remembrance day: all the victims of war, not just the ones who did the killing
Richard Jackson:I would wear a red poppy if it was a symbol of remembrance for all the victims of war, and not just the ones who did the killing. By…
November 2012
Pat Robertson Can’t Understand Why Women Would Watch Porn (VIDEO)
Pat Robertson, the antiquated host of the 700 Club is shocked—shocked to discover that women do watch and enjoy porn. And masturbate. Apparently, he “always thought this was a male…
Yes, the Manning Centre is a Registered Charity … Still
A Mennonite magazine, ‘Canadian Mennonite’, has received a warning from the Canadian Revenue Agency, about what articles and editorials it can publish, citing their pieces “appear to promote opposition to…
Bringing Big Telecom down to earth: Help up create a new set of rules for Canada’s telecom giants
If you had the chance – what would you say to the heads of Canada’s Big Telecom giants? It’s a tiring process trying to talk with someone – anyone –…
Tip for Tories: a grownup conversation about debt will pay political dividends
The House that Ralph built. Alberta mismanaged by market fundamentalists may not appear exactly as illustrated, but close enough. Below: Peter Lougheed, Alison Redford, Ralph Klein. As Alberta’s Tories gather…
Stopping FIPA: Follow-up Action You Can Take to Halt Canada-China Trade Deal
We have been overwhelmed with your support for the Common Sense Canadian's effort to prevent the ratification of FIPA and want to extend our thanks to the many readers who…
The CBC—a very good deal
The Friends of Canadian Broadcasting recently sent me an email summarizing a few pertinent facts about the CBC, our national broadcaster and the only national medium not owned and controlled…
W2OGroup Center @NewhouseSU
This morning Jim Weiss announed the opening of the W2OGroup Center for Social Commerce with the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Here’s how it went. The Next Generation of…
California Rejects GMO Labeling, and why I approve
You may have missed it, but Barack Obama won re-election Tuesday in what the media wrongly called a very close race. While Mitt Romney was able to score over 70%…
Fossil Fuel Industry’s Bottom Line Will Destroy Our Climate: Do The Math
Wednesday night was one to remember. After a scramble to get my passport renewed (I only noticed last week it had expired over the summer), my husband and I traveled…
NDP health critic consults Oshawa community – no LHIN in sight
The organizers had to put out more chairs as the audience filled the small room in the Oshawa Seniors Centre. Upstairs they were playing Bingo, downstairs about 50 people came…
Sandra in Ottawa!
Nice. And who’s the smiling young man in the front row on the left?
It’s Easier If You Think of Them as Horses
Remembrance Day is just around the corner. The local guys around here with their warbirds will do a memorial fly-past and we'll have a ceremony at... wherever they hold it…
Social impact bonds: totally whack
Human resources minister Diane Finley announced this new thing this week - social impact bonds wherein the federal government contracts with a charity or NGO to provide some sort of…
Free Transit Can Improve Cities
A small city in France had a problem: their transit system was failing and it was expensive to run. Their solution was to make ridership free for all, and it…
Peek a boo
Jaws?
Do cellphone bail restrictions make sense anymore?
R. v. Wong, 2012 ONCA 767 upholds a 30 day sentence for a bail breach of having a cellphone. The purpose of the ban is to limit the accused in…
remembrance day: not denial and distortion, not spin and propaganda
David Watts: So despite the popular rallying "for King and country," the outbreak of war in 1914 was not a coming together but a coming apart of a European order.…
Manufacturing Grounds for War with Iran
The United States claims that Iran opened fire on a U.S. Predator drone in "international waters." Washington seems intent on casting Iran as belligerent. Examined a little more closely and…