businesses owners, none of us hire more employees simply because someone gives us…
NUPGE Video: Canada has become a radically unequal country
Our colleagues at NUPGE have put together this excellent video on income inequality as part of their All Together Now campaign. In just six minutes the video provides an analysis…
Gay men will marry your girlfirends
A recent video by College Humor encourages straight American men to endorse marriage equality. The fake public service announcement-style video features attractive gay men explaining to their hetero friends why…
The trouble with Lean
Are you Lean, becoming Lean, doing Lean or thinking Lean? Almost the entire province of Saskatchewan has gone Lean. On the surface Lean offers everything front line workers should want.…
Will We Have a Haircut for a PM?
Today's new poll concerning the possible fate of the Liberal Party in the next election (if Trudeau were elected leader), demonstrates at the very least that recent talk of the…
ConCalls: Up In Smoke #RoboCon
Today I’ve had a bit of a back and forth discussion with a National Post editor and columnist who figures it’s not strange to base a prediction on the Conservatives’…
Propagandists in the service of the powerful
For more than half a century, the Soviet Union's news agencies were universally recognized as untrustworthy. Strict political controls ensured that content served interests of the nation's autocrats. In the…
Let’s Make a Deal
What worries me whenever I see a poll suggesting that the Harper Cons might be toppled in 2015 is how far off that day is and what impetus that gives…
Role Reversal
Now I know how Conservative candidates running in tight Ontario races must feel whenever Rob Anders opens his mouth during a federal election campaign: Rae forced to apologize after David…