From the offshore regulatory board: The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) announced today the details of a Call for Bids in the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area. Call…
gwpf_0.jpeg This is the second in a series of posts on the educational charity and climate sceptic 'think-tank' Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). The first post examined GWPF's organisation and…
Nobel winning American economist Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton, writes frequently for the New York Times. This week, he offers Ignorance Is Strength, a timely…
Not only is our rearview now more likely to feature regret and decline, our long-term view of the future is unremittingly grim. Worse, these negative views are most entrenched amongst…
I know I know, this is sooooooo 2010 – but there is a chance you didn’t catch this snappy little PSA by Rape Crisis Scotland as it was circulating way…
Photograph by Glenna Gordon (detail). By now you’ve heard of the Kony 2012 campaign, and I’ve already expended enough energy discussing it on Facebook to bring anything new and arts-related…
As a supplement to the excellent (and more timely!) posts from Andrew and Erin this morning, let me add a few points on the most striking feature of today’s Labour…
In the run up to the Green Party of Ontario 2012 Annual General Meeting, May 4th to 6th in the lovely Niagara region, I'm looking for sponsors for the 7…
As I noted in my last post, a pattern is emerging in the voter suppression crimes owing to the consistency of the telephone script received in upwards of 30 ridings…
Check out this coverage of digital locks, and the rules in Copyright Bill C-11 that may make Canada the country with the most restrictive digital lock provisions in the world.…
Fire Charlotte Kates as a spokesperson before she causes any more damage than has already been done: Which is exactly the point, says Charlotte Kates, a spokesperson for BIAC. “We’re…
The following is an open letter from former Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party Howard Hampton on behalf of NDP Deputy Leader Thomas Mulcair. Fellow New Democrats, As we…
Not surprising.
. …The Manning Centre’s Pre-Election Campaign School? First off, remember this letter to The Globe’s editor to UVIC public-admin guy John Fryer earlier this week: In January, 2010, my UVic…
A Republican that makes some sense. How crazy is that? Never thought it could happen. Might have to cock my ear and make an effort to listen. Though it is…
from Troy Media: Tom Mulcair is the NDP’s only alternative I’ve highlighted some key points in the article. ATHABASCA, AB, Mar. 9, 2012, Troy Media/ – “Ordinary Canadians,” to use…
The Digital Action Team is a community of people committed to taking regular actions to safeguard the open and affordable Internet. OpenMedia.ca sends this community special updates, reports and actions.…
Harper toady House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer this past week ruled opposition questions about robocon out of order, saying that all questions “have to touch on the administrative responsibilities…
I have updated the list of Alberta election candidates to include some of the following individuals: Farouk Adatia and Premier Alison Redford Calgary-Shaw: Following a surprising announcement by three-term PC…
For those of you outside of Ottawa Kevin Gregson is the RCMP officer who killed Ottawa Police Constable Eric Czapnik on December 29, 2019. “I killed him, but I didn’t…
