Stop the Condo Development on the Musqueam Burial Site
What kind of racist government issues a permit for a condo developer to bulldoze a Musqueum burial site? BC’s government. I visited c̓əsnaʔəm, the 1338 SW Marine Drive site this…
2012
On voter information
Andrew Coyne raises some noteworthy points about what political parties know about us and how they use that information. But while I agree as to the need for parties to…
Globe & Mail: Save Costs by Increasing Class Sizes
I offer this post not to distract people from the robocall crimes, but to remind everyone that there are other scandals going on as well. Readers in BC probably already…
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PCs Still Dominate Alberta – For Now
Continuing with 2011’s incumbent-friendly trend, 2012 seems to be pretty incumbent-friendly as well – so far. Nowhere is this more exemplified than Alberta, which will need to go to the…
Towards a "living wage" in Canada
A number of years ago, Canada’s statistics agency got rid of the concept of “the poverty line.” Instead they came up with what is called the “low income cut off”…
Grown Locally
With all the news surrounding the Robocall Scandal, I can’t help but feel like I’ve been neglecting my home province and the political news coming out of it. As such,…
It’s A Mystery
Nothing in life ever stays the same, so why should this blog be any different? Since 350orbust was created in November of 2009, in response to 350.org’s “International Day of…
Harper – he’s not here for us.
And by “here”, I mean here in Parliament. This is a man who embodies everything that he has claimed his opposition does: divisiveness, treachery and advocacy for special interests groups.…
A very Canadian coup d’état?
A statistical study of 27 ridings correlates vote-suppressing robocalls with…vote suppression. But the number of ridings reportedly subject to such fakery is now well over 70. One might reasonably ask…
Quebec government to stand up to Conservatives on C-10
It must be nice to live in a province where its government isn’t the Conservatives’ bitch. The provincial government announced Tuesday that it would do everything in its power to…
India to Produce 97% Cheaper Anti-Cancer Drugs
India has announced that they will be using a specialized law to produce generic anti-cancer drugs. This will lower the price of these drugs by 97% and increase the efficiency…
Discussion is healthy, indeed #nlpoli
From the Telegram a former chief of staff in the Premier’s Office puts it as eloquently as only he could: If public discussion, questions and debate on any issue should…
Guest Blog: Final report from #C11 parliamentary legislative committee
Clause-by-clause finished today, and the bill is now being reprinted (with the Government amendments that all passed — no opposition passed) and sent back to the house for third reading…
Farber On Uganda Gay Bashing Legislation
Bernie Farber speaks out on Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” Bill: As Canadians, we must be careful not to be lulled into complacency. After all, we live in a country that…
Discrimination is often “proven by circumstantial evidence and inference”
Shaw v. Phipps, 2012 ONCA 155, released today, is an important case upholding a determination by the Human Rights Tribunal. In ruling the Court made useful comments about the proof…
Veteran Fisheries Scientist Warns Harper Government to Water Down Habitat Protections in Omnibus Bill
I have just been leaked a confidential copy of proposed changes to the habitat provisions of the Fisheries Act as directed by the political levels within the Harper Government. The…
ConCalls: Poutine Delayed is Justice Denied
There’ve been murmurs about renaming the RoboGate/RoboCon/RoboCalls/RoboScam scandal into something else, or dropping a cutesy name altogether. The fact is there were live calls made as well as robodialed calls,…
A Visit to Egypt Via The Mistress of Nothing: This Is Book Talk Week.
I’m still on a bit of a high from the great discussion we had last night at the Pierrefons Libraray about Kate Pullinger’s Mistress of Nothing. The novel won the…
Prediction: The application to remove Rob Ford will fail
Even ignoring the immaterial nature of the supposed conflict, there was no real 'benefit' to Ford — remember this was money going to a sponsored sports team. Regardless, despite what…