Take from the poor, give to the rich
Further to my comments about homeowners subsidizing industrial power, here is an extract from the blog of Vancouver lawyer Jim Quail, Site C and the Kitimat LNG Export Terminal: Christy…
November 2012
New Bad Religion
Some might say it’s NSFW, but that depends on the workplace, I think.
Fewer Unemployed Eligible for Benefits
The annual Employment Insurance Coverage Survey is out, here. The rate of eligibility for regular benefits from Employment Insurance is the lowest since 2003, the earliest year that there is…
CBC News: Cell-shocked Canadians speak out against Big Telecom
Big Telecom’s increased control has contributed to Canadians feeling ‘cell-shocked’ by our broken telecom market. But if you had the chance to change anything about your wireless services, what would…
My nightmare scenario for tomorrow morning…
(4) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
How You Can Help Prevent the Ratification of the Canada-China FIPA
In recent weeks, numerous campaigns have been launched to take on the Canada-China trade deal known as FIPA – most involving online petitions. Yet there is an official avenue for…
Guest Blogger – Thinking Aboot … OBAMA-BIDEN 2012
I’m continuing with postings by other progressive bloggers in the lead up to the US election ….. The choice is stark. Do something different, or continue with the crony plutocracy.…
Mitt Romney’s Election Platform: Presidential Elections 2012
Which Mitt Romney Republicans will vote for tomorrow:
Hello There, Are You Listenting? Obama for President
Four years ago I spent the three days before the US presidential election telephoning to prospective voters in a several states, particularly Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Nevada. The message was…
Canadian shot in the butt, dies 11 days later in Guyana – Crime a growing factor in Caribbean
Sometimes it takes an incident that hits a bit closer to home, in order to draw attention to the everyday iniquities and injustice that go unnoticed in many countries around…
Canadian shot in the butt, dies 11 days later in Guyana – Crime a growing factor in Caribbean
Sometimes it takes an incident that hits a bit closer to home, in order to draw attention to the everyday iniquities and injustice that go unnoticed in many countries around…
Canadian shot in the butt, dies 11 days later in Guyana – Crime a growing factor in Caribbean
Sometimes it takes an incident that hits a bit closer to home, in order to draw attention to the everyday iniquities and injustice that go unnoticed in many countries around…
Canadian shot in the butt, dies 11 days later in Guyana – Crime a growing factor in Caribbean
Sometimes it takes an incident that hits a bit closer to home, in order to draw attention to the everyday iniquities and injustice that go unnoticed in many countries around…
Rafe on Webster Winner Shiral Tobin and the Decline of CKNW
CKNW’s collapse since 2003 has been catastrophic. Whereas they had a 15%+ of radio listeners in those days (I was about 20%) they now have a 9% share running third…
An Allende returns to Chilean politics
Last Sunday, Maya Fernández Allende was elected mayor of Ñuñoa, a district of Chile’s capital, Santiago. Ms. Allende is a granddaughter of Salvador Allende, the Chilean president who died when…
Why Your Vote Means Something
If your vote is meaningless because it’s only one out of 140 million cast, what does that say about you, the importance of your one life on a planet with…
Conservative Voices Push Back Against Canada-China Trade Sellout!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes – Political Blogger It has seemed obvious to me that the Harper Wrecking Crew of ideological extremists will have to be stopped by the real conservatives, who…
Toronto needs a mayor
Everyone’s throwing each other under the bus (so to speak) as to why two TTC buses stranded passengers so they could go and fetch Rob Ford’s football team last week.…