Public Will Soon Turn on Kinder Morgan…Will the NDP?
Mike Smyth had an interesting column in Sunday’s Province, dealing with the proposed second and much larger Kinder Morgan Pipeline to Vancouver, which would see a five-fold increase in tanker…
December 2012
Léger Marketing Poll: 35% Con, 30% NDP, 18% Lib, and Trudeau Polling
This new poll out for the federal scene from everyone’s favourite Quebec pollster, Léger Marketing (well, they’re my favourite because they break down their data the way I like), their…
Eric Hoskins’ campaign just sent this to me
I post it without comment. But you can!
First Defection from Harper Inner Cabinet
An unidentified member of Steve Harper’s inner cabinet has apparently defected. The partly trained monkey was found wandering aimlessly around a Toronto IKEA store on the weekend. Authorities were able…
Nature in One Cubic Foot
A portrait photographer has been travelling the world with a one cubic foot frame and cataloguing what’s in the area the cube covers. He has captured the value of biodiversity…
"Harper’s Nexen Decision Puts the Ball in Premier Brad Wall’s Court" – Erin Weir
Sask NDP leadership candidate Erin Weir is calling for the provincial government to prepare for Chinese ownership of Nexen, which has 1,300 producing natural gas wells in Saskatchewan according to…
Will That Be Raspberries With Your Rectal?
The changing face of primary care is on special at Loblaws’. Primacy, a for-profit chain of primary care clinics, has 112 outlets in Loblaw Stores. Most Loblaws’ also have in-store…
The Harper Revelation. . . .
Events in Canada are looking more and more like a kind Biblical Revelation with Harper representing a silver-haired beast who aligns himself with the great red dragon of the East.…
anti-choice group advertises on… hangers. yes, hangers.
Apparently this is not a story from The Onion. From Reproductive Health Reality Check: There is a branch of anti-choice activists that will use pretty much anything as a medium…
Nexen & Progress Takeovers Approved: What Next?
The federal government’s announcement on Friday that it is approving two more big oilsands takeovers (by China’s CNOOC and Malaysia’s Petronas, both state-owned suitors) was political tap-dancing at its best.…
Christmas Shopping: Stephen Harper and Friend
These two have finished their Christmas shopping – nice winter coats. What about you?
NZ Herald: Copyright clampdown of the TPP
A secretive trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is again being negotiated this week in closed-door discussions – seeking to introduce invasive copyright legislation to everyday Internet use.…
5423…Elizabeth May Has A Bright Idea
Here it is from an article by Bea Vongdouangchanh: Green Party Leader Elizabeth May...said things won’t change unless the system does. She suggested that the hyper-partisanship is destroying Parliament and…
5422…Santa Tells 3yr Old Truth: Leafs Suck
A cut and paste from Len Berman’s That’s Sports: A mom took her 3-year old to see Santa at Lowe’s Christmas Market in Toronto. He was wearing a Maple Leafs…
When "Cheap Asian Labour" Isn’t Enough–Robots Work for Even Less
Some big North American outfits are moving production back to this continent for various reasons. Among them is the perceived need to shorten the supply line, but also because it’s…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, December 10, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, December 10, 2012: Toronto Ikea monkey a social media sensation Law Society disbars Toronto real estate lawyer…
The Right-Left Alliance between Egypt and Argentina
Once again world public opinion faces a most bizarre political event: an alliance between political forces on the extreme Right and the Left, including collaboration between NATO regimes and Marxist…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Paul Krugman discusses two theories behind the ever-growing divergence between soaring profits and stagnant wages. But it’s particularly important to note that neither…
The Trudeau Tease
There are plenty of conflicting messages swirling around the Liberal Party. There is also a tension for Liberals moving forward, between sober realities and game changing possibilities. One school of…
The Trudeau Tease
There are plenty of conflicting messages swirling around the Liberal Party. There is also a tension for Liberals moving forward, between sober realities and game changing possibilities. One school of…