They Believe
Joe Oliver was asked during QP yesterday whether he “believed” in Global Warming, and seemed to suggest that it was all a matter of theology. Not good. MERX is Canada’s…
Joe Oliver was asked during QP yesterday whether he “believed” in Global Warming, and seemed to suggest that it was all a matter of theology. Not good. MERX is Canada’s…
Harper to the House of Commons, yesterday, when questioned on his proposed cuts to Old Age Security: “Everybody understands that there are demographic realities that do threaten the viability of…
Apparently, this whole Hebron work thing is much ado about nothing. Premier Kathy Dunderdale spent some time Monday afternoon chatting with On the Go’s Ted Blades about a recent decision…
Following Bob Rae’s somewhat watered down but nevertheless not bad interjection yesterday, the NDP brings a bit more rhetorical muscle: OTTAWA — If the independent review panel studying Enbridge’s Northern…
The experts dissect Harper’s assertion that there is a looming “crisis” with OAS – and find it to be bunk. Small surprise that some people are betting that the government…
15 ways to be exact. Mark Vrankovich at Cultwatch: How Pastors get rich. Rick just put a post up on Todd Bentley’s latest begging – Australia banned me. Please send…
Winston Blackmore may have finally met his match: the taxwomen. It’s money – not polygamy, not a constitutional challenge to religious freedom and not criminal charges – that’s landed Canada’s…
DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Will Exclude Autism’s Vast Majority Of Intellectually Disabled While the New York Times, the CBC and other mainstream media giants debate the DSM5’s potential exclusion of…
A little-known proposed gravel mine at McNab Creek in Howe Sound could soon be digging tens of millions of tonnes of gravel out of sensitive salmon and wildlife habitat, which…
If you have seen the movie Contagion, you may remember a distinct line with mention to blogging spoken between a doctor and a journalist. “Blogging is street art with punctuation.”…
Monday 30 January 2012 | by: Chris Hedges, Truthdig What happened to Canada? It used to be the country we would flee to if life in the United States became…
According to the Earth Policy Institute direct subsidies to the fossil fuel industry world-wide amount to half a trillion dollars ($500,000,000,000) annually. That’s a lot of zeroes for an industry…
Your blogger, with another doomed politician, this time the author of Follow the Money, Where is Alberta’s Wealth Going? Just in case you’re thinking of being sarcastic, the sign says…
NO APOLOGY FORTHCOMING by Gerald Amos, January 8, 2012 “Recently there has been a lot of criticism by supporters of the tar sands, and oil industry front groups, of Canadian…
A mere couple of hours into the debate on the bill to create the government’s new pooled registered pension plans, and Government House Leader Peter Van Loan dropped the hammer…
I doubt if I can offer any deeper insight or more pointed advice to a tenure track assistant professor in the sciences, than what anyone can find on a number…
If coalitions are undemocratic and a threat to Canada, why hasn’t this strong stable Conservative majority government done anything to make sure they don’t ravage our nation? Simple, Stephen Harper…
Source: CTV News Regina: Wall Warns of Austerity, Prudence in Upcoming Budget While there is a lot to talk about federally, especially considering the OAS and pension argument that Harper…
Good morning all, and welcome to the end of January! This week, at 8:05 we’ll speak with Simon Cameron, one of the Carleton students that won the North American Debating…
Oil spill in Dalian, China, Boston Globe July 2010, in the northeastern port city of Dalian, China, two oil pipelines exploded, sending flames hundreds of feet into the air and…