ConCalls: Waiting til December #RoboCon
Since Canadians are massively under-informed about the status of the legitimacy of their federal government, it seems unlikely to me that millions of them would take to the streets prior…
2012
On Earthgauge Radio tomorrow: international climate science and local climate politics!
On Earthgauge Radio this week, we hear Radio EcoShock‘s broadcast of a speech by the top U.K. climate scientist Kevin Anderson and we’ll discuss climate change politics in the City…
Esther Enkin Appointed as New CBC Ombudsman
Esther Enkin, currently Executive Editor of CBC News, has been appointed as the Corporation’s new Ombudsman for English services, effective January 1, 2013.
What will happen on the Rob Ford appeal
I have predicted this wrongly so far but ... Ford will get a stay pending an appeal. The appeal will be expedited and heard in January. Ford will lose the…
Ontario Liberal Party Convention: blogging opportunities?
BigCityLib asked about this last month. I’ve put forth an inquiry to someone I know up in Toronto Liberal HQ about whether the access that the NDP provided us bloggers…
Business genius talks
Warren Buffett, the world's third richest man, appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart along with Carol Loomis, senior editor-at-large for Fortune and author of Tap Dancing to Work.…
Conservative values are Canadian values
So I guess Canadians put a high value on allowing people to suffer and die needlessly. Conservatives do. The Conservative government has defeated an effort to reform Canada's Access to…
Another Reason To Despise Harper And His Minions
Or maybe I just don't understand the nuances of business and a right-wing mentality that will consign millions to early and unnecessary deaths. H/t Andre PicardRecommend this Post
Moose Licks: Mineral Springs Disappear Amid Drought and Hydraulic Fracturing
A comprehensive investigation of the connection between mineral licks vital to moose populations in northeast BC and the growing shale gas industry, whose impacts on water are the subject of…
European Parliament Opposes Restrictive Measures in Both CETA and ITU
According to Internet freedom group European Digital Rights, provisions that would criminalize our Internet use may be dropped from the Canada-EU Trade Agreement (CETA)! While the battle isn’t...
Canuck Climate Change Denier Tom Harris Up To More No Good
Tom Harris is one of Canada's better known climate change deniers. I've written about him plenty. Now one of his emails to fellow deniers has got loose. I've reproduced it…
Asymmetric Justice: Outside Contractor Becomes Fall Guy in Conservative Bogus Polling Scheme
Last year, as you may recall, the Conservative Party was caught bombarding residents of a Montreal riding with a misleading “poll” implying that their Liberal MP, Irwin Cotler, was resigning…
Gentrification disrupts residents (of the garage)
Contractors are doing demolition of our our one story garage and family room, preparing to extend the existing second floor, to add sleeping and play space for three grandchildren now…
Dr. Strangevote or: How I learned to stop surfing and love the paper ballot
(Guest Post by Kirk Schmidt) TeH Interwebz are all the rage these days. The kids use the twitter. The facebook is where I go to find the people that my…
Honesty In Politics: Punished, With Good Reason?
If politicians don’t start being a little more brutally honest about some well established facts, and how they endanger life, then expect them to support laws that endanger us all.…
Just a Few Questions for the Liberal Party of Canada
How long can the Liberal Party duck the fundamental issue of climate change and what it means to our country, to our people and to our world? Here are a…
ABC News Brian Ross Reports On Harsh Restraints Of Children With Special Needs Thursday November 29
As set out in the following ABC News Release: November 29, 2012 BRIAN ROSS INVESTIGATES: Moms Fight Back Against Harsh Methods to Restrain Students with Special Needs Advocates say Thousands…