The Ununited States of Canada
Stephen Harper once said that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada (read about it here). The “united” part of that statement always felt awkward to me… more…
Stephen Harper once said that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada (read about it here). The “united” part of that statement always felt awkward to me… more…
Stephen Harper once said that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada (read about it here). The "united" part of that statement always felt awkward to me... more…
Stephen Harper once said that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada (read about it here). The “united” part of that statement always felt awkward to me… more…
Once again, Saskatchewan's NDP leadership campaign has focused largely on recent debates and other candidate forums (and I'll be discussing those individually as I get a chance to view them).…
On this Tuesday, Dec. 4, the current events group will meet at Moncton Library from 7-8 p.m.This time the topic will be the origins of our modern (mass-circulation) newspaper, and…
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Woodside likes to talk to an empty chair just like his role- model Eastwood. Woodside is very unhappy with beer prices. He is very angry with the Premier of New…
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Louise Story reports on tax goodies and direct giveaways to businesses at the local level (which of course seldom deliver the promised economic…
I support the lawsuit against the Bank Of Canada|Strikes meaningfully at the core of #neoliberalismfacebook.com/Support.lawsui… #cdnpoli #cdnecon — Barry Cameron (@AppalledBC) December 2, 2012
For Palestine it's one thing to vote against its elevation to statehood. That remains a respectable decision. It's quite another to campaign aggressively against admission to statehood as the Harper…
Bob Wright co-founder of Autism Speaks testified before ta US National Congress committee and made a number of important points including what is obvious to those who are actually paying…
Another semester is behind me! I've now completed seven of eight terms, 14 of 16 courses. The expression "can't wait" doesn't begin to describe how eager I am to finish…
Ever since the United Nations vote on Thursday, the Harper government has portrayed itself as a beautiful loser. It and eight other nations -- most notably the United States --…
Perhaps that should read `Elections Canada fails to protect our voting system` or better yet EC protects wrong doers! Either way its pretty clear by now that they have been…
In two recent posts, I discussed Bill C-377, a Harper-driven anti-union measure disguised as a private member's bill. Introduced by Conservative MPP Russ Hiebert, it is designed to require full…
That's video of Joyce Murray's Vancouver launch that happened Saturday afternoon. I recommend watching the full video as by the end of it you'll get a good sense of what…
...with Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler and the Shiller brothers.Can't really go into detail what we were talking about...but...got a mayor you don't like? These guys tour in March.From here.
Ex CBCer Karl Nerenberg talks Bill C-31, and how it will allow countries like Hungary, where a far right drift in national politics threatens both the Roma and Jewish minorities,…
Oh goody. I see that TV stations have started running It's a Wonderful Life over and over again.So Christmas can't be more than a month away !!!! Although I've gotta…