Friday night
To begin, Eric Bibb teams up with some serious instrumental talent on a traditional country blues: Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad. Jimmy Reed’s Caress Me Baby features James Cotton…
2012
Ottawa Police Chief (Do You Remember Tracy Bonds?) Appointed to Senate
Despite the CBC puff piece interview of Ottawa Police Chief Vern White on his appointment by the Harper government to the Senate, many will remember him as the chief presiding…
Liberal Convention 2012: The Need For Open Primaries
In 2011 I was on the convention floor in Calgary, Alberta, advocating for the same change that is in front of the federal Liberals today (see constitution document here ).…
Ontario Privacy Commissioner to speak at Online Spying Forum
The government’s Lawful Access bills are poised to drastically change the state of privacy and telecommunications in Canada as we know it… and not for better. If this invasive and…
And so the Primaries Idea Goes Out With a Whimper
That makes me sad. I was looking forward to voting in the primaries-style system that was proposed before. Is is so wrong to move towards a system that, yes, is…
Gotcha? Connections Between Ethical Oil And The Tory Gov.?
So this fellow notes on Twitter that the guy doing radio ads for Ethical Oil in support of the Northern Gateway Pipeline sounds suspiciously like the guy that did the…
Stephen Harper and the Con Klown Show
Well there he was today, posing in front of another carefully composed human backdrop, shrugging off the latest grim economic news. Choosing instead to go after environmental groups and native…
Dear fellow Reformers
OTTAWA January 6, 2011 Dear fellow Reformers, It’s been a long slog but we’ve arrived. The opposition is crippled and the media is cowed. Heck, we’ve turned the appointment of…
Lawyerly conduct and Mr. Levant
Is it OK for a lawyer—an officer of the court—to tell someone to “f*ck your mother” on national television? And then to complain that his remark didn’t get more coverage?…
Helmets to hard hats vs. battlefields to the boardroom
I am just getting home from downtown where I had a quick meeting in an office building on University Avenue. In the elevator, there was one one of those mini-tv…
Salvation Army goes on strike
Sixty unionized workers at the Salvation Army Booth Centre went on strike at 3:00 pm today. The Booth Centre provides emergency shelter and food to homeless men in Ottawa. PSAC…
Trenitalia ad blasted as ‘racist’
Italy’s state-owned railway Trenitalia has decided to replace first and second class on its high speed trains with four categories – executive, business, premium and standard. The move by Trenitalia…
Great News: Parks App for Mobile Phones
A news release today from the Park Board announces an app for iphone users to get information on individual parks. This is an initiative I spearheaded on the last Board.…
EwpsCNN
A leftover from the other night that was screaming to get out of the hopper: Who could blame CNN for making this mistake during their coverage of the Iowa Caucus…
Occupy Ottawa: It is 2012 and this is why we are still here
In 2011, Occupy Ottawa, OWS and other Occupy movements challenged the mass injustice inflicted upon us by corporate forces in Canada and the world. We built a global movement for…
Adrian Dix is a pleasant suprise
He wasn’t my first choice, but Adrian has won me over. I think that at the time, I was hoping for a Mike Farnworth victory for the NDP leadership when…
A good day for democracy in Montana
One of the biggest blows against democracy in American history occurred in 2010 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Citizens United case that government could not place limits…
Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins elevated to cardinal
This is a significant event and good for all of Canada. The Roman Catholic Church is central in providing medical care in the Third World, especially Africa, and the role…
Trenitalia: new ad criticized as ‘racist’
Italy’s state-owned railway Trenitalia has decided to replace first and second class on its high speed trains with four categories – executive, business, premium and standard. The move by Trenitalia…