Is Labour Doomed?
Last week (Feb. 2nd) I drove up to London, Ontario, to shoot some film footage of the locked-out workers picketing outside the Electro-Motive Diesel plant for a documentary I am…
2012
#TeamFord and our city: Can no one talk sense to these guys? | #TOpoli #transit #TOlabourdispute
Well, what a week. Over the past few days we’ve seen Team Ford apply its magic touch to transit, to labour relations, and in a more overarching way, to our…
Liuna Fails Its Members
The Labourers’ International Union of North America Local 183 seems to be playing right into the hands of neoconservative forces that would like nothing better than to see right-to-work legislation…
Letter to Supporters: Which Telecom Giant thinks you should pay more?
The Big Three are ripping us off and using the money to manipulate Canadians and the government. As we’ve been saying, the Big Three cell phone companies have a plan…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Tim Harper comments on the Harper Cons’ collusion in a war against Canada’s middle class: Under the Investment Canada Act, (foreign) takeovers are…
Let Thy Backbenchers Speak
With the private members bills, petitions, and MP statements floating around about abortion and defunding the CBC and other topics of low importance but major controversy, one wonders whether or…
On rush jobs
I’ll avoid making too much of the Cons’ machinations around the Toronto-Danforth by-election. But it does seem worth noting that the announcement comes in advance of the six-month deadline to…
The Exciting Launch of Represent.ca and What It Says About Open Data in Canada
Last week a group of volunteer programs from across Canada announced the launch of Represent.ca – a website that tries to map all of Canada’s boundaries. Confused? Don’t be. It’s…
Just a thought…
…but seeing that there is so much empty ad space on OC Transpo busses, why doesn’t the City offer the space to charities, community associations and not for profits to…
Pam Geller Pushes Her Hate-fest Agenda–Even if it Means Perpetrating a Lie
How low can Pamela Geller sink? The classification of “honour” killing has just become too much of a dog whistle for the bigotted extremes, these days. Pam Geller is running…
Tax Sugar!
Some U.S researchers are calling Sugar a toxic substance that needs to be taxed. Now I am all for taxing sugar as well as soda drinks and then putting that…
Calling All Dippers….
…Is 42% Enough? I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. One of the things I enjoy most about the Bloggodome is how collaborative it is. And yesterday, after…
Skateway robbery!
GC and I went skating on the Rideau Canal Skateway yesterday. We weren’t actually planning to, and we didn’t have our skates with us. But it was such a gorgeous…
The Abortion Debate
This Interim piece proceeds upon the wrong assumption. Progressives want to have a “respectful” debate with the government side on Abortion. We do! So please keep those petitions and private…
Environmental internationalism: Cuba’s new mission?
Since 1959 Cuba has played a significant world role, quite a feat for a nation of 5 million—11 million now. Cubans have shown their values, commitment and solidarity in dealing…
Gay Soldier in Afghanistan Receives Death Threat
Gays in the military isn’t exactly a new thing for Canada, but you might not know it from the experiences of Andrew McLean, a Warrant Officer working at Kandahar Airfield.…
Ridiculous is all the rage #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Fresh from her triumphant speech about co-operation and consultation as the way to develop the north, the potential for developing uranium in Labrador and – of course – the glories…
Uncomfortable parallels
While a mere teenager when Richard Nixon was elected to a second term, Stephen Harper had found a mentor. A few decades later, empowered by a majority in parliament, the…
This Week at the Ontario Court of Appeal – February 6, 2012
Each week, Wise Blog analyzes recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal. R. v. Ximines This appeal followed a jury trial where the appellant was convicted of possession of…